These painted pandas are all over DC for the summer. I've seen a bunch in touristy venues but I saw one today in a less fun location--the Lombardi Cancer Center at Georgetown University. Great. My youngest brother-in-law gets leukemia and the bright spot in it all is the multicolored heart bedecked panda statue in the lobby when we visit.

Other than that, it's been an ok weekend so far. Two muslim events, one solemn (for a deceased person) and one happy (for a baby person), and a small neighborhood party. I have a new scarf wardrobe--I had to cover my head for the religious meetings so I found a selection of scarves at the thrift store. None were ideal, but one was usable. I looked dopey, but afterwards one of the other attendees sought me out to say, "thanks for trying, at least." That was nice.