My Quiet Day at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

Earlier this fall, while traveling to Alexandria, VA, for business, I was fortunate enough to have had the time to take a short train trip into Washington, D.C.

And with the entire National Mall under construction, and the rush of summer tourists gone, I had the entire National Gallery of Art, almost completely to myself, as I wondered through gallery after gallery--with not a single other person in sight.

In theory, the National Gallery of Art belongs to every U.S. citizen, though in practice, the crush of tourists often detracts from "our" individual sense of ownership. But not on the day I was there...it was all mine!