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capable of living outdoors over winter
The cover photos found yesterday and today on the Washington
Post both illustrate stories of the city’s residents taking to the outdoors in
spite of the falling temperatures.
The bicyclers continue to ride their bikes, the hikers still
hike, the hungry customers sit at the outdoor tables of the restaurants, and
the football fans gather in the cold for tailgate parties before the Redskins
games.
Everyone seems to be going to these extremes to cope with
the crowded environment in which they’ve chosen to live.
The folks who bundle up to ride their bikes downtown know
they won’t have to worry about a search for one of D.C.’s exiguous parking
spaces. The people eating at the outdoor tables (under tall heaters) can’t get
reservations for the insides of the popular eateries. The hikers are getting
away to where they can walk without having to dodge people on the sidewalks.
And the tailgaters want to be the first in the arena gate in front of the
throngs.
Other factors are involved, maybe, like global warming,
advanced engineering in outer wear, and the aforementioned outdoor café heaters. The hikers are often singles looking to meet people in the local hiking groups,
and the football fans tailgate regardless. For whatever reasons, it is a noticeable
shift. Washington
is starting to act like other cities around the globe whose citizens have never
let a little chill keep them housebound.
In this 4" square colored pencil drawing you can pick out the legs of the folding chair under the Redskins tailgater. I kept that form all the same color and chose random colors to fill in the other shapes I got out of the 1" square from the cover photo. Not a lot of creativity involved, as I was simply coloring in areas. I left them flat except for a few touches of texture in the large light gray shape center right.
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