State Department Diplomatic Reception Rooms event

The annual reception, first under Secretary Kerry.

2013.05.09: Washington Monument under scaffolding

2013.05.09, a photo by martin_kalfatovic on Flickr.

Scaffolding seems to have reached the top

Quote of the Day: "All through the day I me mine, I me mine, I me mine"

All through the day I me mine, I me mine, I me mine.
All through the night I me mine, I me mine, I me mine.
Now they're frightened of leaving it
Everyone's weaving it,
Coming on strong all the time,
All through the day I me mine
- George Harrison

Today is the 43rd anniversary of the release of The Beatles' Let It Be album. Let It Be was, of course, a curious album, not quite a live set, and not new (having been mostly recorded earlier, well before Abbey Road. That, plus the controversial Phil Spector "Wall of Sound" additions and you have to say, well, let it be.

The earlier mixes of the album, then called Get Back, were mixed by Glyn Johns and are frequently bootleged. These versions, with longer versions of some songs, are quite interesting. Also, if you want to hear what Paul McCartney (or at least what he was thinking 30 years later) thought it might sound like, you can check out the official
Let It Be... Naked (2003).

Though full of classics, I've always liked "Two of Us" and "I Me Mine".

US Airways 2047: BOS to DCA

Gate B18

Good morning Eel Pond..

And the foggy end to a sunny day in Woods Hole ...

Listening to the fog horns as the Vineyard ferry pulls out past the Coast Guard slip.

BHL Program Director's Report: 2013 at the @BioDivLibrary Institutional Council meeting

The BHL Institutional Council is gathering for it's annual meeting. We're a little later than usual and we are missing (in person at least) a few of our members. This year, we're in Woods Hold, Mass., hosted by the Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceangraphic Institution Library.

We'll have a full recap of the meeting in a few days on the official BHL blog, but here's a sneak preview of the Program Director's report.




BHL Program Director's Report: 2013. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Biodiversity Heritage Library Institutional Council Meeting, Woods Hole, MA 6 May 2013.

BHL Program Director's Report: 2013 from Martin Kalfatovic

Morning popover, Pie in the Sky, Woods Hole

Morning rush hour in Woods Hole

Beer and BiblioBooty @ The Kidd ain't the same w/out @ChrisFreeland!

BHL'ers gathering in the Hole ... first time in Spring

Beautiful day on Eel Pond, Woods Hole

Getting ready for BHL meeting, but stopping first to take in the lovely blue of Eel Pond and the Cape Cod sky!

US Airways 2030: DCA to BOS

Gate 43. Had a small adventure in that my original flight on Jet Blue was so delayed that I swapped over to the tried and true and always reliable US Air Shuttle. Three cheers for legacy airlines!

Hello Dolly! at Ford's Theatre

But no Barbra and no Carol