Why) I have always enjoyed walking around the downtown core of the cities that host the Nationals. On previous trips, I have stayed at the host hotel so I had to make time to see the sights. This time I was staying at a hotel that was a 20 minute walk away so I ended up taking lots of pictures. This bunch is from the more or less direct walk from our hotel to the convention center where the bridge was being played.
Where)
Along 7th avenue. 
The Annaliese
Apartments were right next door and I liked looking at
this sign near the entrance. (1)
I liked looking
at this poster for reasons
that I won't be going into here.
I can tell you
that this sign reminded me of my favorite bridge partner.
Not
surprisingly though, there were only two signs that
tempted me into their buildings. They were ...
