re: #465 lawhawk

Twice a year, the White House opens the gates on its garden - allowing tours to folks. Interesting views of the gardens (including the vegetable gardens that have gotten flak from the right wing over the years).

The raised beds do look pretty damned good, but it’s also interesting to see the Rose Garden without the crowds/ceremonies, as well as other spaces that aren’t easily viewed from the street (beyond the fencing).

One of these years, I’m going to have to get on a WH/Capitol tour.

To go on the WH tour, you have to get tickets from your congressman, then you can take nothing more than a cell phone and keys, and no, they don’t provide storage facilities if you happen to be a tourist and toting a backpack because you are from, you know, out of town.