DC December Date #1: Georgetown GLOW

Last year Evan, AJ, and I attempted to check out Georgetown GLOW, a new annual display of outdoor art installations during the holiday season.  We didn't have much success as it was freezing cold, the sidewalks were packed with people (hard to navigate with a stroller), and AJ was having none of it!  We called it quits after seeing maybe three installations.

This year we left AJ with Grandpap and Gaga and Evan and I had a date night wandering around to all eleven installations.  It was so fun.  It was still cold but so much easier to get around without a stroller in tow.  Maybe when AJ's a little older she can join us again.

This was the first and farthest installation.  It's meant to bring the viewer back in touch with their childhood/past.  I definitely felt nostalgic breaking in that swing.  It gave me a high that I didn't know I needed.

The second installation was a poem: every day we are slowly approaching a solstice.

Not all installations will be pictured here.  The third one was a dance curated for individual viewing.  You peer through a peephole.  There's nothing risqué going on but it feels very voyeuristic and a little awkward, especially as the dancers are making eye contact with you.  

The lights in this installation are powered by the adjoining bicycles.