Chicago, my kinda' town. Look up, tilt head, repeat. Downtown on The Loop, looking north to Trump Tower and 35 E Wacker (Jewelers Building), a building that once featured drive-in elevators so the diamond merchants couldn't be robbed en route to the office. via Instagram http://ift.tt/ZMQJQ6
Did you know? The Washington Monument is the tallest free-standing stone structure in the world at 555 feet. I didn't know this either until Audrey and I made it the site of the 1st of 6 challenges -- "Biggest and Best" -- on our @lonelyplanet #myweekendwanderlust video shoot. We made our way from Washington, DC to the Eastern Shore area of Maryland and Virginia in the new #FordExplorer so we could accomplish it all in two days. I'd once lived in the district and call Northern Virginia a second home. So I thought I knew this area pretty well. However, this series of challenges offered new experiences, destinations and perspectives as we explored with our travelers' eyes wide open.
DJ Enferno toured with Madonna, and mixes and creates for crowds of 50k people, around the world. But the crowd pictured here might be his biggest challenge yet. Kid Creator, his passion project, aims to help kids learn about and create their own music, and see it digitally, too. We connected with @DJEnferno (aka, Eric Jao) to accomplish the 2nd of 6 challenges on our @lonelyplanet #myweekendwanderlust video shoot: “Meet a Celebrity.” In the course of a one-hour session he harnessed the creativity and talent of an 8-year old songwriter and the instrumental work of a cast of students someday worthy of the clubs where he plays. Not only did these kids leave inspired and empowered, but so did we — as we admired what Eric does to revolutionize music education with children in the Washington, DC area.
