Base of Operations.

The Hilton Washington in Dupont Circle -- our home away from home this week.

The front-desk clerk told me that the staff were expecting more than 800 conference guests at the hotel and that by the time we arrived (around 6pm), they had already received 20+ noise complaints on Thursday alone. If that's the most trouble they have with this many college students in one place, then they should consider themselves lucky.

[Some of us may not recognize the hotel in this picture because the sky is blue, not gray, and the sun is shining.]