What an adventure Adrienne and I had with Flat Stanley’s best friend, Flat Frida, from Oklahoma City last weekend! (Yes, THAT Flat Stanley, the Flat Stanley who’s been ALL OVER THE WORLD!) Flat Frida’s dream has been to visit the Nation’s Capitol and send pictures back home about all the cool and famous places she visited. She said it was totally fine to share these pics with Spark and Spitfire readers!
FLAT FRIDA AT THE CAPITOL BUILDING!
FLAT FRIDA TRYING TO GET A GLIMPSE OF THE JEFFERSON MEMORIAL!
THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL!
A WEIRD MODERN SCULPTURE WITHOUT A HEAD, SO FLAT FRIDA FIXED IT!
THE WHITE HOUSE!
IF FLAT FRIDA STOOD UP STRAIGHT, SHE’D BE TALLER THAN THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT!
PHOTO BOMB AT THE FIRST LADIES INAUGURAL GOWN EXHIBIT AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY!
FLAT FRIDA IS NOT AFRAID OF THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROTUNDA OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY!
SOMEONE YELLED AT FLAT FRIDA , “LOOK OUT!” IN THE MAMMAL EXHIBIT AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, BUT SHE DOESN’T HAVE A CLUE WHY.
THE HOPE DIAMOND IS FLAT FRIDA’S BEST FRIEND!
SELFIE AT VAN GOGH’S SELF-PORTRAIT AT THE NATIONAL ART GALLERY!
AFTER NINE MILES OF WALKING UP AND DOWN THE NATIONAL MALL, IT’S TIME FOR FLAT FRIDA TO TAKE A NAP!
FRIDA WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT HER ADVENTURES IN D.C.!
Hard to believe, but Flat Frida is STILL in bed! What do you think Flat Frida would want for breakfast? Pancakes? Toast? Can you think of any other flat food?
Let’s see how smart SSPF readers are. Fill in the blanks:
Adrienne, Flat Frida and I took the subway into the National Mall because, yes, one of my car tires had a f_ _ _ _.
Like me, Frida is f_ _ _ _ -chested.
Your Condoleezza Rice action figure must be extremely hurt by this.
OMG, Kelly! Your comment flat out made me laugh out loud! Thank you.
I’m going to check on Condoleezza right now.
Flat Frida is rocking that hat and yellow glasses! By the way, what do the initials “TBS” stand for? This reminds me of the time that Laurie and Paul took Flat Stanley around the sights of Louisiana for one of my boys. So much fun! I especially like how Frida fixed the weird modern art sculpture. Next time you take Frida to the White House, please encourage her to hold up a protest sign – a protest of her choice. As far as breakfast goes, Frida might like two eggs over easy with a sausage patty. Make sure you break the yolks to make them flat. Great post, Sharie! This was fun!
“TBS” is a small trucking company in Oklahoma City for which I write, edit, etc., and this summer is holding a company-wide contest using members of the “Flat Family”: Flat Freddie, Flat Frida, Flat Fido (dog) and Flat Frisky (cat). TBS associates chose one of the “Flats” and have been challenged to take that Flat on vacation. I assumed that no associate would make it to the Nation’s Capitol, so I asked TBS to send me Flat Frida. Adrienne and I took a lot of photos (more than in this post) that featured historical trucks in the National Museum of American History. I wrote captions for all the photos and sent them to TBS. They may be going on its Instagram account.
In any event, it was MUCH FUN, even though it was hotter than hell.
Next time, Flat Frida goes to the White House, she will be carrying a protest sign that says, “THE EARTH IS FLAT!”
It was fun showing Flat Frieda around the Nation’s Capital! Very interesting watching tourists step out of our way when we were taking the photos as well.
A couple of tourists even asked for Flat Frida’s autograph!
(I’m kidding, of course . . . they asked for Adrienne’s.)
You should have also asked for Flat Fido. We’d have taken photos of all the fire hydrants near the memorials.
What an inspired idea, Adrienne! I wonder if a TBS associate will do that.
SPEECHLESS! Way too much fun!
Thank you, Carol! We had a lot of fun. The one disappointment was not finding a Frida Kahlo painting. I wanted to photograph Flat Frida next to an original Frida, but unbelievably, the National Art Gallery did not have any Kahlo’s! We were told that the National Art Gallery features American art. Okay, but Van Gogh wasn’t American, neither was Mary Cassatt. What really burned my buns is that the Gallery had Diego Rivera’s artwork (Frida Kahlo’s husband), but NOT Kahlo’s. He’s not American. He’s Mexican, like Kahlo. See any discrimination here?
No Kahlo’s–so sad. But your little Flat Frida has inspired me. Time to re-read Kingsolver’s “The Lacuna,” a wonderful novel that includes Frida Kahlo.
I had no idea that “The Lacuna” included Frida Kahlo! Time for me to read it for the first time!
Oh, how I wish that Frida was here at Gun Sense University with me! She could be in a selfie with the Students Demand Action panel! Or better yet, I would have loved her in the picture at breakfast taken with me, Michael Bloomberg and Mom’s founder, Shannon Watts!
Frida would have been more than proud to be in that photo! Thank you for learning more about combating gun advocacy with common sense action. #MOMSDEMANDACTION!