The weekend before last people were flocking to the Tidal Basin for cherry blossom viewing. Now entrance is prohibited and DC police have roped off the entire area.
We're still staying at a hotel but some in DC have been closing due to lack of business. No more buffet breakfast at our hotel. We can request to have the room cleaned once a week or so.
First time I've stayed at a hotel where most days you clean the room yourself, and set the trash out in the hallway each morning.
The gym's still open but almost nobody uses it.
...and the hotel lobby is rarely used.
Yesterday these social distancing tables were set up in front of the reception area.
People frequently queue up in front of Trader Joe's grocery store.
Whole Foods grocery store now limits how many customers can be in the store at a time.
DC's famous Eastern Market on a Sunday morning would normally be packed
DC went on lockdown this morning at 12 am, so these guys hanging out at Foggy Bottom metro station could be fined $5,000 each and imprisoned for 90 days. Not someplace you'd want to be right now:
https://www.newsweek.com/aclu-sues-dc-department-corrections-over-coronavirus-outbreak-jail-1495162
Have started seeing these new high-tech social distancing vehicles in the city.
