diplomacy on one side, and gault malla music, ethiopia restaurants and straight to dupont circle, bookstorescafes, restaurants perhaps three starbucks. so what you're seeing me behind me is a sort of confluence of washington, d.c., our nation's great capitol. that's connecticut avenue. that's a north/south artery that runs in effect from the white house up to maryland, crosses massachusetts avenue at dupont circle. that's the radial access of the city. due west there is california street. and this is columbia road curving around to adams morgan district. there's the russian trade mission. i'm told that there is still an apartment in this building run by the national security agency to monitor the goings-on there from the days of the old soviet union. you probably can't see it behind me but on the horizon is the russian compound. and those domes you see in the woods are the naval observatory buildings on the grounds of which, of course, lives the vice president and you see the british embassy just west of that which is the extreme west end of massachusetts avenue on embassy row. it's a good r