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Going To DC This Summer (Vanity)
FreeRepublic ^ | 3/3/2017 | Me

Posted on 03/03/2017 5:19:27 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear

Will be taking a 4-day trip to DC this summer. Any recommendations on what to see and where to eat? We lucked up on a good hotel (normally $600 a night for $100 two blocks from the Whitehouse.) Have already contacted our Senator about getting approval to tour.

I'll sit back and enjoy (while writing things down.) Also tell me what to avoid.

Thanks!


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Miscellaneous; Travel
KEYWORDS: dc; dcvacation; history; travel; vacation; whitehouse
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To: rlmorel
I worked at the Pentagon,that is historical,Also Union station. We used to go on dates to Jefferson memorial,and believe it Arlington cemetery. I loved blackies house of beef,Cahills pub,Georgetown house. I believe they are gone now.
101 posted on 03/03/2017 7:05:22 PM PST by samantha (keep up the fight..)
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To: freepertoo

Amazing place to be a little kid...run wildly all you want, the sky is a blue vault above you, and life is eternal.


102 posted on 03/03/2017 7:06:17 PM PST by rlmorel (Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
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To: rlmorel

Yes, indeed.


103 posted on 03/03/2017 7:10:40 PM PST by freepertoo
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

For a panoramic view go to the top of the Washington Monument. Nothing is allowed to be taller than it in DC. Air and Space is a must and the National Gallery if you are into art.


104 posted on 03/03/2017 7:10:47 PM PST by xp38
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To: xp38

Is it open again after the earthquake?


105 posted on 03/03/2017 7:13:24 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (****happy dance**** BIGLY!!!! Shadilay!)
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To: freepertoo

The building I lived in is now a 1.7 million dollar condo. They did not even have the subway when I lived there but DC transit ran every five minutes,it was yucky in mid summer with B.O. My hubby and I used to window shop on Connecticut ave,I used to worship at st Mathews cathedral. I miss it.


106 posted on 03/03/2017 7:15:08 PM PST by samantha (keep up the fight..)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Oops nevermind. The Washington Monument is closed until the spring of 2019 while they modernize the elevator. Seems an awful long closure but that’s the government for you.


107 posted on 03/03/2017 7:17:07 PM PST by xp38
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

It’s open...unless the elevators are down again, which is often. If you’re fit enough to walk to the top of the monument, there are interesting etchings carved into the walls...least there used to be. Haven’t done the monument climb for decades.


108 posted on 03/03/2017 7:17:08 PM PST by freepertoo
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To: freepertoo

Oops, xp38, read your post after I posted.


109 posted on 03/03/2017 7:18:34 PM PST by freepertoo
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To: samantha

Where did you live? I work at Thomas Circle, just down from Logan Circle.


110 posted on 03/03/2017 7:20:02 PM PST by freepertoo
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

See Mount Vernon and Gunston Hall.

Be off the streets before dark.


111 posted on 03/03/2017 7:22:38 PM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Robert DeLong

Rock creek park was awesome also. The navy yard has been there forever. The Potomac river,the C and O canal running parallel with it,real history.. I really miss living with history every day.


112 posted on 03/03/2017 7:24:33 PM PST by samantha (keep up the fight..)
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To: samantha

Sigh. I always say I would never want to be a kid again, but...some of those things you painted that picture of...well, I could do those again.


113 posted on 03/03/2017 7:32:39 PM PST by rlmorel (Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

There are great galleries, museums and other indoor spaces.

For me, I like the monuments and the grand vistas.

I took one seven hour fast tour (your teen boys might like this) and took my metro pass and my running shoes and saw the outside and lobby of anything and everything.

The great Lee home at the top of Arlington Cemetery is a must see vista. Read up on it first. The Vietnam Memorial, Jefferson, Lincoln etc etc.

Take your guide book and map. get your metro pass and map.
See how many things you can get to in two water bottles each and seven hours. You will be amazed.


114 posted on 03/03/2017 7:34:21 PM PST by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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To: freepertoo
I lived in Hartnett hall at 2019 o st. Then across the street in the same place where vince foster lived before he met his demise. I believe Hartnett hall is kaput. It was a boarding house for young ladies that worked in various Government offices. We even had a house mother,two meals a day and a room for $40
115 posted on 03/03/2017 7:35:21 PM PST by samantha (keep up the fight..)
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To: freepertoo

10:17:07 PM
10:17:08 PM

It’s difficult to read a post in less than a second. :)


116 posted on 03/03/2017 7:36:33 PM PST by xp38
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To: rlmorel

Remembering is making me smile,I really loved it. We walked down to the ellipse to see the lighting of the Christmas tree,and we lay down on the grass watching the fireworks,took walks at cherry blossom festival at Jefferson memorial. I believe they are blooming right now.


117 posted on 03/03/2017 7:41:56 PM PST by samantha (keep up the fight..)
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To: samantha

Oh yeah there are endless things to do, but strangely for me I do not miss the area that much. I lived there for almost 40 years. From the mid 60’s to 2004. Of course I would leave for periods of time. I had tried California in the 80s and found out I really wasn’t laid back enough for that area. 8>) I tried Las Vegas for awhile but couldn’t stay away from the gaming tables. 8>) Then I tried south Florida for awhile, didn’t speak Spanish, and I didn’t like drinking every day. 8>) So after a while I would return back to Northern Virginia. But the traffic there became so unbearable that my wife & I moved to Louisiana so she could be near her dad who is in his 90s. I think he will outlive me, LOL.


118 posted on 03/03/2017 7:42:14 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

The Air and Space Museum is awesome. Ford’s Theater and the house across the road where President Lincoln passed.


119 posted on 03/03/2017 7:46:40 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (I tried being reasonable, I didn't like it. - Clint Eastwood)
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To: cyclotic

It’s beautiful...


120 posted on 03/03/2017 8:00:14 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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