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I was running down a few potential restaurants last night...
I've never had this but Ted's is good stuff. Quite the calorie bomb but I assume you all will be walking a lot and will have a chance to burn off a few cals.
Yeah we're going to walk the Mall when we can. We will spring for bus passes, but we're used to several miles of walking on vacation days. We will walk to Arlington National Cemetery from the hotel one morning - the walk through the Mall, past Lincoln Memorial, across the bridge, through the park and to the Cemetery looks beautiful.
They help me cope on days like today, strangely enough. It's therapeutic to read the misery captured so well. This Post article from three years ago is still the gold standard, though.
Probably stupid to mention, but the fact that the Smithsonian Museums are free is beautiful. I throw the NGA and the NPG in that bunch even tho they aren't Smithsonian. With the museums being free you can walk in and out of them all you want. This was wonderful when I was a student at GW (not far from where you are staying tonite) all those years ago.
Stachowski's!!! They know me there and I love a thousand miles away.
I was impressed to see how much is free along the National Mall. And not in a “getting through the door is free, but seeing the stuff we’re famous for is ‘special exhibition’ at $20 per person” kind of way we encountered in London a lot.
We got a pastrami and a roast beef dip for the three of us to share. They weren’t busy when we got there so they were fine with us clearing a table and eating there. Even with travel and missing breakfast we couldn’t finish our sandwiches, but oh baby were they delightful. I’m used to pastrami shaved thin, so I was stunned those thick slices just melted in the mouth.
I think you mentioned your daughter having an interest in renewable energy when you were planning your trip. GW does have a Solar Institute that might be up her alley.Bruce Dickinson said:
Didn't know you were from that area. Pi is a good spot I always make sure to hit ever since my wife dragged me there as a treat for making her walk around the mall all dayBruce Dickinson said:
Their beer glasses have made good gifts for nerdy friends.My daughter is in a “Green Tech Academy” high school program where her electives and some of her core courses highlight the science, economics, and politics of renewable energy. She wants to keep a door open to law and politics, but knows she would benefit from knowing the science of renewable energy, and IMO any steps taken to understand better how scientists think and approach a problem has benefits in and out of the classroom.
I loved GW when I was there from 88-92. I came down here from Boston, not sure where you are, but I loved it. Lots of travel at breaks and holidays, but that was fun too!
I was a political science major at GW before attending elsewhere for law school. Definitely a great program for that too.
Glad to hear you are having such good times. Friend of mine from HS is a lawyer at the SC, could you imagine going to work in that every day!
Given all the complimentary “wet umbrella bags” stations we’ve seen at building entrances, I think it’s fair to say we’ve been spoiled with good weather all week.Mr. Ected said:
Monuments are certainly the more touristy thing to do, but as one of the resident Alexandrians here... lots of good restaurants for lunch/dinner if you end up in Alexandria. Some interesting historical attraction-type museums too, although off the typical tourist path -- the Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary is pretty cool (apothecary from around 1800 to 1930; it was turned into a museum right after closing, so it's basically still in its 1930 condition). Carlyle House is another interesting one (mansion of John Carlyle who was a pre-Revolutionary merchant; site was home to a Civil War hospital that was most recently the setting for the PBS show "Mercy Street," although show was filmed elsewhere).Bruce Dickinson said:
I don't know your route to the airport, but the Arlington Memorial Bridge has been shut down this morning due to a pedestrian death.Bruce Dickinson said:
Fortunately our cabbie was aware of the situation and took a different bridge to Reagan.
We mainly just cruised King Street. Tons of charm. No schedule; if a storefront looked interesting, we walked in and checked it out. Really relaxing, fun meeting a few shop owners/managers.
I know you have a pretty extensive knowledge of hoops history, so you probably know this already: Maryland had a player in the '80s - Keith Gatlin - who I think played his last game there 6 years after playing his first. He was on the team when Lenny Bias was there and I think he was still there when Gary came aboard to coach. He was a decent player - couldn't shoot a lick, though. He certainly was no Robbie Hummel, who played for 42 years.
I certainly remember Gatlin. My dad was an early adopter of ESPN, so we caught a lot of ACC and Big East Basketball in the 1980s. I remember watching live that NC State game where Whittenburg shot the lights out in the first half and broke his foot in the second. (A major plot point of “Survive And Advance”)
It's fine but you should take a cab to wherever you're going simply because that's a weird area of town. It's federal office buildings, museums and hotels in every direction. You could walk down to the new SW Waterfront complex The Wharf, or you could really hoof it over to the Capitol Hill bars, but you're better off spending a couple bucks to get a cab to one of those spots, or better yet to a more lively neighborhood. Once you get there the bars should be pretty crowded, that was always a good night to go out when I was younger. Lots of people going out to meet up with their old high school friends.
What if you wrapped the kid up in a whole roll of bubble wrap? It'll also keep the kid entertained while waiting for the plane.
Ask a friend to take you.
If there's a chance of an afternoon ice storm I wouldn't risk it either. I'm goiing to pick my kid up from daycare early.
I could somewhat understand Thursday, but I felt like it really only needed a delayed opening. The Friday closures/delays were a bit weird to me.
