I went to DC last weekend and it rained almost the entire time we (me and my girlfriend) were there. We flew in on a red-eye on Friday morning, and I felt like didn't get any good sleep on the flight. But we packed it in. Saw the Capitol, Library of Congress (on Friday), the Holocaust Museum (on Saturday), the Portrait Gallery (on Sunday), and the Natural History Museum and the Hope Diamond (on Monday). In addition we walked the mall and saw the World War 2 Memorial and the Lincoln Memorial.
I also saw a couple of old friends and talked (on the phone) to a few more. The highlight of the trip was seeing cousins from my father's side of the family that live in the area. All in all a good visit.
Here's a brief lowdown of our trip, in case you are planning a visit to our Nation's Capital.
The Capitol Hill tour was a waste for me, as we got the cheap and impersonal one. Make sure to have someone in your congressman's office actually give you the tour.
The Library of Congress had an awesome exhibit by the political cartoonist Herb Block, who cartooned from 1929-2001, which was one of my two favorite things.
Check out Herb Block or Herblock's cartoons here:
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/herblock/fire.html
The Nazi Propaganda Exhibit at the Holocaust Museum was my other favorite. That exhibit contained video, newspaper clippings and other media on how the Nazi's came to power in Germany; how they coerced or convinced the rest of Germany (non Jewish or Gypsy) to follow them. Kind of crazy.
My saddest thought during the whole Holocaust Museum visit was the this stuff happened in Africa very recently. And we didn't really stop it(I don't know if we tried).
Here's a list of other things.
Thing the GF wanted to see the most: The Hope Diamond.
Best Flight: A nonstop on Jet Blue
Best Milkshake we ate: The Good Food Eatery; Southeast near the Capitol
Best View: (well besides from the Washington Monument) The 12th floor W Hotel on 15th St., NW
Best Dinner: Chef Geoff's in downtown
Best Reader: Cousin B. (She's a first grader)
Best Coffee: Elli's
Favorite Monument: Still the Jefferson Memorial (Although we missed it this year)
DC's Best Ethnic Food (with hot waitresses): Ethopian Restaurants
(hope the gf isn't reading this)
Best Place to Walk or Run: The Mall and Tidal Basin Area
Best Place to stage an intervention with a spouse that spends too much time following sports: Dave and Busters. (really I feel sorry for Cousin S. as Cousin B. (not the first grader) really does spend too much time on sports. I don't understand his sports addiction, but that's definitely what I would call his relationship to spectator sports.)
Best.
GCNOF
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It sounds like you had a great time. I'm glad you and Haley enjoyed yourselves.
I would totes want to go see a big ass diamond as well. In Florence I dragged everyone to the Medici place to look at old furniture.
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