Washington D.C. recommendations

[r_ciao]

i'm visiting DC soon and am looking for things to do and see during my five full days there.
i already plan to visit the usual suspects:  Smithsonian, Capitol, White House, Spy Museum and assorted memorials and monuments.
what else do you recommend?
is there a good day tour that hits the highlights? i might even take in a MLB Nationals game.
i have no car, no bike.  it's just walking and public transportation. i'm near a Metro station.
i'm flying solo and am up for just about anything.

Thanks and Ciao!

[SacDuc]

i'm visiting DC soon and am looking for things to do and see during my five full days there.
i already plan to visit the usual suspects:  Smithsonian, Capitol, White House, Spy Museum and assorted memorials and monuments.
what else do you recommend?
is there a good day tour that hits the highlights? i might even take in a MLB Nationals game.
i have no car, no bike.  it's just walking and public transportation. i'm near a Metro station.
i'm flying solo and am up for just about anything.

Thanks and Ciao!

I was carted around the standard memorial tour. Two of them made an impression. The Vietnam Memorial was pretty moving, slowly sinking in to that quagmire of death all the while seeing your own reflection in the wall inscribed with the names of the dead.  And the Jefferson memorial is interesting if just for his words that are all around the thing. I understand that DC has a really good microbrew scene now as well.

sac


/or do what the politicians do
//hookers and blow

[KnightofNi]

don't forget to ask the CAMmers what they think.


http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?board=20.0

[Johnny OrganDonor]

Walk through Arlington and see if you can get some quiet time at the Tomb of the Unknowns.

[Slide Panda]

FYI there are 17 museums that are part of the smithsonian. There's also the national gallery of art, national archives and more. There's the FDR memorial which isc worth a visit.

For evenings - we've got every sort of food you can imagine. Got any likes?

For beers - lots of places. Most famous for beer is the Brickskeller.
They have around 10,000 different beers on the menu,15 or so rotating taps and assorted other specials. And unless you get into the costy stuff it's one of the cheapest places to drink up in dc.

[ducpainter]

i liked the Hirshorn Museum.

[LMT]

I really liked the Newseum.  It was the highlight of our last DCa trip.

Take a pass on the Brickskeller.  We saw mice in there.

You can sign up or just show up and tour the National Red Cross HQ.  Say hi to my big boss!

http://www.redcross.org/museum/history/visitorinfo.asp

[herm]

Air and space museum
Lincoln memorial
Vietnam memorial
Museum of American History (if only for "old glory")

[Johnny OrganDonor]

The Holocaust Museum

[DesmoDiva]

The Holocaust Museum

+1

and the National Building Museum

[Geaux]

Cherry Blossom Festival soon: http://www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org/cms/index.php?id=405

[ab]

18th and U.  Lots of nice restaurants from different parts of the world.  Clubs etc if you into that sort of thing.

[Kopfjager]

www.nga.gov

[LA]

Start at the Botanic Garden. Facing the Capitol building it's the first building on the right closest to the capitol -great big greenhouse. It's a great place to start and a very uplifting experience.

National art gallery. I could spend weeks there. The building itself is worth a look.  Hirshorn is a little too, well ..... modern for me.

Museum of Nat History.

National Air and Space Museum.

China Town for lunch or dinner or Union Station is very good for lunch too.

The metro's all you need.

LA

[krolik]

Stop by the office of your Representative, and tell him, or her, that he's (she's) doing a good job, or not.