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DC Day 8: Goodbye
The unanimous choice for our last meal: brunch at Market Lunch at the Eastern Market. The Bluebucks made Oakley happy and silly. She’ll fight you for them! We didn’t realize what a popular brunch spot this is on Saturday mornings but it was worth the wait. The Crabcake Benedict was …
Still More DC Day 7: Final Founding Farmers Feast
More DC Day 7: Georgetown University
After cutting out of the long line at the Capitol, we ubered to Georgetown University – only because there’s no Metro stop at Georgetown. Following Brian’s advice (after all, he’s a proud Hoya who went there for both undergrad and law school), we ate lunch at Booeymonger. It’s a deli …
DC Day 7: US Capitol
Chilling in Sen. Bob Corker’s office awaiting our tour of the US Capitol. Aspen, unlike most 16 year olds, is reading The Wall Street Journal while Lou, like most 11 year olds, is playing on her iPod. Both don’t want their picture taken. Not surprisingly, Fox News (ugh!) was on in Sen. …
DC Day 6: Arlington National Cemetery and the Air and Space Museum
Changing of the Guard Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Memorial Amphitheater Inside the Robert E. Lee House Slave quarters at the Robert E. Lee House John F. Kennedy Gravesite The real 1903 Wright Flyer reminded us of the …
More DC Day 5: American History Museum and Natural History Museum
Refreshed and rejuvenated after a lovely lunch, we “museumed on”. Next up? The American History Museum and the Natural History Museum. Yep, both. In one afternoon. How’d we do it? There’s an app for that! The free Smithsonian app provides a highlights section complete with location, details, and pictures of …
DC Day 5: National Archives and Founding Farmers
Wednesday morning began with a tour of the National Archives. I highly recommend making online reservations for the two hour guided tour because for a mere $1.50 each you get to enter earlier and thereby skip the lines to see the Charters of Freedom. Well worth it. Cameras aren’t allowed …
More DC Day 4: A Monumental Bike Ride
It was a lovely spring afternoon, so we decided to rent bikes to tour the National Mall and memorial parks. Along with all the other tourists! It took us three stops at bike rentals before we found bikes. We rode them all over! Without a doubt, this is the ideal …