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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 …
DC Day 4: Supreme Court and Library of Congress
One of Aspen’s requests was to see the notorious RBG. And so we did. On Tuesday morning we headed out to the Supreme Court hoping to hear the one hour oral arguments in the 10 am case. We arrived at 9:30 am and stood in line hoping to get …
Seeeesters at the Washington Monument
This series of pics makes me smile. On our way back home, we discovered Ted’s Bulletin Milkshakes are the best! And in case you’re wondering, yes, Lou’s face is on purpose. Always.
DC Day 3: Holocaust Museum
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum was stunningly powerful. The smell of the old leather shoes haunts me still. The girls were completely absorbed for over 3 hours. This, along with the Newseum, was our favorite museum of the trip (and we saw a lot of museums). The best museums …