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DC Questions
A few weeks ago I asked a few questions about DC but I have some more.. Sorry.. Any suggestions are more than appreciated...
-What are you good, but not too pricey places to eat? We're college students on a relative budget, so we're trying to stick with 60/day or less for the both of us for lunch and dinner (breakfast is free at the hotel so we're trying to stick with that).
- What are you some good things to do after the museums close? We're not drinkers or club-goers, but we enjoy music and theater.. So yeah.. What are some things to do?
-Which museums are your favorite? We're going to spend most of our time at the Smithsonian, Archives, LoC, and Holocaust museum, but are there ones we should avoid? Must see?
Thanks!
Re: DC Questions
When are you going and for how long. Years ago I saved money by eating at the Old Post Office. The inside was like a food court in a Mall. Plus there is a tower with a Elevator. At the top is a noce view of the mall area.
In the summer, one smithsonian musuem is usually open one night a week for later hours. Not sure if that is still the case. After the museums close you can check out the monuments.
The Smithsonian museum is made up of a number of museums - Natural History and Air& Space are my top two. The Indian one is intersting too. It depends on your taste.
Are you going to the capitol? If you want to get in the gallery you need to contact your congressman for a pass or go their office when you get there.
Here are my random thoughts:
1. National Portrait Gallery is one of my favorite museums and it's free.
2. Some other good museums to check out Newseum (about $20/person), Hirshhorn (free), Air and Space (free), American History (free).
3. As far as other things to do, you might want to think about checking out if there are any comedy shows that look interesting to you at the DC Improv or Riot Act, rent kayaks and go out on the Potomac, ride the Capital Bike Share bikes around the city to explore some of the neighborhoods, and also check out to see what music acts will be at somewhere like the 9:30 Club. Also depending on when you are coming, you might want to see if the Nationals baseball team will be in town.
4. For lunch, you might want to eat at some of the DC Food Trucks which are really popular. FoodTruckFiesta.com gives a real time map of which trucks are where in the city. Also I think the Ronald Reagan building has a food court, but I'm not sure if you need to be a federal employee to eat there.
You don't have to be a fed; you'll just need to show a photo ID and go through the metal detectors to get into the building.
Baby248 - ETA 1/10/13
The Washington Post's Entertainment section and Going Out Guide (http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog) are good resources. You can check out their suggestions for three days in DC:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/three-days-in-dc-day-1/2011/05/25/AGro1WBH_story.html
Or look at their list of events for this weekend:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/search/q,sortSpecifier_Date,group_Events,datenavs_This+Weekend.html
Baby248 - ETA 1/10/13
Do not miss the American History Smithsonian, that was my fave.
This was many years ago but they had such awesome pieces of Americana like Julia Child's entire reassembled kitchen, Dorothy's ruby slippers (one pair at least, there's a few floating around) and dresses of first ladies.