the Zoo used to be awesome and probably still is ;) By the way, the Mall is not all that safe after dark. I know several people who were robbed there. Something to keep in mind. Capitol Hill is a also a good place to get in trouble, so don't stray too far from the government buildings.
Kids always like the Air and Space Museam and there used be a merry-go-round on the mall -- check with someone who has been there more recently than I have. Your best bet for kid-friendly entertainment may be whatever is going on on the mall -- seemed like there was always some sort of powpow or concert or festival -- but if that's not looking good I wonder of the Folger Theater still puts on open-air shows? Anothr thought -- think it was in the museum of science that Lara got to hold a three-inch hissing cockroach...your kids are probably too young for the National Gallery (I still remember with horror the time baby James pulled a medieval tryptych off the wall. He actually didn''t hurt it but everyone in the vicinity had a heart attack including me before I managed to pry it out of his little fingers...) On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 4:19 PM, C. Hatton wrote: > > > > > It's going to be four adults and two kids (7 and 4) - our goal is to > > have an easy visit, going to the museums and/or zoo depending on > > weather and how we feel. Any suggestions? > > > > Will you have strollers for the kids? My vote is to minimize the stuff on > the Mall and the surrounding area when you have small kids, or take a > guided > tour for most of it- otherwise it's just way too much walking for the kids > (and maybe the adults). You can always get the multi-day Metro passes, but > check the prices, you have to use the Metro quite a bit for them to be a > better deal than just paying for each fare. > > My daughter loves the Natural History Museum, the east wing of the National > Gallery of Art (the modern stuff), the Hirschorn Gallery of Art (also > modern). Air and Space is good, too, of course. Those four are "reasonably" > close together on the Mall. > > Despite having lived in DC for years, I have never been to the zoo, but > that's always a good option for kids. Maybe current DC locals have other > thoughts, as my knowledge is potentially a bit out of date. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:301388 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
