I love this list. Where else can an innocuous question like 'where are some cool places to go in DC?' spiral into a prick waving contest on who's city is safer?
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Larry Lyons<[email protected]> wrote: > >>Okay, I'm going to invoke the formulaic argument - any time that I >>post, within a reasonable number of posts someone, typically Sam, >>Gruss, Larry or one of the other regulars will make a snarky comment >>and then an exchange will begin that will drag the thread onto a new, >>heretofore unexpected course of discussion. >> >>Thanks for keeping the status quo folks! >> >>In all seriousness, thanks for all the advice - the new museums look >>interesting and the traffic pattern update is good info as well. >> >>Cheers! >>Hatton > > N/P. Its just I'm getting pissed at the prejudices exhibited against DC. More > often than not the people who are arguing that it horribly dangerous nasty > etc, argue by anecdote or vague reminiscence, rarely by real data. More often > than not anecdotes are not worth much, not even the paper they're written on. > > But here's my general advice, take the VRE or the Metro into DC. You can get > day passes or if I can suggest you may want to get a SmartTrip card. These > can be purchased ahead of time or at the stations. You can then load as much > as you want on them. If you are parking in a Metro lot, you will need one of > these cards to get out of the lot, unless you can find one of the few exits > that that credit cards. > > If you want to go through the Smithsonian Museums on the Mall, and want to go > through most of them, be prepared to take at least 2 or 3 days to do so. Also > try some of the side trips in the area, like National Harbor, Hanes Point, > Fort Ward (if you're into the Civil War) etc. Go through something like the > Frommer's Guide to DC (http://www.frommers.com/destinations/washingtondc/) > and plan the excursions but leave plenty of time for extras. > > larry > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:301472 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
