see the pentagon. (its where much of your money ends up). see the architecture. supreme court. washington monument. vietnam memorial. lincoln memorial. wading pool. its all BIG.
On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 4:42 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > lots of stuff to see, depending on what you're into. There's all the > smithsonian stuff, but if you're willing to drive out a bit, there's > the Uldver-Hazy Annex of the Air and Space Museum. > > Here's a couple of good listings > http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/?nid=top_gog > http://dc.about.com/od/childrensactivities/tp/15BestforKids.01.htm > > Also try to get a Friday Washington Post. It will give a listing of > events etc in the Friday supplement. > > There's also the C&O Canal Georgetown (if you're into preppy college > stuff), McPherson Square (if you're into Occupy DC), > On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 4:35 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Collecting the wisdom of the list once again. >> >> My wife, daughter and I are heading to DC. We'll be there from August >> 17th to August 29th so my wife can help a friend of ours give birth >> (my wife is a doula). The friends we are helping out live in old town >> Alexandria and I've been scouting some places in the area on >> AirBnB.com I'm looking for a place to rent for a week that would be >> relatively comfortable for a couple and a 5 year old. Anyone have any >> suggestions on places to look besides AirBnB? >> >> Beyond that, what else should we do while in town? I've got a couple >> old friends in DC that we'll be seeing and I plan on hitting some of >> my favorite museums while there, like the Air and Space, National Art >> Gallery, Natural History Museum, etc. However, I haven't been to DC >> since 1990, so I imagine that there is plenty I don't know about. I'd >> especially like suggestions that would amuse a smart 5 year old. My >> daughter likes the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry a whole lot >> (she had to dragged out of the physics lab yesterday), the zoo, >> anything to do with dinosaurs, science, crafting, animals...ok, she >> likes most everything. >> >> And I know that we have at least a couple folks on the list in the DC >> area. Anyone want to meet up for a beverage or three? >> >> cheers, >> Judah >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:352485 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
