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[jay-ell]

I think Limmo underestimates the fascination that just walking around any part of LA can have for those of us from back east. You could go indoors and see Lewis Black anywhere.  Go outside and be in California!

And, the weather report says it's 62 in LA right now.  This is not balmy?  In February?  Oh my, you Californians clearly have no idea how lucky you are.

Speaking of visiting fellow Ache-Heads:

Wombat, Pedro and I will be in Washington, DC from March 4 thru the 8th.  We have a wedding to attend on Saturday and a rehersal on Friday night, but if you'll be at the Zoo Sunday or Monday we'd love to stop by and see the naked mole rats.  Any other DC-area kids are welcome to tour the zoo with us; neither of us have ever been.

[CortJstr]

w00t

[wombat]

w00t

Indeed!

I pretty much always work Sundays.  I don't know about Monday this far in advance, but it's not like they won't let me in the building on my day off.

[CortJstr]

I've got an assload of vacation this year so I might take that Monday off just in case.

[jay-ell]

w00t

Indeed!

I pretty much always work Sundays.  I don't know about Monday this far in advance, but it's not like they won't let me in the building on my day off.

Would you rather we came and visited you at work, or do you prefer getting together elsewhere on your day off, should that option be available?  Sunday might work better for us, but either day is really fine.  We just need to head for home by about 5 PM on Monday.  Also, at some point in the next month (golly this is well-planned) we'll need to set a meeting place and time for all those who care to come.  So all you DC/VA/MD folks, let me know if/when you're available and we'll figure something out.  

Meanwhile, it's about time to split this thread.

[CortJstr]

Being a NoVa-ian I know virtually nothing about the city other than 9:30, Black Cat, Metro Cafe, MCI Center so I'm going to defer to the city-folk on this one.

But parking sucks so I vote metro-accessible.

[Carlos del Vaca]

You mentioned going to the zoo, right?  The ZooBar, on Connecticut Ave. right across from the zoo entrance on that side, might be a good spot.  Nothing fancy, just beer and sammiches and stuff, but not all that crowded on a Sunday afternoon.  Metro-convenient, yes, about three blocks from Woodley Park on the red line.

There's also my once-and-future favorite bar, Dr. Dremo's, in Arlington, a few blocks from the Court House metro.  Pool tables, good beer.

[jay-ell]

If it helps, we'll be staying on Dupont Circle and plan to do a lot of walking and metro-riding.  I love DC, but I hate driving there (who doesn't?).  I know the monuments and museums pretty well, but I don't know any nightclubs/restaurants/hotspots, so suggestions are welcome from the locals.  

I've been to DC a dozen times, and it's IMHO the greatest city in the world, so I've done all the touristy stuff.  Pedro has only been there once, for three hours on the way back from a wedding in Baltimore, and I dragged him through the war memorials, the Lincoln, Washington, and FDR memorials, and the Supreme Court in that brief amount of time.  I'd like to do the monument walk again, at a more humane pace, but there's a whole aspect of DC I've never seen -- I take the field-trip approach, so I miss a lot of the culture -- that Pedro's probably more interested in than a bunch of old buildings.  

Things that would be helpful to know:

-- Good, cheap, non-greasy places to eat
-- A couple of nice restaurants to go on a date -- preferably someplace known for their cuisine, not necessarily for the "atmosphere"
-- Someplace to get really good Chinese food
-- A couple of fun after-dinner things to do -- there's a really neat play running at Ford's Theatre which would serve a dual purpose: satisfying my need to drag Pedro to every bleedin' historical site and monument and his affinity for, you know, culture and the arts.

[Carlos del Vaca]

"Good, cheap, non-greasy places to eat":
If you're staying in Dupont, you MUST go to Pizzeria Paradiso, the best pizza inside the Beltway.  2029 P St.  There may be a wait, but it's worth it.

You can also take the bus or otherwise go up to Adams-Morgan where there are a wealth of good places.  If you've never had Ethiopian food, now's the time; I like Meskerem on 18th St.  There's also a great Italian joint called I Matti that is right up the street from Meskerem; I've always thought they could charge about twice as much for their food as they do.


"A couple of nice restaurants to go on a date -- preferably someplace known for their cuisine, not necessarily for the "atmosphere"":

If you're willing to drop some bucks, I'd recommend Vidalia at 20th & M.  


"Someplace to get really good Chinese food":
Ooh ooh ooh.  My favorite place in Chinatown is called Li Ho Food, 5th & H.  It's a total dive and my wife hates it, but their Singapore-style noodles are the absolute bomb.  Other good joints in Chinatown are Eat First, Full Kee, and Chinatown Express, aka "Cheap-Ass Noodle Place," where we often get house-made stir-fried noodles for $5 before hockey games.

[wombat]

I am figuring that most other people would only be able to come on Sunday.  I work 6.30-3 with lunch 12-1. There are various options depending on how long you want to stay at the zoo.  I could show you around Small Mammals before or after lunch and have lunch with youall, and then you could go off and look at more stuff, and then we could hang out when I finished work.  If that sounds like too much zoo, we could do it another way.

If it turns out that I am off Monday, we can think about whether to do it then.  There are pros and cons for me either way so I will go with whatever is best for everyone else.

[wombat]

I need to think more about where you might want to eat but... There is a nice pseudo-Asian tea place in Dupont called Teaism.  R street or something, I will look it up if you are interested. The Zoo Bar is indeed convenient to the zoo but when we used to go there the service was VERY slow (one of the reasons we never do anymore.)  Full Kee in Chinatown is closed for renovations last I heard.  I second the motion that you have to have Ethiopian while in DC but I don't have an opinion on which place in Adams Morgan is good anymore, it's been too long.

You could check Chowhound if you need more websurfing to do:
http://www.chowhound.com/midatlantic/boards/dc/dc.html
In fact someone just posted a request for Dupont-area suggestions, maybe there will be some interesting responses.

[V-Adore]

Sorely tempting to steal someone's car (or convince John, our resident Guy Who Has a Car on Campus, that he really needs to go to DC this weekend) and come down. I'm always up for naked mole rats and cheap Chinese food.

[AlohaDawg]

I ate some good, reasonably priced Ethiopian in Georgetown last summer.
Hell if I remember anything else, though. It was the same night of the MOTHER of all thunderstorms.

[wombat]

You were in Georgetown last summer and didn't visit me??  Oh, wait, right....

V-Adore, where are you?  Are there no buses?

[V-Adore]

V-Adore, where are you?  Are there no buses?

Far northwest corner of Massachusetts (spiritually Vermont). I'm fairly sure there are no buses running DC-bound, sadly.