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Fall Culture Travel :: Hopper in DC

Where: 4th and Constitution Ave. [map], Washington, DC, dc, United States, 20565
September 25, 2007 at 4:45 PM | by | Comment (1)

Cold, rainy fall days make for the best museum visits. So over the next few weeks we're mapping the latest shows worth seeing--and a nearby spot to nurse your art hangover.

What better place to catch an art show in the US capital than the National Gallery of Art? Until early next year, the museum has a show featuring a load of paintings from iconic American artist Edward Hopper. And, yes, one of the paintings is Nighthawks, that scene you totally had a poster of in your dorm room. It's worth seeing the show just to check out the real thing.

To make like the lonely man in the painting--only, we hope, with a little less lonely--head to the Waffle Shop, near the gallery at 522 10th St., NW. This old-school diner has a nice little counter and a big menu of greasy-spoon options. But get there fast: neighborhood development plans have the diner, like Hopper's paintings, set to fade into history.

Related Stories:
· National Gallery [Official Site]
· Fall Culture Travel Map [Jaunted]
· Fall Culture Travel coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo: The Art Institute of Chicago]



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The original Waffle Shop is no more.

But they've moved into the Lincoln House Restaurant just down the block.
monkeyrotica on October 1, 2007 at 11:50 AM #Permalink
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