Tag: Historical Travel View All Tags
kayaking
48 Hours in Washington D.C. - Part 3: Popped Collars and Lacklustre Cuisine
September 6, 2008 at 1:42 PM | 1 Comment
Jaunted weekend editor Victor Ozols escaped from New York over the Labor Day holiday for a blissful getaway to Washington D.C. He recounts the hits and misses of his time in the nation's capital in this three-part series.
After getting cleaned up from our museum adventure, we walked down M Street in Georgetown. I grew up in Northern Virginia but really couldn't claim any good knowledge of DC prior to this trip, so I actually thought Georgetown was the hip place to hang out. John pointed out the preponderance of "popped-collar douchebags" in G-town, and he was right, though they didn't particularly bother us. Adams Morgan and the U Street Corridor (with places like the Black Cat) are much hipper locales. But we didn't really care, and enjoyed our stroll through Georgetown, peering into several restaurants before finally deciding to dine at Ristorante Piccolo on 31st Street. Our meal was an enjoyable disaster.
kayaking
48 Hours in Washington D.C. - Part 2: Loving Those Free Museums
September 6, 2008 at 1:07 PM | 0 Comments
Jaunted weekend editor Victor Ozols escaped from New York over the Labor Day holiday for a blissful getaway to Washington D.C. He recounts the hits and misses of his time in the nation's capital in this three-part series.
It's crucial to have a good place to get take-out coffee near your hotel, and the Renaissance M Street had a great one, an Illy coffee bar located just off the hotel lobby. Two large caffe filtros only cost $4.18 and got us plenty fired up for a day of museums. We drank our coffees and then walked past the White House to the Mall, snapping pictures and entertaining the idea of someday leaving New York and finding a place in D.C.
Our first stop was at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History. It's great that all the Smithsonian museums are free. They just check your bags for bombs and stuff, but you don't need tickets or anything, just stroll your ass right on in the museum. In New York you'd have to pay like $15 for each adult ticket. That's a major point in D.C.'s favor.
kayaking
48 Hours in Washington D.C. - Part 1: Kayaking and Go Go Music
September 6, 2008 at 12:16 PM | 1 Comment
Jaunted weekend editor Victor Ozols escaped from New York over the Labor Day holiday for a blissful getaway to Washington D.C. He recounts the hits and misses of his time in the nation's capital in this three-part series.
We just got back from a weekend in Washington D.C. so I figure I should write a review in the style of those "36 Hours In ... " pieces from the New York Times Travel Section, except mine will take place over 48 hours, making Jaunted 12 hours better than the Gray Lady. We took Amtrak from Penn Station to Union Station on Friday (one-way fare = $125) and I'll skip the part where we dropped the baby off with my folks in Virginia and start with check-in at the Renaissance M Street in Washington D.C. The weather was hot, we were relieved of parental duties for two days, and felt ready to go crack-house crazy (just a metaphor: no actual crack houses involved).
