yohansen5b
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Need help with a weekend in DC.
August 07, 2008 at 01:10 AM UTC
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So I'm surprising my girlfriend with a weekend in DC, hotel and everything. We'll be in Saturday Aug 16 to Monday Aug 18. I've got restaurants and a few things planned out but I'm really hurting for things to do. It's the one weekend there isn't a show we want to see and, as it seems to me, it's the dead time for theater.
Anyone have any good ideas of things to do in the city for that weekend? I'll go halfsies with the boyfriend points I'm hoping to collect…
Thanks, kiddos!
elj
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Re: Need help with a weekend in DC.
August 07, 2008 at 02:23 AM UTC
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Shopping in Georgetown. Mimosas.
Arthwys
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Re: Need help with a weekend in DC.
August 07, 2008 at 03:09 AM UTC
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Art gallery. Not smithsonian, some cutting edge something or other.
chaz
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Re: Need help with a weekend in DC.
August 07, 2008 at 11:44 AM UTC
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Lion King at the kennedy center. Laugh all you want, i took my kids this weekend and it was OFF THE HOOK. Probably sold out but i'm sure you could score some reasonable tix on craigs list.
Rent a canoe at thompson's boat house (Va Ave and Rock Creek Parkway) and paddle around Roosevelt Island. Always fun.
Relaxer
Joined: October 15, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Need help with a weekend in DC.
August 07, 2008 at 05:35 PM UTC
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Originally posted by yohansen5b:
Anyone have any good ideas of things to do in the city for that weekend?
Best thing to do in DC for a weekend is to go to New York City.
lwoxley
Joined: October 06, 2004 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Need help with a weekend in DC.
August 07, 2008 at 05:54 PM UTC
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I hear there's some nice monuments to see.
vansmack
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Re: Need help with a weekend in DC.
August 07, 2008 at 06:41 PM UTC
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You don't really like this girl, do you?
sweetcell
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Re: Need help with a weekend in DC.
August 07, 2008 at 06:57 PM UTC
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don't go outside, you'll automatically be shot. stay inside and have gay sex.
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Relaxer
Joined: October 15, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Need help with a weekend in DC.
August 07, 2008 at 08:01 PM UTC
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Originally posted by walkonby:
Originally posted by sweetcell:
don't go outside, you'll automatically be shot. stay inside and have gay sex.
</walkonby>
or you could stay inside and still get shot at while having gay sex.
Right in the eye!
That shit stings.
lwoxley
Joined: October 06, 2004 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Need help with a weekend in DC.
August 07, 2008 at 08:45 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Relaxer:
Originally posted by walkonby:
Originally posted by sweetcell:
don't go outside, you'll automatically be shot. stay inside and have gay sex.
</walkonby>
or you could stay inside and still get shot at while having gay sex.
Right in the eye!
That shit stings.
I bow to your superior knowledge on that.
ixkpd-bk
Joined: December 12, 2005 at 06:01 AM UTC
Posts: 1114
Re: Need help with a weekend in DC.
August 07, 2008 at 09:21 PM UTC
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Originally posted by walkonby:
Originally posted by sweetcell:
don't go outside, you'll automatically be shot. stay inside and have gay sex.
</walkonby>
or you could stay inside and still get shot at while having gay sex.
That's a GREAT weekend!
Seriously though, you can do the monuments/museums, head up to Great Falls if you're renting a car, hike along the C&O Canal, and do a great brunch somewhere Sunday afternoon.
taperkat
Joined: October 05, 2004 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Need help with a weekend in DC.
August 07, 2008 at 10:12 PM UTC
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I'll go out on a limb here: I took my parents to DC before I lived up there, and we took the Duck Tour. They still talk about it to this day, like 4 years later. They really liked it - as did I, and I had seen a ton of DC.
brokensocscene
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Re: Need help with a weekend in DC.
August 07, 2008 at 10:29 PM UTC
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Which stings? Cum in your eye?
Originally posted by Relaxer:
Right in the eye!
That shit stings.
yohansen5b
Joined: May 04, 2004 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 136
Re: Need help with a weekend in DC.
August 07, 2008 at 10:30 PM UTC
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Originally posted by vansmack:
You don't really like this girl, do you?
haha, that's good! no, we are local (vienna/falls church area) and i decided to blow off work for a day and just have a quick, easy escape. it's no new york, of course, but i'd rather spend time with her doing something here than sitting in a car for some time.
anyway – good ideas so far! thanks, everyone!
ggw
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Re: Need help with a weekend in DC.
August 07, 2008 at 10:47 PM UTC
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Everytime I go to NYC or SF or Chicago or LA, I am happy that I live in D.C., a town in which there are more than a dozen museums that you can walk into for free.
One of my favorite things to do is to head into the city with no plan whatsoever. Just go where things take you…
lwoxley
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Re: Need help with a weekend in DC.
August 08, 2008 at 02:14 PM UTC
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If you plan on nailing this bird I would stay away from the holocaust museum….bit of a buzz kill evidently.
Rhett Miller
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Re: Need help with a weekend in DC.
August 08, 2008 at 02:33 PM UTC
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How about a threesome with ThatGuy?
Originally posted by yohansen5b:
So I'm surprising my girlfriend with a weekend in DC, hotel and everything. We'll be in Saturday Aug 16 to Monday Aug 18. I've got restaurants and a few things planned out but I'm really hurting for things to do. It's the one weekend there isn't a show we want to see and, as it seems to me, it's the dead time for theater.
Anyone have any good ideas of things to do in the city for that weekend? I'll go halfsies with the boyfriend points I'm hoping to collect…
Thanks, kiddos!
thirsty moore
Joined: January 11, 2000 at 06:01 AM UTC
Posts: 6131
Re: Need help with a weekend in DC.
August 08, 2008 at 02:46 PM UTC
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Don't sleep on the Building Museum. It's one of the better museums in DC. Small, focused exhibits that deal with architecture and design. You leave feeling like Howard Roark.
lily1
Joined: September 30, 2002 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Need help with a weekend in DC.
August 10, 2008 at 01:28 PM UTC
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i love this place. and there's the eero saarinen exhibit going on right now.
i'd also recommend the jacob lawrence exhibit at the philips collection.
in fact you could go to the dupont farmers market sunday morning for breakfast and then stroll over the philips for a couple hours.
Originally posted by econo:
Don't sleep on the Building Museum. It's one of the better museums in DC. Small, focused exhibits that deal with architecture and design. You leave feeling like Howard Roark.