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Some Place in D.C.By Adam Rosenfeld
Warm-Up
What interesting things have you seen in Washington, D.C.?
Where is the…
Best restaurant?
Best museum?
Best date spot?
What is the best place you have been in D.C.?
WARNING
I have not actually been to all of these places.
Concerts
My Favorites:
Fillmore Silver Spring
9:30 Club
Black Cat
Rock and Roll Hotel
U Street Music Hall
Fillmore Silver Spring
Upcoming Concerts
A$AP Ferg and YG 1/18
50 Cent and G-Unit 2/12
Meghan Trainor 3/8
Address
8656 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring
9:30 Club
Upcoming Concerts
Of Montreal 3/7
Borgore 1/29
Address
815 V Street, NW Washington, D.C.
U Street Music Hall
Upcoming Concerts
I don’t know, a bunch of
random DJs. Go check it out.
Address
1115 U Street NW
Black Cat
Upcoming Concerts
Parquet Courts 2/7
Twin Shadow 3/30
Address
1811 14th St NW
Sports
Nationals
Wizards
Redskins
Capitals
Washington Nationals
Why?
Because it’s extremely cheap!
Tickets for as low as $5
Sit, relax, enjoy the game.
Washington Capitals
Why?
Most of your friends have already seen the Wizards and the Redskins.
Hockey is cool.
It’ll be cold, so bring a jacket.
Food
Ben’s Chili Bowl
Crab Cakes
Dangerously Delicious
Good Stuff Eatery
Biergartenhaus
Dangerously Delicious
PIE.
PIE IS GOOD.
GO EAT PIE.
Not the Chinatown one, though
Address
1339 H Street NE
Crab Cakes
Official Maryland state food- Blue Crabs
Where?
Blacksalt
4883 MacArthur Blvd
Washington Post’s choice
Ben’s Chili Bowl
Why?
Obama ate there.
D.C. landmark
Address
1213 U Street Northwest
Good Stuff Eatery
Please stop going to McDonald’s
Please.
Address
Multiple locations
303 Pennsylvania Ave. SE
Biergarten Haus
German food and beer.
Age 21+.
Date Spots
National Arboretum
DC Improv
Kennedy Center
National Gallery of Art
National Arboretum
National Bonsai and Penjing Museum.
Open Friday-Monday (make sure it’s open before visiting).
Free!
DC Improv
For all of your comedy needs.
Famous comedians.
Address
1140 Connecticut Ave NW
Kennedy Center
Fancy events like ballet, theater, and opera.
National Gallery of Art
Great art exhibits all year.
Free!
Also has an outdoor sculpture
garden with ice skating
Museums
International Spy museum
The Newseum
Museum of Crime and Punishment
Sackler/Freer Gallery of Asian Art
International Spy Museum
The only public museum about spies and espionage in the United States.
Price: $21.95
Address
800 F Street Northwest
The Newseum
Interactive museum of news and journalism.
Price:
7-18 $13.95 plus tax
19-64 $22.95 plus tax
Address
555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Museum of Crime and Punishment
A museum dedicated to the history of criminology and penology.
Real crime exhibits.
Price- $21.95 walk-up, $18.00 online.
Address
575 7th st. NW
Sackler/Freer Gallery of Asian Art
The Smithsonian’s museum for Asian art.
Free!
Address
The Sackler Gallery 1050 Independence Ave SW
The Freer Gallery of Art 12th Street, SW
Connected by an underground exhibition space.
Other
May 10th- EU Embassies Open House
Hillyer Art Space- First Fridays
Albert Einstein Memorial
Meridian Hill Park
Last, But Not Least…
Baltimore, another great city an hour away
Home of:
The National Aquarium
Camden Yards
Baltimore Museum of Art
BETTER CRAB CAKES
So…
How many of these places have you heard of?
Been to?
Do you want to visit any of these places?
Which?
Are there any types of places not previously discussed?
Discussion
Where would you take a friend if they visited you in your home town?
Restaurants?
Museums?
Shows?
Sports?
Washington D.C.
Plan an itinerary for some of the new students. What should they check out first?
Assignment
Find someone who has been to the same tourist spot as you. Write a short review of the location.