The DC Traveler

August 8th, 2008

Restaurant Week in DC Starts August 11th

Time again for Washington, DC’s Restaurant Week, where diners get to sample reduced priced 3-course lunches and dinners at over 170 area restaurants.
Lunches cost $20.08 and dinners just $35.08.
Some participating restaurants only offer a limited Restaurant Week menu for the price, some either lunch or dinner, while others might offer both, so […]

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August 7th, 2008

DC on the Cheap…Hostel Style

Besides price 5-star luxury hotels like the Ritz or the Willard,  Washington, DC has accommodations for the budget traveler as well.
If all you need is a safe and comfortable bed, and you’re on a student’s budget or have limited funds to pay for accommodations, why not try a hostel?
Most Washington, DC hostels offer […]

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August 6th, 2008

The 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany

The site for the 1936 Olympics had been decided before Adolph Hitler took power.  But by the time the games were held, Hitler and his Nazi party were running Germany since 1933 and initially didn’t want the games held in Berlin.
Earlier in the year, Germany also hosted the Winter Games in Bavaria. But after […]

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August 5th, 2008

Shark Tagging in the Atlantic

Shark tagging….No, it’s not the newest version of online “tagging”, this is real, hands-on tagging of live sharks on the open ocean.
Join Baltimore Aquarium staff and Captain Mark Sampson, a recognized shark lecturer and writer, for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to spend a half-day on the water tagging live sharks off the coast of Ocean […]

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August 4th, 2008

Monument Monday - General Ulysses S. Grant Memorial

The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial at the base of Capitol Hill sits between the Capitol Building and the Capitol Reflecting pool.  The memorial consists of three major statutes and is the largest equestrian statue in the country.

The first statue depicts General Grant calmly sitting on horseback, which was typical of him demeanor during […]

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August 2nd, 2008

Making Fun of the President

Political cartoons are almost as old as newspapers. And poking fun of presidents, political leaders and politics is a mainstay of humor today.
Three-time Pulitzer prize winning cartoonist Herbert Block (”Herblock”), cartooned about politics starting with his first cartoon that appeared in the Chicago Daily News, back in 1929.  The topics he covered early […]

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July 31st, 2008

Jimmy Buffett

Calling all Parrotheads!!
Jimmy Buffet is celebrating his style of leisure and fun this Labor Day weekend in Washington, DC. 

Jimmy BuffettNissan Pavilion7800 Cellar Door DriveBristow, VA 20136 (map it)
Date and Time - Saturday and Sunday, August 30 and Sept. 1, 8:00 p.m.
Tickets - Lawn - $36.00, reserved seats - $136.00 and are available […]

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July 30th, 2008

Rafting the Shenandoah

Now that the dog days of summer are here, kick back and enjoy a relaxing day rafting, canoeing or tubing down the Shenandoah River.
I recently took a short rafting with Front Royal Canoe Company and the entire experience was great.
FRCC rents canoes, one and two-person kayaks, inflatable rafts and tubes for rides down […]

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July 29th, 2008

New York’s CorbinDances Comes to Washington, DC

Patrick Corbin was a leading member of the well known Paul Taylor Dance Company and went on to form his own contemporary dance company, CorbinDances in New York City.

The company will present works from their recent New York season, at Dance Place in Washington, DC including Romantic Conversions danced to Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto # […]

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July 28th, 2008

Top Ten Museum Artifacts in Washington, DC

On another Monument Monday, I thougth I’d come up with a Top Ten List of the most important artifacts, national treasures, and pieces of history in Washington, DC’s museums and archives. With all of the the Smithsonian Institution museums, the National Archives, Library of Congress and so many, that was tough to come up with […]

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