+1 on Udvar Hazy if you can get there. Carolyn
Sent using a mouse-sized keyboard with feigned autocorrect intelligence. On Nov 1, 2013, at 9:25 AM, Doug Hughes <[email protected]> wrote: > If you are an aerospace afficionado, you should definitely make the effort to > see the Udvar-Hazy center which is an annex of the air &space museum adjacent > to Dulles airport. See it on your way out of town since you will have a car > to get there. Among other things: rare WWI and WWII fighters, *the* Enola > Gay, an sr71, a space shuttle, johnson's air force 1, the gossamer albatross, > stunt and experimental planes and gyrocopters, some monster rockets, > satelites, planetary explorer test models, and the scale model used for Close > Encounters of the 3rd kind. > > In terms of memorials I really like the newish WWII one and the Jefferson. > Both are a bit out of the way. Renting a bike to see memorials is worth it. > > The star spangle banner is at american history (yeah, that one) and recently > has undergone a preservation overhaul. The national museum of the american > indian has a really impressive interior space. The jewish holocaust museum, > which I have not been to yet, has limited admission, so please plan ahead and > research if you are interested. The national zoo is .3 miles from the conf > hotel. > > > > Sent from my android device. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Carolyn Rowland <[email protected]> > To: LOPSA Discuss <[email protected]> > Sent: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 12:00 AM > Subject: Re: [lopsa-discuss] LISA: activities / food in D.C. > > Phil, > > Other than not looking at old buildings, I'm not sure what you're going for. > If you're looking for something beyond the monuments and Smithsonian complex > standard bearers, here are some options: > > http://www.spymuseum.org/ > http://www.newseum.org/ > http://www.ushmm.org/ > > And this is a list of "yummy" restaurants suggested by Jess@USENIX when I > asked her for ideas earlier today: > > Astor Mediterranean > 1829 Columbia Road Northwest > Washington, DC 20009 > http://www.astorfoods.com/ > ~approx 1 mile from hotel > > Las Canteras > 2307 18th St NW > Washington, DC 20009 > http://www.lascanterasdc.com/ > ~approx 1 mile from hotel > > Mama Ayesha's > 1967 Calvert St NW > Washington, DC 20009 > http://www.mamaayeshas.com/ > ~approx .5 mile from hotel > > Lebanese Taverna > 2641 Connecticut Ave NW > (between N Woodley Rd & N 24th St) > Washington, DC 20008 > http://www.lebanesetaverna.com/ > ~approx .2 mile from hotel > > Carolyn > > > On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 11:52 PM, Phil Pennock > <[email protected]> wrote: >> I need help filling my schedule for next week. :) >> >> I'll be driving into D.C. on Tuesday, from Pittsburgh, and leaving >> Friday evening. I probably won't have the car during the week, so will >> be walking and using public transit if travelling during LISA. >> >> I've never been to D.C. before. I'm not really interested in gawking at >> buildings just because they'd vaguely old, by local standards. Anything >> in particular I should make effort to see or do? >> >> Within reasonable travel time from the conference hotel, any particular >> places I should try to grab an evening meal with folks? >> >> And while I'm here: reminder that there's a PGP keysigning BoF at LISA >> and keys should be submitted in advance. >> >> Thanks, >> -Phil >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators >> http://lopsa.org/ >
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