I've been to both the newseum and the spy museum.
+1 both of them, if you are a news junkie and if you are intrigued by spycraft,
respectively.
Bike rentals are very easy, I leveraged one to get around on my last trip to
DC. You can take the bike out at one station, and drop it off elsewhere. The
mall is large, and a bike makes it very easy to get from one location to the
next.
>________________________________
> From: Carolyn Rowland <[email protected]>
>To: LOPSA Discuss <[email protected]>
>Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 9:00 PM
>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
>>
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