Adams Morgan Washington DC

Set out early for DC. Arrived mid afternoon and stopped on the way in at the Smithsonian Air and Space museum. This is out of town as it's a big aircraft hanger where they store all the big stuff. We saw the prototype/test shuttle for the Endeavour mission and the landing capsules as well as the Enola Gay that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima. There …

D.C. may be one of the most expensive cities in the U.S. but there are plenty of free events during the summer to keep you entertained. One of these is free swing dancing classes. A friend dragged me into a beginner's swing dance class at a local art and music center in Adams Morgan, one of D.C.'s up and coming neighborhoods.
The class was …

... indulgence, although I could easily have stayed, a new hostel and tourist attractions awaited.  Turns out there’s a lot to do in Washington DC. The city had cooled today & was a balmy 34oC with a mere 50% humidity.  The metro was easy ...

Meridian Hill Park is a part of Adams Morgan. For me the park is a part of my weekly routine. I spend a great deal of time reading in the park, enjoying the tranquillity and surroundings. Today I had a conversation with another visitor, who told me about ...

... the vision portrayed by Martin Luther King. Little black girls playing with little white girls. Today I rediscovered Washington. I walked from Adams Morgan to the National Mall. I climbed the steps of Congress and enjoyed the Air & Space Museum. I ...

... buff, it was pretty cool to see art from Rembrandt, Raphael and Da Vinci. On the Saturday night we went to Adams Morgan, which is a district in Washington that has many clubs and pubs. We went to Tom Toms, which was recommended to us. It was great, ...

... .  With my back still bad, we decided to go to the movies! We went to a wicked old style movie theatre in the Adams Morgan area of DC. It was so cool. There was one huge curved movie screen and we sat up on the balcony to watch the film - The ...

  Washington, DC our nation's capitol and center for democracy.  Once upon a time I had an image of a depressing, crime ridden hell hole of a city that one would only visit if they seriously wanted to get shot, mugged or score some crack.  ...

... of the national museums etc were closed today due to the hurricane), watching the world go by. Afterwards we caught a bus to Adams-Morgan to check out the supposed cool district. It was bitterly underwhelming. There was a strip of a few bars/cafes, but ...

... were tiny but it was the size of an average cat.  After we were done in the zoo we took a walk into the Adams-Morgan district, another historical residential area (like Georgetown) which has tradtionally been the Latin area of the city.  It was ...

... writing, got ready, sent more CS requests and contacted some friends in New York. I drove to my CS host's address in Adams Morgan, about seven minutes away. Traffic was terrible. These people need to learn a lesson from Portland! There was no long-term ...

Om jag fick en krona för varje amerikansk flagga som vajar i Washington DC skulle jag vara miljonär. Man kan inte missa att det är USA's huvudstad, den saken är i varje fall säker! Washington (i folkmun "DC") vinner på tillgänglighet, ...