- The White House
- The U.S. Capitol
- Arlington National Cemetery
- National Zoo:
- National Archives
- Mount Vernon, the Estate of George Washington
- Distillery and Gristmill
- The Pentagon
- Ford’s Theatre
- International Spy Museum (http://www.spymuseum.org/)
- Walking Tour of Monuments at night…
- Washington National Cathedral (www.nationalcathedral.org)
- Take a riverboat cruise or river taxi (to or from Georgetown or to and from National Harbor)
- Manassas National Battlefield (http://www.nps.gov/mana/index.htm)
- Woodlawn Plantation
- Botanical Gardens (http://www.usbg.gov/index.cfm)
- Supreme Court (http://www.supremecourt.gov/visiting/visitorservices.aspx)
- Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov/visit/)
- National Gallery of Art (http://www.nga.gov/)
- House of the Temple (Masonic Temple) (http://scottishrite.org/)
- Carlyle House (http://www.nvrpa.org/parks/carlylehouse/index.php)
- Frank Lloyd Wright’s Pope Leighey House
- Gadsby’s Tavern: (http://www.gadsbystavernrestaurant.com/index.html)
- Gunston Hall Plantation (http://www.gunstonhall.org/home.html)
- Lee-Fendall House (http://www.leefendallhouse.org/)
- The Lyceum (http://oha.alexandriava.gov/lyceum/)
- Patowmack Canal and Great Falls National Park (http://www.nps.gov/grfa/index.htm)
- Skyline Drive!
- Smithsonian Institute Building and Castle (http://www.si.edu/Museums/)
- Air and Space
- Air and Space (Dulles) (http://www.nasm.si.edu/museum/udvarhazy/)
- American Art and it’s Renwick Gallery
- American History
- American Indian
- Anacostia Community
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- National History
- Portrait Gallery
- Postal Museum
- Monuments and Memorials
- Washington Monument
- Jefferson Memorial
- Lincoln Memorial
- Roosevelt Memorial
- WWII Memorial
- Korean War Memorial
- Vietnam Memorial
- Pentagon 9/11 Memorial
- Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
- U.S. Marine Memorial
- U.S. AF Memorial
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Things to do around DC
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Goals while in Australiasia
26. Never refer to the region again as Australiasia
27. Go lawnbowling at least once
28. Watch the Melbourne Cup
29. See the 12 Apostles
30. Visit the Whitsunday Islands
31. Buy another pair of Uggs or similar
32. Learn the local transit system
33. Go winetasting at least once
34. Learn to make ANZAC biscuits
35. Watch a few rugby games at the stadium
36. Take Tahitian/hula lessons
37. Watch the All-Blacks play
38. Learn how cricket is played
39. Understand rugby
40. Understand the difference between Australian Rules and "normal"?
27. Go lawnbowling at least once
28. Watch the Melbourne Cup
29. See the 12 Apostles
30. Visit the Whitsunday Islands
31. Buy another pair of Uggs or similar
32. Learn the local transit system
33. Go winetasting at least once
34. Learn to make ANZAC biscuits
35. Watch a few rugby games at the stadium
36. Take Tahitian/hula lessons
37. Watch the All-Blacks play
38. Learn how cricket is played
39. Understand rugby
40. Understand the difference between Australian Rules and "normal"?
Friday, February 1, 2008
Goals... in no particular order
1. Attend a Jack Johnson concert
2. Read at least one nonfiction book every other month (6/year)
3. Keep learning hula - Be part of a halau wherever we are
4. Keep learning Hawaiian - take at least one class per year
5. Make two major creative projects per year
6. Buy a DSLR completed 4.30.08
7. Learn to use my DSLR
8. Travel to Tahiti
9. Run a half-marathon
10. See the northern lights
11. Hike through Italy
12. Never wear clogs or Crocs in public
13. Visit New Zealand
14. Learn to sew clothes
15. Buy a sewing machine
16. Hike to/on/ just plain see a glacier
17. Drive the Pacific Coast Highway
18. Visit wine country in CA
19. See Little Philip Island and the Penguin Parade
20. See Big Sur
21. Visit Yosemite
22. Learn how to swim proper laps
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2. Read at least one nonfiction book every other month (6/year)
3. Keep learning hula - Be part of a halau wherever we are
4. Keep learning Hawaiian - take at least one class per year
5. Make two major creative projects per year
6. Buy a DSLR completed 4.30.08
7. Learn to use my DSLR
8. Travel to Tahiti
9. Run a half-marathon
10. See the northern lights
11. Hike through Italy
12. Never wear clogs or Crocs in public
13. Visit New Zealand
14. Learn to sew clothes
15. Buy a sewing machine
16. Hike to/on/ just plain see a glacier
17. Drive the Pacific Coast Highway
18. Visit wine country in CA
19. See Little Philip Island and the Penguin Parade
20. See Big Sur
21. Visit Yosemite
22. Learn how to swim proper laps
23.
24.
25.
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