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12-20-2010, 08:05 PM
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OT: Washington DC Trip
Need recommendations for WDC, specifically:
1. Outdoor ice skating rinks 2. Indoor ice skating rinks 3. Fun Restaurants with quality food 4. Interactive events (e.g., tour of Congress) 5. Good live music Thanks, Soul Survivor 
Last edited by soul survivor; 12-20-2010 at 08:29 PM. 
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12-20-2010, 08:28 PM
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Georgetown
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12-20-2010, 08:58 PM
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The Caps practice at an indoor rink attached to the Ballston Mall in Arlington -- plenty of open skating times. If you have a car, it's an easy drive from Georgetown (there's a metro stop on the Orange Line, in Ballston, but not in Georgetown). There's outdoor skating on the National Mall, between the Natural History Museum & the National Gallery. There's also a rink at Pentagon City.
On M Street in Georgetown is great Pizza at Pizzeria Paradiso. Downtown there's Michel Richard's Central -- bistro stuff, and sandwiches. The Bread Line, near the World Bank, has great sandwiches. Rasika is fun and excellent modern Indian food, but it's pricey. For Vietnamese and Chinese places I tend to prefer Northern Virginia (Arlington is also home to Ray's Hell Burger & Ray's the Steaks -- both kinda awesome). Live music -- depends what you want. There are big clubs and small for various types of rock music (Georgetown doesn't really come to mind) as well as Jazz and Folk -- the Birchmere is sort of a classic for the latter. Classical music is here and there, with the Kennedy Center being an obvious locus. Check the paper to see what's around.
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12-20-2010, 09:03 PM
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Thanks!
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12-20-2010, 10:11 PM
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there is an outdoor rink at the Pentagon City mall (technically on Pentagon Row, beside the Off-Broadway shoe warehouse).
Check out Ray's Hellburgers, Good Stuff Eatery, or We The Pizza. Ray's is between the Rosslyn and Courthouse metros (just west of G'Town). The other two are at the Capital South Metro (Orange and Blue line).
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12-20-2010, 10:36 PM
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Leslie and I had 2 trips to DC this year. We are sorta foodies without the attitude. We had a fine classic French dining experience at La Chaumiere in Georgetown. Non of the Nouvelle nonsense here. Classic Julia Child French cooking and good service in a room somewhat like a French farmhouse. I asked before we went if jackets were required because I only wear them to weddings and funerals these days. "No sir, we hope our guests will be comfortable". I wouldn't go in shorts but "Business Casual" worked great. There were some suits on others because it is a NICE place in a cosmopolitan city but noone looked askance at me.
I like wine but really don't know French wines well at all and that's where the list here concentrates. I gave our waiter a price range and what we liked in California wines and he provided a winner. I was reminded how much fun a classic French dining experience can be and these places have gotten hard to find. Last edited by Ken Robb; 12-20-2010 at 10:38 PM.
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12-20-2010, 10:44 PM
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Next hot tip. Ardeo and Bardeo at 3311 Connecticut.
Modern innovative(but not fussy) cuisine. We took a couple of our real foodie friends there one night and they recruited others to go back the next night. Les was available but I had arranged to have drinks w/an old school chum. He was on his way to an embassy party and invited me to go along but I thought my jeans might be in appropriate. Les told me the food was even better the second time. I had a pot pie in the cafe in the Mariott Woodley Park.  Not bad but not nearly as good as Ardeo.
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12-20-2010, 11:44 PM
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Holocaust museum (Everybody should contemplate the unthinkable.) any of the smithsonian museums that strikes your fancy Viet Nam memorial. Spy museum Crime museum
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12-21-2010, 12:23 AM
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Given the time of year that may be more appropriate.
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#12
12-21-2010, 08:29 AM
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I've lived here for two years and can recommend the following spots:
If you have access to a car (or zipcar), I'd recommend Two Amys on Wisconsin and Macomb (http://www.yelp.com/biz/2-amys-washington) . Just amazing pizza w/ a great crust--best I've had in DC by far. Central is always a great spot for a good meal. There's also Mourayo and Komi for greek food. Mourayo is great and cooks the fish in salt--really cool presentation. Komi (haven't been, but I've only ever heard amazing things. If you're in chinatown, Oyamel is supposed to be delicious, too. Dupont Circle can get a bit touristy, but Russia house is worth checking out for some of their vodka drinks--good wild game sausage too. If you can make it over to U Street, bar pilar is a fun spot with great tapas and but slightly overpriced drinks (par for the course in DC, really). Also around U street, St X has a GREAT burger and good drinks. Kind of a mess on a friday/saturday night, but you don't go there for dinner at 10 on those nights. Skating...ballston has tons of ice time (www.kettlercapitalsiceplex.com) and there's a rink at the sculpture garden right now. Ack, live music-- Check out who's playing at 9:30 club and blackcat. Never expensive there's tons of bars around both for after the show (they're both in the U street area). Last edited by hockeybike; 12-21-2010 at 08:39 AM.
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12-21-2010, 09:43 AM
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Also, here is a link to an ice rink right off the Mall with a map link and another info link. Have fun. http://www.nga.gov/ginfo/skating.shtm http://dc.about.com/cs/sports/a/Iceskating.htm http://maps.google.com/maps/place?ci...ice+rink&gl=us
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12-21-2010, 12:10 PM
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