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Washington DC

	Restaurants	Style / Comment / Facts
	Legal Sea Food
	Melrose
	Bars	Cooling `Hot' Spots
	The Ebbit Bar and Grill
	The Willard
	Hotels	Where
	Cosmos Club
	Sights	What to See
	The Memorials	America's memorials are, perhaps only by the best of possible luck, just beautiful. Most of the designs submitted for the memorials were more elaborate than what was finally executed, but in the long run simplicity won out, and we are all blessed with the result. For me the Jefferson, Lincoln, Viet Nam and Roosevelt Memorials are favorites, but the Washington is beautiful too, and the siting is spectacular.
	Cherry Blossoms
	The Zoo
	Museums	Character
	The East Wing
	The Smithsonian
	The Phillips Collection
	Shopping	Areas
	Wisconsin & M	This is Georgetown's major shopping area. There is a nice urban mall at the intersection of Wisconsin and M, and lots of little shops both on M back towards the Capitol, and on Wisconsin going North.
	Inner Connecticut	There are lots of good stores in the area north of the White House around the foot of Connecticut Ave. as it comes into town. The good shopping actually extends a long ways up and down Connecticut, and lots of it can be reached by Metro.
	Chevy Chase
	Food	Areas and Off-Sale
	Parks	Various Things
	The Mall
	Inner City Transportation
	Metro	Washington is blessed with a wonderful Metro system reaching not only all over downtown but also far out into the Suburbs. Indeed an easy way to day trip into DC is to drive to a Suburban Metro Station, and then Metro into town. One is left with a lingering feeling the the US Taxpayers may have been more than just passive participants in funding this systems, but it works well and should be used to save walking around energy for the places that demand it.
	Nearby	But Worth a Mention
	The Inn at Little Washington	Maybe America's highest class Inn and Restaurant. This is in the tiny town of Washington Virginia, about 60 miles to the South West of Washington DC. Last time I was there dinner was Prix Fixe $120, and rooms cost $600+. The food is exquisite, if a shade `heavy', and the place is just beautiful but tending to the `overdone' side. It's `a bit much' but still a wonderful experience once in a while. The people are very nice and thoughtful and the food is wonderful but not complex---making it a particular treat for people who have good, but perhaps not exotic, taste.