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Thanks Dona. I think we’ll go to the Air and Space Museum, since it’s the most famous and suggested museum for kids, despite my disdain for the space program. We’ll do a walk by of everything else – no tours. We tried getting tickets for the White House tour except one needs at least a month’s advance notice now. I recall the Holocaust Museum being incredibly moving, but I think the Champs are too young to fully understand / appreciate it.
What HAPPENED to your car, ET? Damaged?
Bayridge has good car services. I used to use one on 86th Street (south side of 86th Street and 4th). I remember them being cheap and the guys were nice. The N and R train are annoying enough, but with a baby and no car….you need to use cabs sometimes…..
http://www.si.edu/Museums
Smithsonian Museums
Tks, Bxgrl. I love red lipstick.
Biff, I think you have boys…not that girls wouldn’t love this, but the Air and Space Museum is really fun for kids.
I think the Capitol would be fun for them too.
ET, I am sympathetic. Certain places in Brooklyn are tough without cars. I lived in Brooklyn Heights for 16 years – no car. It WAS a hassle to visit family in Staten Island, but I did it somehow. But where I am now? I need to lug stuff for the building and the retail is so bad in walking distance, it is hard to imagine life here without a car. (Also I admit to being afraid to the night life around the C train i.e. post midnight. To go to the opera? I used to come home to Brooklyn Heights at any time, no second thought. Where I am now? No way in hell. So…..it’s car or cabs for Manhattan night life)
biff, don’t forget the NRA National Firearms Museum 🙂
Thanks CGar. Given we have less than two days, Arlington is out for this trip. Probably only time for one museum and then running around to see the various monuments / memorials / White House.
Choose Your Smithsonians carefully. There’s a dozen or so in DC.
“ME! Everyday. To buy a quart of milk.”
You have good coloring to wear red. It can look harsh on a lot of people but your hair and eye color makes it look good.
Biff, I don’t know that you’ll have time, but worthwhile excursions not far outside D.C. also include Arlington National Cemetery and Washington’s home at Mt. Vernon.