The mini anomoly shall make his presence known to mortalkind at this meet. He shall attend alone.
FYI: anything under the Smithsonian Umbrella will be free, that includes all the museums up and down the National Mall. There are a lot of them. It's tourist season so be prepared for crowds. The National Air and Space Museum and the Museum of Natural History attract the biggest crowds. The national Museum of the American Indian is always empty if you want to avoid crowds. Incidentally, it's also extremely boring. I recommend the Botanical Gardens and the Holocaust Museum Memorial. The Aquarium is supremely lame as far as Aquariums go. I think they just reopened the George Washington Monument too. General tip: if Smithsonian is non in the title or it's not a memorial/monument, it will probably cost you something.
There are a lot of free landmarks dotted around DC as well to check out as well, like Ford Theatre. You can see the pillow Lincoln bled all over if that's your thing (weirdos).
I shall be attending bars of the same gendered persuasion later that night for those that wish to canoodle with the homosexicles. Be warned, they are crowded and smell like shame and body odor come 1 am.
The mini anomoly shall make his presence known to mortalkind at this meet. He shall attend alone.
FYI: anything under the Smithsonian Umbrella will be free, that includes all the museums up and down the National Mall. There are a lot of them. It's tourist season so be prepared for crowds. The National Air and Space Museum and the Museum of Natural History attract the biggest crowds. The national Museum of the American Indian is always empty if you want to avoid crowds. Incidentally, it's also extremely boring. I recommend the Botanical Gardens and the Holocaust Museum Memorial. The Aquarium is supremely lame as far as Aquariums go. I think they just reopened the George Washington Monument too. General tip: if Smithsonian is non in the title or it's not a memorial/monument, it will probably cost you something.
There are a lot of free landmarks dotted around DC as well to check out as well, like Ford Theatre. You can see the pillow Lincoln bled all over if that's your thing (weirdos).
I shall be attending bars of the same gendered persuasion later that night for those that wish to canoodle with the homosexicles. Be warned, they are crowded and smell like shame and body odor come 1 am.
A gay bar, you say? ...A pity I don't have proper ID, or I would accept your invitation. For there is a young homosexicles that requires social interaction and needs to learn to talk to people, hmm @Tremula?
The mini anomoly shall make his presence known to mortalkind at this meet. He shall attend alone.
FYI: anything under the Smithsonian Umbrella will be free, that includes all the museums up and down the National Mall. There are a lot of them. It's tourist season so be prepared for crowds. The National Air and Space Museum and the Museum of Natural History attract the biggest crowds. The national Museum of the American Indian is always empty if you want to avoid crowds. Incidentally, it's also extremely boring. I recommend the Botanical Gardens and the Holocaust Museum Memorial. The Aquarium is supremely lame as far as Aquariums go. I think they just reopened the George Washington Monument too. General tip: if Smithsonian is non in the title or it's not a memorial/monument, it will probably cost you something.
There are a lot of free landmarks dotted around DC as well to check out as well, like Ford Theatre. You can see the pillow Lincoln bled all over if that's your thing (weirdos).
I shall be attending bars of the same gendered persuasion later that night for those that wish to canoodle with the homosexicles. Be warned, they are crowded and smell like shame and body odor come 1 am.
Seconding the suggestion to visit the Holocaust Museum, when I went there... 4 years ago now I think it was... It was a real eye opener, especially given the Holocaust wasn't really talked about when I was at school. IIRC you DO need to book in advance to visit some of these places though (No charge, just need to book in and get a ticket) - this is DEFINITELY the case for Washington Monument. (EDIT: Tickets are required for the Holocaust Museum during March-August. http://www.ushmm.org/information/plan-a-visit has details. FYI: Cameras are NOT allowed in the museum.)
http://www.nps.gov/wamo/planyourvisit/feesandreservations.htm Details for Washington Monument are here - the office to get tickets opens at 8.30am and tickets are first-come, first served and are STRICTLY timed - make sure you get to the monument early enough.
If I may make a suggestion, if they are still open, visit Jaleo restaurant, it is a Tapas bar/restaurant in downtown washington, their food is lovely and the atmosphere is very nice.
Check out http://www.jaleo.com/dc for details. Food is fairly reasonably priced, but is up on the higher end of "reasonable".
Never put passion before principle. Even if you win, you lose.
If olive oil comes from olives, where does baby oil come from?
If vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat?
It was simply a suggestion - that being said, I don't know how many people you are going to end up with. I only went with 2 other people, so it made for a fairly pleasant meal. From what I've seen, it looks like the group will be decently large, so it may end up being unsuitable. *shrug*
Never put passion before principle. Even if you win, you lose.
If olive oil comes from olives, where does baby oil come from?
If vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat?
It's far easier to organize an event in a locale with abundant access to public transportation, especially since many people do not necessarily have cars.
Good news/bad news: Saturday is a sure thing, but Sunday is still unfortunately up in the air due to a mistake on my managers part, and I won't be able to do anything about it until Sunday, but if I can get it fixed, then I will be able to do all of Sunday and the majority of Saturday before I must head back and prepare to make @Drocilla love my city.
Laurel is a damn great laser tag location. Also why the fixation on DC? It is a horrible place.
Agreed on both points.
I don't know if they still do it, but you can get a summer pass at the Laurel location for infinite use that pays for itself in like 2-3 sessions. Have you ever been to the Reisterstown location? It blows the Laurel one out of the water.
welp, guess I am coming 100% for sure, just booked hotel for myself and @Pectus and crew. See you all next weekend. Also any word yet on where we plan on meeting up and dinner?
And boy can I say.. am I glad this meet is next week and not this one! I caught a nasty stomach bug I would not be going anywhere today I should be okay by next weekend!
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Laurel is a damn great laser tag location. Also why the fixation on DC? It is a horrible place.
Agreed on both points.
I don't know if they still do it, but you can get a summer pass at the Laurel location for infinite use that pays for itself in like 2-3 sessions. Have you ever been to the Reisterstown location? It blows the Laurel one out of the water.
I live closer to Reisterstown, but I have never been. This will be rectified.
Was there ever any word about where we were going to have dinner?
The soft, hollow voice of Nocht, the Silent resounds within your mind as His words echo through the aether, "Congratulations, Arimisia. Your mastery of vermin cannot be disputed."
Agora's has let me (read: us, but mostly me) down AGAIN (staring daggers at you, @Orventa). Unless anyone has another restaurant they'd like to try*, I may settle for old faithful at this point. Furthermore, please speak up if you're interested in laser tagging in Laurel after dinner. It's looking like a 45 minute drive from DC (correct me if I'm wrong, @Daevos) and we may need to get creative depending on how many actually want to .
*Please limit restaurants to those easily accessible via DC metro.
And it looks like we'll be meeting up at the Smithsonian zoo (Cause it's free) at noon on the 16th! Everyone's welcome to join Arimisia's crew and my group. We'll probably meet up near the front entrance, depending on how busy it is.
And it looks like we'll be meeting up at the Smithsonian zoo (Cause it's free) at noon on the 16th! Everyone's welcome to join Arimisia's crew and my group. We'll probably meet up near the front entrance, depending on how busy it is.
If it's too terribly loud/crowded, I vote we meet by the giraffes.
EDIT: Actually, the prices are rather high for what we're aiming for. Executive decision, dinner will be at Nando's Periperi near DuPont Circle at 5:30PM
EDIT: Actually, the prices are rather high for what we're aiming for. Executive decision, dinner will be at Nando's Periperi near DuPont Circle at 5:30PM
I like due to familarity, dislike because those bastards lied about having sweet potato fries.
EDIT: Actually, the prices are rather high for what we're aiming for. Executive decision, dinner will be at Nando's Periperi near DuPont Circle at 5:30PM
Oh.. Well! That works. Arimisia and I will just have to get something to eat beforehand.
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The mini anomoly shall make his presence known to mortalkind at this meet. He shall attend alone.
FYI: anything under the Smithsonian Umbrella will be free, that includes all the museums up and down the National Mall. There are a lot of them. It's tourist season so be prepared for crowds. The National Air and Space Museum and the Museum of Natural History attract the biggest crowds. The national Museum of the American Indian is always empty if you want to avoid crowds. Incidentally, it's also extremely boring. I recommend the Botanical Gardens and the Holocaust Museum Memorial. The Aquarium is supremely lame as far as Aquariums go. I think they just reopened the George Washington Monument too. General tip: if Smithsonian is non in the title or it's not a memorial/monument, it will probably cost you something.
There are a lot of free landmarks dotted around DC as well to check out as well, like Ford Theatre. You can see the pillow Lincoln bled all over if that's your thing (weirdos).
I shall be attending bars of the same gendered persuasion later that night for those that wish to canoodle with the homosexicles. Be warned, they are crowded and smell like shame and body odor come 1 am.
If olive oil comes from olives, where does baby oil come from?
If vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat?
If olive oil comes from olives, where does baby oil come from?
If vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat?
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I don't know if they still do it, but you can get a summer pass at the Laurel location for infinite use that pays for itself in like 2-3 sessions. Have you ever been to the Reisterstown location? It blows the Laurel one out of the water.
And boy can I say.. am I glad this meet is next week and not this one! I caught a nasty stomach bug I would not be going anywhere today
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Introduce them to Lusternia.
And it looks like we'll be meeting up at the Smithsonian zoo (Cause it's free) at noon on the 16th! Everyone's welcome to join Arimisia's crew and my group. We'll probably meet up near the front entrance, depending on how busy it is.
Ixion tells you, "// I don't think anyone else had a clue, amazing form."
Oh, is it because it's Restaurant Week? Tons of places may be booked.
Here, I research, because yes:
Restaurant Round up: http://brightestyoungthings.com/articles/2014s-new-dc-restaurants-to-date.htm
Vegan: http://brightestyoungthings.com/articles/the-byt-gluten-free-guide-to-dc.htm
Vegetarian: http://brightestyoungthings.com/articles/best-vegetarian-dishes-in-dc.htm
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