This is half-euro, half-Brooklyn hipster gear -- think slim fits and impeccable fabrics -- and it will advertise you as an A. Lister in a still-too-boxy town. Read more.
The affordably priced furniture store Urban Essentials recently moved to a new location, doubling the size of its showroom to 5,700 square feet. Read more.
Venue of presidential inauguration. Get your wonk on at http://NBCPolitics.com
This venue holds original copies of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. Get your wonk on at http://NBCPolitics.com.
NBC's Brian Williams taped “Inside the Obama White House” - behind the scenes look at what goes on inside the White House and the West Wing each day in 2009. Get your wonk on at http://NBCPolitics.com
The Washington Monument was formally dedicated on February 22, 1885, and at the time of its construction, it was the tallest building in the world; it remains the tallest stone structure in the world.
LOVE the "open" conservation labs and storage! An interesting side to museums that you rarely see. Don't leave without seeing this part of the museum on the third floor mezzanine and fourth floor.
The Smithsonian Institution was founded for the "increase and diffusion" of knowledge from a bequest to the United States by the British scientist James Smithson, who had never visited the US himself.
Walk to all the museums via the Mall or just stroll from the Capitol to Lincoln Memorial - its the quintessential walk in DC (WH,Cap,Smithsonian,Wash Mem,Lincoln Mem,WW2 Mem,Vietnam Mem,Korea Mem,etc)
Construction began in 1914, and the memorial was opened to the public in 1922. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech to a crowd by the Lincoln Memorial in 1963 .
Dedicated in April 1979, coinciding with Einstein's 100th birthday, the statue is 12 feet tall and weighs about 4 tons. Watch this 90 second C-SPAN YouTube video about the memorial. Read more.
After the federal government was established in Washington, the court was housed in a basement room in the US Capitol until 1929, when Chief Justice Taft argued successfully for their own building.
This is a beautiful place. Whether on a date or just a place to sit and talk. Lovely!
In 1998, DC's National Airport was renamed to honor the 40th President of the United States. The original idea came from Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform and the Ronald Reagan Legacy Project
