My daughter and I just got back from a trip to DC.  I had never been there.  She is 11 and so for both of us it was a great educational and fun trip

I had been to many great places in the world but never DC and had a feeling like we lacked something in the US as far as buildings and repositories of information to give us real substance.

When I got there, I realized how wrong I was.  

What a great city.  I'm sure you enjoyed yourselves! 

Trying to get without first giving is as fruitless as trying to reap without having first sown.

It does not do to leap a 20 ft chasm in two ten foot jumps.

Yay Leardon - welcome. I lived in DC for a year when I was with Arena Stage, back in my acting days. And I spent two weeks once as a lobbyist when I was with Pittsburgh Public Theatre. Spent my days visiting legislators, encouraging funding for the arts, got to go on the floor of the Senate to present a poster to the Sen from Pennsylvania - DC can be a fun city.

And GREAT restaurants! A friend in those days (since gone to God) was the food critic for the Washington Post, and I often got to go eating with him - he'd take three other people, and we all had to order different things, so Joe could taste.

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