Mr. IMG Goes To Washington

[pgg]

Great pics. I'd love to go there sometime.

[mavriktu]

Two hours is nowhere NEAR enough time for the Smithsonians. For me, I doubt two weeks would do it.

Ducky,on my first trip to the Smith I asked at an info booth(naievely) "how long does it take to go through the museum",the young lady responded "I dont know,I've only worked here 5 years",I thought there was only one.,so now each ime I go I try to pick JUST ONE to concentrate on.

[IMGreat101]

The DC tour guide took us through Georgetown, Dupont circle, Embassy row.

One business that caught me was a little cupcake shop.

After all, it's just cupcakes. There was a line wrapped around the block four deep.

Georgetown Cupcake | DC Cupcakes | About

[IMGreat101]

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts





A view from the terrace.







The Hall of Nations



The Foyer. Longer than the Washington Monument is tall.

[IMGreat101]

National WWII Memorial

















Looking east.



Looking west.



Behind the wall of stars is a little known symbol of WWII. "Kilroy was here" was added after the memorial was built. On either side of the wall this appears at the bottom of the service stairs.

North side



South side

[IMGreat101]

Thomas Jefferson Memorial - Thomas Jefferson Memorial National Memorial (U.S. National Park Service)







The only President of the USA that does not have "President" on his tomb because he felt he contributed more outside of the presidency.

[IMGreat101]

Back to The Fish Market - Old Town Alexandria, Virginia for more great seafood!

Shrimp cocktail



MORE fresh oysters (I refuse to pay $2.50 each for "special" oysters)



I had the Admiral's platter, shrimp, scallops, salmon and crab imperial with potatoes and fresh green beans.



A friend had crab cakes



My brother had linguini and clams



All of our dinners were tasty!







I would go back to Alexandria just to eat at The Fish Market!

[IMGreat101]

After dinner we walked around Old Town.

That bike thingy was in the same spot as two nights ago.

I got yelled at by the owner for taking this pic of the nitrous bottle.

[IMGreat101]

Some of the streets are made of cobblestone. These stones were used for ship ballast. When the ships unloaded their in DC to take on freight, they would leave the stones and pave roads with them.

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We found a nice bar on the second floor of this restaurant.

219 Restaurant the best french place in Old Town, VA





Then I noticed they had something very nice on the back bar.

Taylor's Port | The Home of Port

I had to have a couple glasses of this!

[lewisipso]

After dinner we walked around Old Town.

That bike thingy was in the same spot as two nights ago.

I got yelled at by the owner for taking this pic of the nitrous bottle.

What was the issue?

Btw.

MSRP (2009 1400R)
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I have better things I can spend $50,000 on.

[IMGreat101]

What was the issue?

Btw.



I have better things I can spend $50,000 on.

T-rex Of America

The issues was that someone took a picture of the vehicle while holding the camera above. The camera was dropped and he claimed it caused $800 damage.
Apparently this attention whore parks this vehicle in a high traffic tourist area and gloats over the attention. At the time of my scolding he was eating his dinner out of a plain brown paper bag (probably a bologna sandwich from home) about 8 ft from said vehicle. I showed him how the camera strap was wrapped around my wrist and that I would not drop it. I proceeded to take a few more pics.

The nerve of this guy. Doesn't he know he had a brush with one of the most famous photojournalists?

[IMGreat101]

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[Ducky]

T-rex Of America

The issues was that someone took a picture of the vehicle while holding the camera above. The camera was dropped and he claimed it caused $800 damage.
Apparently this attention whore parks this vehicle in a high traffic tourist area and gloats over the attention. At the time of my scolding he was eating his dinner out of a plain brown paper bag (probably a bologna sandwich from home) about 8 ft from said vehicle. I showed him how the camera strap was wrapped around my wrist and that I would not drop it. I proceeded to take a few more pics.

The nerve of this guy. Doesn't he know he had a brush with one of the most famous photojournalists?

What a freaking tool. I hope a hailstorm knocks the shit out of it. Baseball sized hail.

[Xiphos]

If you are still around Old Town, check out Bilbo Baggins restaurant. The entire inside is painted with scenes of the Shire. The food used to be really spectacular (I probably haven't eaten there in 15 years.) Great food and interesting ambiance.

[IMGreat101]

If you are still around Old Town, check out Bilbo Baggins restaurant. The entire inside is painted with scenes of the Shire. The food used to be really spectacular (I probably haven't eaten there in 15 years.) Great food and interesting ambiance.

Another visit to DC for me will mean eating in Old Town Alexandria for a week!

This one in particular would be a two night visit.

http://www.lastapas.us/

[IMGreat101]

Independence Hall



Trials were held in this room.



The room where the Declaration of Independence was presented.



I asked one of the site staff what the little wooden boxes were outside the rooms. They were spit boxes. hmmm.

The Liberty Bell is housed in this building.





Some skits going on outside.

[IMGreat101]

We had 1.5 hours before the bus was to pick us up. I took off towards downtown to who knows where!

Declaration House The Declaration House (Graff House)



I saw two bands and got pic of only one. They were pretty good.



Rep to the first OR member to identify this building.



Stopped here for a few cold ones.



I was alerted by text to go around the corner to here.

Reading Terminal Market › Home



I could get lost in here for weeks! Acres and acres of food!

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HERSHEY'S CHOCOLATE WORLD Attraction





Inside there was a ride that reminded me of "It's a Small World" at Disney. ugh







After this ride there was a corny trolley ride. ugh x 2





Then we had 1 1/2 hours to eat lunch and buy chocolate!

5 lb chocolate bars!!!

[IMGreat101]

We roll into our hotel in Wheeling, West Virginia and there is a sports bar across the street!

TJ's Sports Garden - TJ's Sports Garden



This was the best equipped sports bar I have ever seen.





These are the biggest screens I have ever seen in a bar.



Happy hour was two-fers which brought beer down to $1 per pint!



The food was ok. I had the pork sliders.



They are big WV fans.