Wednesday, March 30, 2016

DC Bucket List

So I have been in DC nearly full time for seven months now.

I really am not at all a list maker, but I figure that it is about time to make a list of things I want to do while I am here so that I don't get to the end of my time and wonder why I have not done this or that. I expect that this list will be dynamic--at least I hope so. I am curious what has been on other people's lists that you forgot of missed out on. Or what you have seen and loved and should not be missed.

In DC
Attend the DC State Fair  12 Sep 2015
Tour the West Wing   19 Mar 2016
Go bowling at the White House 11 April 2016
Take in the 4th of July on the National Mall 04 July 2016
Attend Supreme Court Arguments
Check out books and use the reading room at the Library of Congress
Go to the Tidal Basin to see the Cherry Blossoms  21 Jan 2016
Take a pleasure cruise on the Potomac
Fly a helicopter over the city Security rules say no. Bummer.
Have a drink with Abe   25 Jan 2016 during Snowzilla
Go to a party at an embassy
Ride through all the DC Metro stations
Average one BikeShare bike ride per day for a year 10 Sep 2016 345 in 300 DC days
See the cherry blossoms 20 Mar 2016


Music & Arts
Attend an event at the Kennedy Center  14 Oct 2015 Organ recital
Hear the Netherlands Carillon 02 Jul 2016
Go to the National Symphony or Opera
See performance at Folger Library 28 Feb 2017
Listen to the Netherlands Carillon 03 July 2016

Sports
Attend a Capitals hockey game  07 Feb 2016 vs the Flyers
Go to a Nationals game vs either Brewers or Twins
See a DC United match
Get into a Georgetown basketball game

Outside DC
Take the train to NYC   14 Jan 2016
Drive through Shenandoah
Drive the Blue Ridge Parkway
Visit Gettysburg
Travel on some foreign delegation June 2016 to Central Africa


I decided to not list all the Smithsonian museums.
I also did not list the US Capitol since I spend plenty of time there already.