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I've never really thought much about throwing a social.
I mean, who wants to come to DC? There's nothing here.
Well, except for the museums, the zoo, the monuments, the center of our govt., the theaters, the battlefields, the food, and maybe some other stuff I've forgotten. It's not a place we get many tourists or anything.
In all reality, unless you've got a car, most of that stuff just isn't accessible from my house. I love living in the 'burbs, but it does mean that the Metro, in one of it's few useful configurations (if you want to get to DC's attractions, the Metro is fantastic, but you have to go to it), isn't a mere few blocks blocks north.
I live 7 minutes from Dulles (IAD), 15 in traffic. I'm 15 minutes from the Vienna metro station, which you can get to from National (DCA) with no problem. Both of those require driving, though.
I live here.
We're talking serious suburbia. Picket fences, 2.4 kids, dogs, cats, manicured lawns, SUVs, the whole suburban enchilada. I have the space to throw a party. I've got room for people to sleep. I'm just not easy to get to.
I also have no clue when I'd do it. The next long weekend is the July 4th one, and you DON'T want to be in DC in July. It's hot, it's humid, and on that particular weekend, the place is packed. They throw great fireworks in the air right over the Potomac so the mall has the optimal view. And you only have to share that view with 500,000+ of your closest friends. Oh, and I'll be down in Williamsburg, so you'd be sleeping on the driveway.
I'd love to have people over. I'm just not sure when. Also, if you weren't staying here, the nearest hotels are in Reston, Herndon, Fair Lakes, and Chantilly. Oh, and thanks to proximity to Dulles and every tech company and defense contractor known to man being located all over this end of Fairfax Co., none of them are of the particularly inexpensive variety.
I mean, who wants to come to DC? There's nothing here.
Well, except for the museums, the zoo, the monuments, the center of our govt., the theaters, the battlefields, the food, and maybe some other stuff I've forgotten. It's not a place we get many tourists or anything.
In all reality, unless you've got a car, most of that stuff just isn't accessible from my house. I love living in the 'burbs, but it does mean that the Metro, in one of it's few useful configurations (if you want to get to DC's attractions, the Metro is fantastic, but you have to go to it), isn't a mere few blocks blocks north.
I live 7 minutes from Dulles (IAD), 15 in traffic. I'm 15 minutes from the Vienna metro station, which you can get to from National (DCA) with no problem. Both of those require driving, though.
I live here.
We're talking serious suburbia. Picket fences, 2.4 kids, dogs, cats, manicured lawns, SUVs, the whole suburban enchilada. I have the space to throw a party. I've got room for people to sleep. I'm just not easy to get to.
I also have no clue when I'd do it. The next long weekend is the July 4th one, and you DON'T want to be in DC in July. It's hot, it's humid, and on that particular weekend, the place is packed. They throw great fireworks in the air right over the Potomac so the mall has the optimal view. And you only have to share that view with 500,000+ of your closest friends. Oh, and I'll be down in Williamsburg, so you'd be sleeping on the driveway.
I'd love to have people over. I'm just not sure when. Also, if you weren't staying here, the nearest hotels are in Reston, Herndon, Fair Lakes, and Chantilly. Oh, and thanks to proximity to Dulles and every tech company and defense contractor known to man being located all over this end of Fairfax Co., none of them are of the particularly inexpensive variety.
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(*awaits your snarky comment on SE DC*)
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When are you in town? I'm guessing at the very least, we'll get together with Will and Z and possibly Breno for dinner or lunch at some point. Although, just to torment you, perhaps we'll do it outside the Beltway.
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Anyway, my sched: 28 June thru 2 July. I think one day that weekend I'm driving up to B'more.
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Sleeping space is not an issue - we have an extra queen, double and more than enough floor space in the carpeted basement (yea, as Jamie pointed out, we are suburbinites).
Heck - we even have a geeky kid to entertain the visiting kids if anyone wanted to bring theirs as well as the adults.....
Good luck getting yourself out of this one Jamie :)
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Oh.
Me neither.
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Yeah, if I came up to DC I would totally want to bring my daughter. She's only 4, but I think she would enjoy it.
It would all come down to timing and $$$, but I would be interested.
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The husband actually cleaned the entire house while I was in Chicago. He put up the curtains that Corinne had accidentally pulled down six months ago. Installed a ceiling fan in the nursery. Emptied the laundry basket of DOOOOOM. Put all the boxes of "stuff" into the attic. I swear, my house has not been this clean since before Cooper was born! Maybe I should go out of town more often ;)
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Oh, Laura wants to switch days with me the week of the 26th...do we have anything going on (it'd be Tuesday instead of Monday)?
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Tonight we need to decide on King Dominion tickets and also book the Hampton Roads trip in July.
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