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Tag Archives: Washington
The memorial FDR really wanted
Name the five greatest U.S. presidents and Franklin Delano Roosevelt should make the list. Ironically, he received the least striking memorial until a second was built in 1997. But that’s the way Roosevelt wanted it. Shortly before his 1945 death … Continue reading
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Tagged best DC walking tours, FDR Memorial, Photo by Rick Snider, Washington
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The real George Mason
George Mason is hanging out not far from fellow founding father Thomas Jefferson in West Potomac Park. The George Mason Memorial remembers the “Forgotten Founder” who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights and was his state’s delegate to the 1787 … Continue reading
Sorry, Washington is closed
Planning to come to the nation’s capital this spring? Not anymore? I hear you. Everything is closed. Everything. And not just today, but probably all spring and maybe into the summer. Museums, federal government, Capitol, Supreme Court, White House, National … Continue reading
Eating big at Bobby Van’s steakhouse
The Tower of Seafood was on the table in minutes like the starting gun to a fine meal. And, we were off. My Redskins podcast partner Matt and I along with our wives eat at Bobby Van’s each season. A … Continue reading
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Tagged best DC walking tours, Photo by Rick Snider, Washington
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Every day is Memorial Day at the Vietnam Wall
Posted in Memorials
Tagged best DC walking tours, D.C., Items left at Vietnam Wall, Photo by Rick Snider, Washington
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Will Washington ever host a Super Bowl?
The NFL promised to consider New York and Washington for a future Super Bowl after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in both cities harmed tourism. It was the NFL’s way of helping ailing economies because the game now brings about $350 … Continue reading
Thoughts from holiday tours
So another holiday has passed (and we don’t have to listen to that horrific “It’s Christmas Eve in Washington” song on the radio. My God I hate that song. Maybe it was the mild temperatures, but for a town where … Continue reading
How high is up? We’re still not sure
The National Capital Planning Commission rejected a request to raise building heights in Washington, saying it wants further study before amending the 1910 Heights of Buildings Act that limits buildings to 160 feet. Typical government bureaucracy, but in this case … Continue reading
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Tagged building heights, Photo by Megan Snider, Washington
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Have we reached the tipping point?
It’s a big week in Washington. Either the federal government resolves its shutdown and among other things memorials open or we default on our loans and head back into the recession. Sure seems like an easy decision to make. Fall … Continue reading
