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Off to DC.
On Wed, 5 Oct 2016 14:12:56 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 10/5/16 1:50 PM, wrote: On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 11:38:15 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: I had plans for this weekend that will take me out of town. If you are looking for a good and interesting restaurant between Dunkirk and Ridge, I suggest Jerry's Place, We were at Mama Lucia until pretty late and went straight to the Hilton near Solomans. I thought about you when I drove through Huntingtown tho. Maybe next time. DC is still an interesting place. I fell back into the groove right away. (AKA the crack of the ass) It is funny that "aggressive driving" will get you arrested in SW Florida but in DC it is just "driving". I was talking to some of the reunionees and the comment was "if you leave 5 car lengths at 50 MPH, 3 cars will pull into the gap and another might just pass through at high speed". My wife wanted to walk through a "corn maze" but the closest I could do was drive through a "government maze" around the capitol. Between the one way streets, "no turn" intersections, construction and security barriers it took 20 minutes to get from The Dubliner to South Capitol street and you could walk it in 5. Then I ran into baseball trafffic.Yikes. We did get to see Chinatown ... twice. Judy asked where all the Chinese people were. Once I got across the bridge and got to Suitland Parkway it was smooth sailing all the way to Southern Md. The reunion was interesting. It was a pretty subdued crowd but it was good seeing all of the guys. Harry would be impressed by the credentials of the attendees and there was a good representation of professionals. The guys who seemed the happiest were the ones who dropped out of college tho. One guy was retired from the telephone company, one was a plumbing contractor who was a millionaire, there was the guy who wrote speeches for 4 presidents and me. I am not a huge fan of the "capitol hill" Marriott. It takes a pretty bad grasp of geography to say Florida Avenue is on capitol hill and we were really looking at the switching yard north of Union station. http://gfretwell.com/ftp/View%20from...Cap%20Hill.jpg These boys do need to put a little more "fun" in their functions. I may be working on that for next time. For the money we spent in DC I could rent out a whole motel here on the beach and maybe another one across the street on the bay side in case some folks want to drag a boat. My friends in Dunkirk are doing great and we had a good visit. I also had a good time in Ridge with the family. We wrapped it up at National Harbor. I recommend the Westin. We were overlooking the harbor and the big Ferris wheel. http://gfretwell.com/ftp/view%20from%20the%20Westin.jpg You get a good look at DC from the top http://gfretwell.com/ftp/DC%20from%2...ol%20Wheel.jpg If we're going to a museum or a show of some kind on the weekend, I'll drive into DC, but mostly to get there, I hop on the $4.00 Keller commuter bus, aka the "Killer" bus. If we're going to see the Nats, we'll drive up to the Metro stop and hop the train...which lets us off a couple of blocks from the ballpark. Chinatown, sadly, seems to be undergoing gentrification, which means the inexpensive housing and low shop rents and family restaurants and groceries are disappearing. We talked about that while we were looking out the window at the Marriott. We decided the right guy could revolutionize the grocery delivery business if they would link insulated lockers in the condo lobbies with a delivery service that responds to your phone. You get the combo to the locker with your texted receipt and it could hold cold or hot foods. Order what you want and the time you expect to be home and it gets put in a locker that you open when you get home. I read where the huge MGM hotel/casino complex is scheduled to open later this year at National Harbor. I can't figure out the draw for the hotel, though. It's hard to believe that casino customers will fill it, and there's no easy transport to the other side of the river for access to DC. Boat taxis? Gondolas? A magic walkway?  They do have a water taxi service right there but I am not sure all the places it goes. I know you can get to Old Town. http://gfretwell.com/ftp/water%20taxis.jpg If they stopped somewhere near the So Cap bridge, there should be plenty of parking when they were not playing ball. There is probably another place near the metro tho. I am still not sure what the real attraction is at Nat Harbor. We kept hearing about the Gaylord but it is nowhere near the water so we went for the Westin. That was good because you walk right out the door and you are on the harbor view walkway. I guess if you are in town for a convention, this is good for people who want to get away from the problems downtown. It is not within walking distance of any "disenfranchised" people or whatever the PC term for muggers is these days. It does have a "Disneyland" feel to it and the PG county cops have a presence along with a lot of private security. I still remember walking down there and playing along the river when I was a kid. It was a lot different then ;-) That was before the bridge was even there. |
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#13
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Off to DC.
On 10/5/16 4:00 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 5 Oct 2016 14:12:56 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 10/5/16 1:50 PM, wrote: On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 11:38:15 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: I had plans for this weekend that will take me out of town. If you are looking for a good and interesting restaurant between Dunkirk and Ridge, I suggest Jerry's Place, We were at Mama Lucia until pretty late and went straight to the Hilton near Solomans. I thought about you when I drove through Huntingtown tho. Maybe next time. DC is still an interesting place. I fell back into the groove right away. (AKA the crack of the ass) It is funny that "aggressive driving" will get you arrested in SW Florida but in DC it is just "driving". I was talking to some of the reunionees and the comment was "if you leave 5 car lengths at 50 MPH, 3 cars will pull into the gap and another might just pass through at high speed". My wife wanted to walk through a "corn maze" but the closest I could do was drive through a "government maze" around the capitol. Between the one way streets, "no turn" intersections, construction and security barriers it took 20 minutes to get from The Dubliner to South Capitol street and you could walk it in 5. Then I ran into baseball trafffic.Yikes. We did get to see Chinatown ... twice. Judy asked where all the Chinese people were. Once I got across the bridge and got to Suitland Parkway it was smooth sailing all the way to Southern Md. The reunion was interesting. It was a pretty subdued crowd but it was good seeing all of the guys. Harry would be impressed by the credentials of the attendees and there was a good representation of professionals. The guys who seemed the happiest were the ones who dropped out of college tho. One guy was retired from the telephone company, one was a plumbing contractor who was a millionaire, there was the guy who wrote speeches for 4 presidents and me. I am not a huge fan of the "capitol hill" Marriott. It takes a pretty bad grasp of geography to say Florida Avenue is on capitol hill and we were really looking at the switching yard north of Union station. http://gfretwell.com/ftp/View%20from...Cap%20Hill.jpg These boys do need to put a little more "fun" in their functions. I may be working on that for next time. For the money we spent in DC I could rent out a whole motel here on the beach and maybe another one across the street on the bay side in case some folks want to drag a boat. My friends in Dunkirk are doing great and we had a good visit. I also had a good time in Ridge with the family. We wrapped it up at National Harbor. I recommend the Westin. We were overlooking the harbor and the big Ferris wheel. http://gfretwell.com/ftp/view%20from%20the%20Westin.jpg You get a good look at DC from the top http://gfretwell.com/ftp/DC%20from%2...ol%20Wheel.jpg If we're going to a museum or a show of some kind on the weekend, I'll drive into DC, but mostly to get there, I hop on the $4.00 Keller commuter bus, aka the "Killer" bus. If we're going to see the Nats, we'll drive up to the Metro stop and hop the train...which lets us off a couple of blocks from the ballpark. Chinatown, sadly, seems to be undergoing gentrification, which means the inexpensive housing and low shop rents and family restaurants and groceries are disappearing. We talked about that while we were looking out the window at the Marriott. We decided the right guy could revolutionize the grocery delivery business if they would link insulated lockers in the condo lobbies with a delivery service that responds to your phone. You get the combo to the locker with your texted receipt and it could hold cold or hot foods. Order what you want and the time you expect to be home and it gets put in a locker that you open when you get home. I read where the huge MGM hotel/casino complex is scheduled to open later this year at National Harbor. I can't figure out the draw for the hotel, though. It's hard to believe that casino customers will fill it, and there's no easy transport to the other side of the river for access to DC. Boat taxis? Gondolas? A magic walkway? They do have a water taxi service right there but I am not sure all the places it goes. I know you can get to Old Town. http://gfretwell.com/ftp/water%20taxis.jpg If they stopped somewhere near the So Cap bridge, there should be plenty of parking when they were not playing ball. There is probably another place near the metro tho. I am still not sure what the real attraction is at Nat Harbor. We kept hearing about the Gaylord but it is nowhere near the water so we went for the Westin. That was good because you walk right out the door and you are on the harbor view walkway. I guess if you are in town for a convention, this is good for people who want to get away from the problems downtown. It is not within walking distance of any "disenfranchised" people or whatever the PC term for muggers is these days. It does have a "Disneyland" feel to it and the PG county cops have a presence along with a lot of private security. I still remember walking down there and playing along the river when I was a kid. It was a lot different then ;-) That was before the bridge was even there. We've been there a couple of times. My wife, the Ph.D in shopping, isn't impressed by the stores there and we weren't impressed by the three restaurants there we tried. I haven't found one shop there that interests me. |
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#14
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Off to DC.
On Wed, 05 Oct 2016 16:00:25 -0400, wrote:
On Wed, 5 Oct 2016 14:12:56 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 10/5/16 1:50 PM, wrote: On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 11:38:15 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: I had plans for this weekend that will take me out of town. If you are looking for a good and interesting restaurant between Dunkirk and Ridge, I suggest Jerry's Place, We were at Mama Lucia until pretty late and went straight to the Hilton near Solomans. I thought about you when I drove through Huntingtown tho. Maybe next time. DC is still an interesting place. I fell back into the groove right away. (AKA the crack of the ass) It is funny that "aggressive driving" will get you arrested in SW Florida but in DC it is just "driving". I was talking to some of the reunionees and the comment was "if you leave 5 car lengths at 50 MPH, 3 cars will pull into the gap and another might just pass through at high speed". My wife wanted to walk through a "corn maze" but the closest I could do was drive through a "government maze" around the capitol. Between the one way streets, "no turn" intersections, construction and security barriers it took 20 minutes to get from The Dubliner to South Capitol street and you could walk it in 5. Then I ran into baseball trafffic.Yikes. We did get to see Chinatown ... twice. Judy asked where all the Chinese people were. Once I got across the bridge and got to Suitland Parkway it was smooth sailing all the way to Southern Md. The reunion was interesting. It was a pretty subdued crowd but it was good seeing all of the guys. Harry would be impressed by the credentials of the attendees and there was a good representation of professionals. The guys who seemed the happiest were the ones who dropped out of college tho. One guy was retired from the telephone company, one was a plumbing contractor who was a millionaire, there was the guy who wrote speeches for 4 presidents and me. I am not a huge fan of the "capitol hill" Marriott. It takes a pretty bad grasp of geography to say Florida Avenue is on capitol hill and we were really looking at the switching yard north of Union station. http://gfretwell.com/ftp/View%20from...Cap%20Hill.jpg These boys do need to put a little more "fun" in their functions. I may be working on that for next time. For the money we spent in DC I could rent out a whole motel here on the beach and maybe another one across the street on the bay side in case some folks want to drag a boat. My friends in Dunkirk are doing great and we had a good visit. I also had a good time in Ridge with the family. We wrapped it up at National Harbor. I recommend the Westin. We were overlooking the harbor and the big Ferris wheel. http://gfretwell.com/ftp/view%20from%20the%20Westin.jpg You get a good look at DC from the top http://gfretwell.com/ftp/DC%20from%2...ol%20Wheel.jpg If we're going to a museum or a show of some kind on the weekend, I'll drive into DC, but mostly to get there, I hop on the $4.00 Keller commuter bus, aka the "Killer" bus. If we're going to see the Nats, we'll drive up to the Metro stop and hop the train...which lets us off a couple of blocks from the ballpark. Chinatown, sadly, seems to be undergoing gentrification, which means the inexpensive housing and low shop rents and family restaurants and groceries are disappearing. We talked about that while we were looking out the window at the Marriott. We decided the right guy could revolutionize the grocery delivery business if they would link insulated lockers in the condo lobbies with a delivery service that responds to your phone. You get the combo to the locker with your texted receipt and it could hold cold or hot foods. Order what you want and the time you expect to be home and it gets put in a locker that you open when you get home. I read where the huge MGM hotel/casino complex is scheduled to open later this year at National Harbor. I can't figure out the draw for the hotel, though. It's hard to believe that casino customers will fill it, and there's no easy transport to the other side of the river for access to DC. Boat taxis? Gondolas? A magic walkway? They do have a water taxi service right there but I am not sure all the places it goes. I know you can get to Old Town. http://gfretwell.com/ftp/water%20taxis.jpg If they stopped somewhere near the So Cap bridge, there should be plenty of parking when they were not playing ball. There is probably another place near the metro tho. I am still not sure what the real attraction is at Nat Harbor. We kept hearing about the Gaylord but it is nowhere near the water so we went for the Westin. That was good because you walk right out the door and you are on the harbor view walkway. I guess if you are in town for a convention, this is good for people who want to get away from the problems downtown. It is not within walking distance of any "disenfranchised" people or whatever the PC term for muggers is these days. It does have a "Disneyland" feel to it and the PG county cops have a presence along with a lot of private security. I still remember walking down there and playing along the river when I was a kid. It was a lot different then ;-) That was before the bridge was even there. I believe that taxi goes only to Old Town, Alexandria. I suppose you noticed the big, empty docking space. Once we were going up river and decided to stop at NH to get a cup of coffee. We pulled up to the dock, which was empty - about a quarter mile of it - and a young man in a green jacket comes running asking if he can help. We said we were just going to walk up and grab a Starbucks or something. He then told us the docking fee was $10/hour. We left, went to the Old Town dock by the park (free) and had our Starbucks there. I don't think I've ever seen any boats docked there, unless they were in the marina. |
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On Wed, 05 Oct 2016 17:03:52 -0400, Poquito Loco
wrote: I believe that taxi goes only to Old Town, Alexandria. I suppose you noticed the big, empty docking space. Once we were going up river and decided to stop at NH to get a cup of coffee. We pulled up to the dock, which was empty - about a quarter mile of it - and a young man in a green jacket comes running asking if he can help. We said we were just going to walk up and grab a Starbucks or something. He then told us the docking fee was $10/hour. We left, went to the Old Town dock by the park (free) and had our Starbucks there. I don't think I've ever seen any boats docked there, unless they were in the marina. I don't know. You can see from the pictures, there were a lot of boats there. (big ones) Maybe you should have just dropped off the missus, idled around a while and had her bring the coffee back. Starbucks is right there on the Corner of the Westin. |
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#17
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On Thu, 06 Oct 2016 10:40:22 -0400, Poquito Loco
wrote: Maybe you should have just dropped off the missus, idled around a while and had her bring the coffee back. Starbucks is right there on the Corner of the Westin. Not a bad idea. I think you could take 2 couples and just trade places. A half hour is about all you need to take in that experience. Get a cup of coffee to go, walk up the main drag and look at the statues, ride the wheel and get back on the boat. http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Judy%20and%20abe.jpg http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Judy%20and%20Rosie.jpg http://gfretwell.com/ftp/No%20I%20said%20hand%20OUT.jpg |
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#18
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On Thu, 06 Oct 2016 13:45:00 -0400, wrote:
On Thu, 06 Oct 2016 10:40:22 -0400, Poquito Loco wrote: Maybe you should have just dropped off the missus, idled around a while and had her bring the coffee back. Starbucks is right there on the Corner of the Westin. Not a bad idea. I think you could take 2 couples and just trade places. A half hour is about all you need to take in that experience. Get a cup of coffee to go, walk up the main drag and look at the statues, ride the wheel and get back on the boat. http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Judy%20and%20abe.jpg http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Judy%20and%20Rosie.jpg http://gfretwell.com/ftp/No%20I%20said%20hand%20OUT.jpg The whole place does nothing for me. But, I've not done the ferris wheel. Maybe one day when the weather's been nice I'll give it a shot. It's only about ten minutes from the house. |
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