SIGHTS
"You can walk from the Eastern Market to the Capitol. That's still
the most impressive sight in Washington: the
Capitol dome on a
clear day. It's the highest point in D.C. From the Capitol, you can
walk right down The National Mall. You'll quickly hit the
Smithsonian and the National Air and
Space Museum. If you want art,
you have the National Gallery of Art with the East and the West
buildings on the right. My favorite is the East Building, which has
great Mark Rothkos, Picassos - a terrific collection. Then, as you
keep walking down the Mall, you'll hit the Reflecting Pool, the
famous site of all the marches, where
Martin Luther King gave his
famous 'I Have a Dream' speech. On your way, you could go to the
Jefferson Memorial and see the cherry blossoms, which usually bloom
in late March or early April. You've got to have great timing. They
last about two to three weeks. But it's worth making a trip if you
hear the blossoms are about to bloom. The pool around the Jefferson
Memorial looks like it's surrounded by cotton candy."
CULTURE
"In Dupont Circle, go to The Phillips Collection. It has a lot of
Bonnard and twentieth-century collections: Milton Avery, Georgia
O'Keeffe. It has a real homey feel because it really was once a
private home. If you still feel like walking after all that, you
can walk up Mass. Avenue, which is Embassy Row, and see all the
embassies. There's the British Embassy with the famous Churchill
statue, which people might remember from when Princess
Diana died.
A lot of people went and left flowers there. There's also the
Islamic Center, the most elaborate mosque in D.C. You'll see, too,
the Greek Orthodox Cathedral and the National Cathedral. It's some
of the best architecture in Washington."
LUNCH