1. Some Place in D.C. By Adam Rosenfeld

2. Warm-Up  What interesting things have you seen in Washington, D.C.?  Where is the…  Best restaurant?  Best museum?  Best date spot?  What is the best place you have been in D.C.?

3. WARNING  I have not actually been to all of these places.

4. Concerts  My Favorites:  Fillmore Silver Spring  9:30 Club  Black Cat  Rock and Roll Hotel  U Street Music Hall

5. Fillmore Silver Spring  Upcoming Concerts  A$AP Ferg and YG 1/18  50 Cent and G-Unit 2/12  Meghan Trainor 3/8  Address  8656 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring

6. 9:30 Club  Upcoming Concerts  Of Montreal 3/7  Borgore 1/29  Address  815 V Street, NW Washington, D.C.

7. U Street Music Hall  Upcoming Concerts  I don’t know, a bunch of random DJs. Go check it out.  Address  1115 U Street NW

8. Black Cat  Upcoming Concerts  Parquet Courts 2/7  Twin Shadow 3/30  Address  1811 14 th St NW

9. Sports  Nationals  Wizards  Redskins  Capitals

10. Washington Nationals  Why?  Because it’s extremely cheap!  Tickets for as low as $5  Sit, relax, enjoy the game.

11. Washington Capitals  Why?  Most of your friends have already seen the Wizards and the Redskins.  Hockey is cool.  It’ll be cold, so bring a jacket.

12. Food  Ben’s Chili Bowl  Crab Cakes  Dangerously Delicious  Good Stuff Eatery  Biergartenhaus

13. Dangerously Delicious  PIE.  PIE IS GOOD.  GO EAT PIE.  Not the Chinatown one, though  Address  1339 H Street NE

14. Crab Cakes  Official Maryland state food- Blue Crabs  Where?  Blacksalt  4883 MacArthur Blvd  Washington Post’s choice

15. Ben’s Chili Bowl  Why?  Obama ate there.  D.C. landmark  Address  1213 U Street Northwest

16. Good Stuff Eatery  Please stop going to McDonald’s  Please.  Address  Multiple locations  303 Pennsylvania Ave. SE

17. Biergarten Haus  German food and beer.  Age 21+.

18. Date Spots  National Arboretum  DC Improv  Kennedy Center  National Gallery of Art

19. National Arboretum  National Bonsai and Penjing Museum.  Open Friday-Monday (make sure it’s open before visiting).  Free!

20. DC Improv  For all of your comedy needs.  Famous comedians.  Address  1140 Connecticut Ave NW

21. Kennedy Center  Fancy events like ballet, theater, and opera.

22. National Gallery of Art  Great art exhibits all year.  Free!  Also has an outdoor sculpture garden with ice skating

23. Museums  International Spy museum  The Newseum  Museum of Crime and Punishment  Sackler/Freer Gallery of Asian Art

24. International Spy Museum  The only public museum about spies and espionage in the United States.  Price: $21.95  Address  800 F Street Northwest

25. The Newseum  Interactive museum of news and journalism.  Price:  7-18 $13.95 plus tax  19-64 $22.95 plus tax  Address  555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW

26. Museum of Crime and Punishment  A museum dedicated to the history of criminology and penology.  Real crime exhibits.  Price- $21.95 walk-up, $18.00 online.  Address  575 7 th st. NW

27. Sackler/Freer Gallery of Asian Art  The Smithsonian’s museum for Asian art.  Free!  Address  The Sackler Gallery 1050 Independence Ave SW  The Freer Gallery of Art 12 th Street, SW  Connected by an underground exhibition space.

28. Other  May 10 th - EU Embassies Open House  Hillyer Art Space- First Fridays  Albert Einstein Memorial  Meridian Hill Park

29. Last, But Not Least…  Baltimore, another great city an hour away  Home of:  The National Aquarium  Camden Yards  Baltimore Museum of Art  BETTER CRAB CAKES

30. So…  How many of these places have you heard of?  Been to?  Do you want to visit any of these places?  Which?  Are there any types of places not previously discussed?

31. Discussion  Where would you take a friend if they visited you in your home town?  Restaurants?  Museums?  Shows?  Sports?

32. Washington D.C.  Plan an itinerary for some of the new students. What should they check out first?

33. Assignment  Find someone who has been to the same tourist spot as you. Write a short review of the location.