Houses In Washington D.C.

From NYC, we headed South for Washington. Our GPS Voice told us to head West on I78, and we got lost in New Jersey for a while, until I decided to get back to I95 and head South. The Voice eventually caught up with me, and then we were fine.

(Later, I looked at the map, and maybe it would have been faster to take I78 to Harrisburg, and then cut South.)

It's too bad we didn't need gas in New Jersey. New Jersey and Oregon are the only States that don't permit Self Service for gas stations. Full service would have been a shock for all of us.

In D.C., we first stopped at the house where I grew up. It was still there, in good condition, and the owner invited us in to see her remodeling projects, which were really quite good. I was impressed.


(I forgot to tell her that one of her front-door lights was burned out.)

We then headed downtown for the Hay-Adams Hotel, which we bagged at corporate rates since we happen to know the management team. The lobby of the hotel was full of tall, beefy guys in black suits and wires in their ears. The roof of the Hay-Adams offers a vista over Lafayette Park to the White House.



If you look closely here (click to enlarge), you can see Secret Service on the roof of the White House. The Hotel has to call the White House every time before they escort anyone to the hotel roof.



Our friends from Tokyo also stopped by my favorite memorial, Abe Lincoln's house at the end of the Mall. It's always impressive.