I'm in DC until friday morning. I'm trying to find a way to get tickets to the sold out Wolf Parade Show tomorrow night.

Any Ob's nearby?

I am, but I ain't got no, so I can't help you. Good luck with that.

Try checking/posting on Craig's List.

Is there anything i should make sure to see while i'm here?

Dan's Cafe. Complete shithole bar in Adam's Morgan.

$10 gets you a full glass of straight liquor, bowl of ice, can of mixer, and another glass to make your drink in. Makes about 3 STIFF drinks or 4 regular ones.


Best deal in DC if you can take the smell.



As for tourism, just go hit the DC Mall and check out the monuments and memorials. Makes for a nice day and you can decide there if you want to hit a museum or two.

The Bodies Exhibit
Baltimore Aquarium
International Spy Museum
Air and Space

...are my favourite recommendations for out-of-towners.

Pick up a City Paper for alternate recommendations.

I'd recommend: http://www.ushmm.org/

I almost recommended that. Insanely powerful stuff but give yourself a whole afternoon to check it out. I felt compelled to read every bit of material in there.

Also, give yourself time to decompress afterwards because it's some heavy stuff.

I like the National Portrait Gallery & Museum of American Art, both in the same building, across from the Spy Museum at the Gallery Place/Chinatown Metro Stop.

Zed's Ethiopian on M Street NW right as you go into Georgetown had the hottest waitstaff I had ever seen when I was there a few years ago.

Zaytinya is a Turkish/Mediterranean eat joint right around the corner from the Portrait Gallery if you're into mezzes. It's good stuff, and looks way more frou frou than it really is. I ate there in jeans after shooting pix all day.

If you are headed down towards The Mall, the Sackler & Freer Galleries are sorta behind the red Smithsonian Castle, right by the Smithsonian Metro stop. I like those too. The Hirshorn was all gobbed up with renovations a few months back, and the Museum of American History is totally closed for a while.

Too bad yr not in town at the beginning of next month, otherwise I could've brought you along to some shows during the Sonic Circuit Festival in DC.

Ah! Christoph Heemann is going to be there! Aaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!1!

(runs around in circles until dizzy and falls down)