Anyone interested in a small get together in DC late summer or early fall?

[amolitor]

My wife intends to present me with a new baby mid summer, so I will be.. extremely unlikely to make it!

 

[jwbryson1]

My wife intends to present me with a new baby mid summer, so I will be.. extremely unlikely to make it!

Much better to have a new member of the family. Congrats!

 

[jowensphoto]

Would anyone be interested in going while the King St. Art Festival is going on? That is Sept 7-8.

 

[snowbear]

Would anyone be interested in going while the King St. Art Festival is going on? That is Sept 7-8.

This sounds like fun.

 

[kathyt]

Would anyone be interested in going while the King St. Art Festival is going on? That is Sept 7-8.

I don't know the area very well, but I would like to stay somewhere that we could walk out of our hotel room and be in the heart of everything. Also, so we can walk around. Is this possible around the festival area? I can pay more to make up for the expense.

 

[sm4him]

IF I can even do this, I'd come up on the Megabus (because it's like $1 for an 8-10 hour trip...), so I'd be without a car while there. Not to mention that I detest driving in other cities (meh, I detest driving HERE too, come to think of it). So, even if I don't stay with my bro and sis-in-law (which seems like a bad plan, the more I think about it), the hotel and anything I participate in would need to be in easy access to the Metro.

But--it's quite possible I won't end up coming, for at least one of those reasons Sparky mentioned.
So, perhaps I'll just keep my mouth shut now, wait and see what you all decide, and THEN decide whether to participate.

 

[jowensphoto]

Would anyone be interested in going while the King St. Art Festival is going on? That is Sept 7-8.

I don't know the area very well, but I would like to stay somewhere that we could walk out of our hotel room and be in the heart of everything. Also, so we can walk around. Is this possible around the festival area? I can pay more to make up for the expense.

King Street is in Alexandria, but the blue line goes directly to Smithsonian Station (about a 40 minute ride). From there, you can pretty much walk to all the monuments and museums.

I'm not trying to push this on anyone, but just give info for you out-of-towners

I will say, and hate to be a stereotypical Northern Virginian but... just stay out of South East. "Near South East" (Navy Yard/Ballpark) isn't bad, but it's not hard to end up on the wrong street.

 

[TATTRAT]

Yeah, it is a bit more, but try to look for places in NW, or, in the burbs that are metro accessible. . .Ballston/Clarendon/Falls Church/Arlington/Pentagon City/Crystal City/Fairfax. . .there are tons of price friendly options in good areas.

While the waterfront area is getting a LOT "cleaner", there are deff some sketchy areas.

 

[BrandonLaw]

Would anyone be interested in going while the King St. Art Festival is going on? That is Sept 7-8.

Just checked it out looks pretty cool. Has anyone talked about places to stay yet? If this is going to go down we should all stay near each other for bar hopping purposes

I have seen some Groupons for hotels in Alexandria if anyone is interested I'll keep an eye out for more.

 

[Trblmkr]

I will more the likely wind up going, so it would be good to see a few people from the forum. Keep me posted on when/where we are going to meet up.

 

[Trblmkr]

Would anyone be interested in going while the King St. Art Festival is going on? That is Sept 7-8.

I don't know the area very well, but I would like to stay somewhere that we could walk out of our hotel room and be in the heart of everything. Also, so we can walk around. Is this possible around the festival area? I can pay more to make up for the expense.

Kathy,
This is about as close as you'll get. This hotel is maybe a 1/2 a block from the center of Old Town
Hotel Monaco Alexandria, a Kimpton Hotel - Hotels.com - Hotel rooms with reviews. Discounts and Deals on 85,000 hotels worldwide[0].numberOfAdults=1&roomno=1&validate=false&previousDateful=false&reviewOrder=date_newest_first

 

[TATTRAT]

This might seem trivial, but here's an updated list of bars in DC/Around that offer ROOFTOP Bars/Drinking/Al Fresco goodness...Open air drinking and dining is the best, and few and far between in a lot of the city.

 

[bentcountershaft]

Is this idea dead in the water or is there still interest in it?

 

[jwbryson1]

Why stay at a hotel when you can pitch tents in my backyard for FREE?! :cheers:

 

[kathyt]

Why stay at a hotel when you can pitch tents in my backyard for FREE?! :cheers:

Wow, that sounds great and all but I think I will stick with a hotel. Unless, I can call you for room service. Get your head out of the gutter Jdubs, I mean like late night snacks after a long night of drinking. Or a Taco Bell run at 2am? Is this included?