DC "To Do" List

I can't believe Brody and I will have been living in DC for a year this summer. It's gone by so quickly, and even though we've seen our fair share of sites, it is only a small inkling of all the things I want to do and see while we are here.

For instance, there are 20 different Smithsonian museums. Twenty! That's half my weekends in a given year right there. Not to mention all the other museums and historical sites and buildings around here.  And when I stop and think about it... we've kind of failed at taking full advantage of this city and all it has to offer this past year, and we are going to have to pick up our pace if we want to check everything off our list before we move home.

So in an effort to make ourselves more accountable, I've decided to post my DC "To Do" List on the blog, (and hopefully it may entice some more friends and family to come visit and help us check these off our list). 

1. Segway Tour (I am dying to do one of these, despite Brody's staunch refusal)
2. Tour the Capitol
3. Tour the White House
4. Tour the Supreme Court
5. Go to the top of the Washington Monument
6. See the Constitution/ National Archives
7. Arlington National Cemetary
8.   Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
9.   Kennedy's grave/eternal flame
10.   Arlington (Robert E Lee) House
11. African American History and Culture Museum
12. African Art Museum
13. Air and Space Museum
14. Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center
15. American Art Museum
16. American History Museum
17. American Indian Museum
18. American Indian Museum Heye Center
19. Anacostia Community Museum
20. Arts and Industries Building
21. Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
22. Freer Gallery of Art
23. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
24. National Zoo
25. Natural History Museum
26. Portrait Gallery
27. Postal Museum
28. Renwick Gallery
29. Sackler Gallery
30. Smithsonian Institution Building, The Castle
31. Holocaust Museum
32. Newseum
33. International Spy Museum
34. Library of Congress (I'm not checking this off yet because I want to see the first-edition BOM they have)
35. Monticello (Thomas Jefferson's estate in VA)
36. Mount Vernon /Washington's Tomb
37. Old Town Alexandria
38. Martin Luther King Memorial
39. Go to a Nationals and/or Capitals game
40. Go to a show at the Kennedy Center
41. Ford's Theater
42. President Lincoln's cottage
43. Union Station
44. National Arboretum
45. The Basilica ( National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception)
46. Old Post Office Pavillion
47. Eastern Market
48. Hike Great Falls Park
49. Tour the National Cathedral
50. US Naval Observatory
51. Visit Annapolis
52. Colonial Williamsburg in Charlottesville
53. Tour the Mason Temple
54. Cherry Blossoms!
55. Riverboat tour of the Potomac
56. This is a stretch, but I'd really like to attend a White House Correspondence Dinner (my boss actually went last week, so I feel like I could maybe make it happen)
57. Walking tour of the Embassy Row
58. Georgetown Cupcakes
59. Ben's Chili Bowl
60. Tour historic Georgetown
61. Orchard picking in the Shenandoah's
62. Daytrip to Philly
63.   Liberty Bell
64.   Independence Hall
65.   Eat a genuine Philly Cheesesteak
66. Gettysburg

 And I'm sure I'll think of more!

*Some of these I did in high school, but I 'd like to do them again