WTOP has a sneak peak inside the Capitol Visitors Center (CVC) but why not just check it out of yourself.  December 2nd 2008, that's tomorrow, is the day that the CVC opens to the public.  The project which was supposed to only cost around $128 million has a bill somewhere ...

Ice skating at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden is now open.

Here are a list of events that will take place at the National Christmas Tree [pdf] on the eclipse.  Nightly performances start on December 6th and run through December 23rd.

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Credit: blahmni"][/caption] Well Thanksgiving is over and everyone is headed back into the city. For me it is a drive from Syracuse, New York that should only take 7 hours but I'm thinking today it will be longer. Tomorrow starts a long couple of ...

After $50 million in renovations Ford's Theater that place were Lincoln was shot will reopen with events kicking off on February 11th 2009. Time Line of Events On the evening of February 11, Ford's Theatre will host a special performance to officially reopen the Theatre. Filmmaker George Lucas will receive the Lincoln ...

Tomorrow is Veterans day, a day were we honor those who have fought for our freedoms. Back in 2000 something I went to Veterans Day where I saw President Bush speak. I was looking to see if the President was going back this year and was unable to ...

17 Days till the opening of National Museum of American History.

The NY Post has published the Guide to Washington, DC. It categorizes DC into 5 groups/types of people which are The Lobbyist, The Do-Gooder, The Journalist, The Hipster, and The Politico. In the article each type of person has places where they eat and drink, how they dress, and ...

The Lincoln Bicentennial is coming and the Library of Congress has some pretty amazing artifacts from Lincoln including the Lincoln's presidential papers, Jewelery from Mary Todd, and items that Abe was wearing and had at Ford's Theater the night he was shot.

The Washington Post has put out a three day series about must see's in DC.  If you only have three days in the district this is a pretty good itinerary.  Itinerary: Day One, Day Two, Day Three.