Washington
Washington District of Columbia DC
- Country Code
- USA
- State Code
- DC
- Day Trips
- New Market, MD (approximately 50 miles)
- This small historic town is an antique-collector's paradise. Though fairly quiet during the week (look for flags flying signifying an open shop), the town can get pretty busy with tourists on weekends. Stroll Main Street for all kinds of shops full of china, clocks, porcelain, jewelry, furniture, and much more. Stop in at the Village Tea Room or Mealey's to recharge over a leisurely meal, and then get back out there and shop till the sun drops! See what else is going on at www.townofnewmarket.org.
- Gay Info
- Metro Weekly, www.metroweekly.com.
- Washington Blade, www.washblade.com.
- Aids Group
- Whitman-Walker Clinic 202/797-3500, www.wwc.org.
- Gay Aa
- AA 202/966-9115, www.aa-dc.org.
- Gay Pride
- June. 202/719-5304, www.capitalpride.org.
- May. Black Lesbian/ Gay Pride, www.dcblackpride.org.
- Annual Events
- March - Women's History Month at various Smithsonian Museums 202/633-5330, www.smithsonianeducation.org.
- October - Reel Affirmations Film Festival 202/986-1119, www.reelaffirmations.org.
- Airport
- Washington Dulles International. To get downtown, take Dulles Airport Access and Toll Rd to I-66 and head east into Washington.
- Baltimore/Washington International. To get downtown, follow 46 out of airport to the Baltimore/Washington Expressway. Take a left on the Expressway and head south to Washington.
- Taxi
- Yellow Cab 202/544-1212.
- Super Shuttle
- Washington Flier 703/661-6655 (from Dulles or Ronald Reagan National).
- Super Shuttle 800/258-3826.
- Public Transport
- Metro Transit Authority 202/637-7000, www.wmata.com.
- Tourist Attraction
- Ford's Theatre 202/347-4833, www.fords.org.
- Jefferson Memorial.
- JFK Center for the Performing Arts 800/444-1324, www.kennedy-center.org.
- Lincoln Memorial.
- National Gallery 202/737-4215, www.nga.gov.
- National Museum of Women in the Arts 202/783-5000, www.nmwa.org.
- National Zoo 202/633-4800, web: natzoo.si.edu.
- Smithsonian 202/633-5330, www.smithsonianeducation.org.
- Vietnam Veteran's Memorial.
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 202/488-0400, www.ushmm.org.
- Visitors Bureau
- DC Convention & Tourism Corporation. 800/422-8644, www.washington.org.
- Weather
- Summers are hot (90°s) and MUGGY (the city was built on marshes). In the winter, temperatures drop to the 30°s and 40°s with rain and sometimes snow. Spring is the time of cherry blossoms.
- Best Views
- From the top of the Washington Monument.
- Where The Girls Are
- Strolling around DuPont Circle or cruising a bar in the LGBT bar ghetto southeast of The Mall.