Wikipedia talk:Meetup/DC 1

message: Saturday: May 7
*Noon–12:30p.m.: Meet at the Archives-Navy Mem'l-Penn Quarter stop on the Washington Metro
::Find me at the Starbucks, right across 7th street.  I've got coffee and poundcake : ) TTLightningRod 15:17, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Tentative Itinerary

message: Recognizing each other: I plan to have a sign ("Wikipedians"), airport-style.  Upstairs, downstairs, information booth, etc? -- Phyzome is Tim McCormack 03:04, 2005 May 4 (UTC)
:My suggestion — The Archives-Navy Memorial Metro stop, where everyone is meeting tomorrow afternoon, has escalators that lead to ground level.  Take the escalators up and when you emerge at the top, you'll be at a large bricked plaza (the Navy Memorial).  You should see a tall mast/yardarm with flags flying from it (See first photo on the left on this page).  Meet here.  Tim has said he will have a large sign just in case.  Note that I probably can't make this portion, but will meet up later at Brickskeller. · Katefan0(scribble) 19:08, May 6, 2005 (UTC)
Suggestions: 
* Take I-95 to get to DC
* Park in Greenbelt Station (plenty of parking, free on weekends)
** For those who are going to park at Greenbelt and ride the Metro in, some folks are aiming to be there at about 11:20 and ride in together. I'll be wearing a blue shirt. Since my cell phone number is already on the web, I don't mind giving it out here in case it comes in handy: 919-619-3584. -- Seth Ilys 18:05, 6 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Transportation & logistics

message: ===National Mall and surrounding areas===
*The National Mall/West Potomac Park/Constitution Gardens
**Lincoln Memorial
**Vietnam Veterans Memorial
***The Three Soldiers 
***The Wall
***Vietnam Women's Memorial
**Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
**Jefferson Memorial
**Korean War Veterans Memorial
**National World War II Memorial
**Washington Monument
**Reflecting Pool
**George Mason National Memorial
**Smithsonian Institution buildings on the Mall
***National Museum of American History
***National Museum of Natural History
***National Gallery of Art
***National Museum of the American Indian
***National Air and Space Museum
***Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
***Museum of African Art
**United States Botanical Gardens
**United States Capitol
**Grant's Tomb (bonus points for finding out who's buried there)
**United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
===Outside the Mall===
*Theodore Roosevelt Island
*Embassy Row
*United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
*Georgetown
*Georgetown University
*George Washington University
*Embassy Row
**See List of Washington embassies; we need high-quality photographs of as many embassies as possible.
*Washington National Cathedral
*Union Station
*Masonic Temple at 1733 16th St NW (does one-hour tours;  highly recommended by a local freemason)
*International Spy Museum (very cool but one of the few museums in DC that charges admission — $14) -- I get free admission as a museum employee, and can usually take one guest as a courtesy. So, if anyone is interested, let me know. Danny 00:40, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Stops

message: *Theodore Roosevelt Island
*Embassy Row
*United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
*Georgetown
*Georgetown University
*George Washington University
*Embassy Row
**See List of Washington embassies; we need high-quality photographs of as many embassies as possible.
*Washington National Cathedral
*Union Station
*Masonic Temple at 1733 16th St NW (does one-hour tours;  highly recommended by a local freemason)
*International Spy Museum (very cool but one of the few museums in DC that charges admission — $14) -- I get free admission as a museum employee, and can usually take one guest as a courtesy. So, if anyone is interested, let me know. Danny 00:40, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Outside the Mall

message: Since there will be 6 hours to make your own way, list what you are interested in and find other wikipedians who are interested too! :
* Raul654 - National Air and Space Musuem, American History Musuem. 
**Also, since I've seen everything before, if enough people express an interest, I'll do a kind of general-purpose tour for people who don't want to figure out their own itenerary.
* brian0918, Casito - might be going to a free chamber orchestra event on Saturday at 6pm at the Kennedy Center next to Watergate.  "Gershwin and such".
*Isomorphic - would like to hit the Sackler Gallery and FDR memorial. I'll probably just follow a group though, as I'm local and the Wikipedians are more of an attraction than the city. 
* Phyzome (Tim McCormack) - I'd be interested in the Botanical Conservatory.  But anywhere I can take useful pictures is also cool. -- Phyzome is Tim McCormack
* Katefan0 — I am jaded and such, so I probably won't go to the zoo (I've been a bunch — they have two separate litters of really cute new cheetah cubs. The older ones you can see, but the tots aren't out for the public yet.)  I might meet up for a portion of the Smithsonian on Sat...  But mostly I'll be available in the late afternoon/evenings to show y'all a good time.  (I'm even good for a round.) · Katefan0(scribble) 20:48, May 4, 2005 (UTC)
**I'll probably meet up with y'all at Brickskeller tomorrow night.  Somebody wanna drop me an email, so we can exchange cell phones? · Katefan0(scribble) 16:45, May 6, 2005 (UTC)
* Seth Ilys: I'm at least going to Arlington (for personal reasons) during the afternoon. Don't know what else I'll hit if I have time; I'd like to hit the new National Museum of the American Indian. -- Seth Ilys 20:12, 6 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Interests

message: # Danny 02:58, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Sign Up