The 10 things I like to do most in the Washington, DC area

(in no particular order)

1. Go visit Lincoln at night. Pretend you’re Mr. Smith.
   
2. Run the Cherry Blossom 10-miler in good weather. I swear it happens sometimes.
   
3. Have tea and a ginger scone at Teaisms near Dupont Circle.
   
4. Visit The Awakening statue on a clear blue day.
   
5. Eat a Sweet Dreams cookie at the Firehook bakery off Farragut Square.
   
6. Go hear live jazz at HR-57. It used to be BYOB but I hear they have a liquor license now.
   
7. Canoe on Clopper Lake at Seneca Creek State Park in Gaithersburg in the fall.
   
8. Have a beer at the Brickskeller on a weeknight (it’s just too crazy on the weekends). Don't forget to check out the juke box. It has some excellent piano music.
   
9. Ride bikes along the C&O Canal in Maryland. It’s a nice ride anywhere along the canal. But there are generally less people out in Maryland.
   
10. Take an open darkroom photo class at the Smithsonian Resident Associates program.