Fun Things to Do – Cool Places to Go

Chinese Culture Festival Washington DC

Washington D.C. Dragon Boat Festival

Dragons on the Potomac? What kind of fairy tale is this?
by Patt Meyer

Maybe not real, fire-breathing dragons, but there will be dragon boats on the Potomac at the annual Washington, DC Dragon Boat … More things you should do’…

See Nancy Wilson in concert in 2007!
You’ll be doing yourself a favor. Nancy won the Best Jazz Vocal Grammy Award in 2005 fir R.S.V.P., Rare Songs, Very Personal and is nominated for Best Jazz Vocal Grammy Award in 2007 for Turned To Blue.

Here’s her current 2007 … More things you should do’…

Escape reality with On Location Tours, New York City’s only TV and movie tour company!
Take a tour past the doorsteps of your favorite television and movie characters and real-life celebrities. Straddle fiction and reality while you shop, eat, drink, and dance at the sites you’ve seen on both the … More things you should do’…

Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

This hotel has the biggest ballrooms I’ve ever seen… big enough for the Black Tie & Boots Inauguration Party

Marriott® Wardman Park Hotel
2660 Woodley Road, NW
Washington, District Of Columbia 20008 USA
Phone: 1-202-328-2000

McFadden’s Restaurant & Saloon – established in New York City in 1977.

McFadden’s Saloon has been a landmark pub for 30 years. Whether it is the original McFadden’s located on the corner of 42nd and 800 Second Avenue, in New York City, just minutes from Time Square or the latest … More things you should do’…

The Duke Ellington Jazz Festival, this year celebrating Dizzie Gillespie’s 90th Birthday, has put together a fabulous line-up and program which will take place in venues throughout Washington, DC, from September 9 – 17, 2007.

The program has been expanded, and we are pleased that, in addition to the Kennedy … More things you should do’…

Whatever it is that you’re looking for, Fadó is the perfect place to have a bit of craic.

Fadó, pronounced f’doe, is the Irish expression meaning “long ago”. The term was commonly used as the preface of old Irish stories told by the Seanchaí (Shana-kee) or storyteller. At Fadó we … More things you should do’…

Tickets – Dancing with the Stars Tour – Live – Coming to a city near you

The 37-city outing will feature season-seven celebrities including ‘NSync singer Lance Bass, Grammy-winning songstress Toni Braxton and Olympic track star Maurice Green, as well as Marlee Matlin … More things you should do’…

Jazz Supper Club Washington DC

Founded in 1965, Blues Alley is the nation’s oldest continuing jazz supper club, having showcased internationally renowned concert hall artists such as Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, Nancy Wilson, Grover Washington Jr., Ramsey Lewis, Charlie Byrd, Maynard Ferguson and … More things you should do’…

Washington DC – things to do

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Capital Grille
Blues Alley
Mandarin Oriental
Erwin Gomez Salon & Spa
Mie N Yu
Wolf Trap
Oceanaire Seafood Room
The Dubliner
Bike the Sites
Mr. Smith’s
International Spy Museum
Arlington National Cemetery
Sequoia… More things you should do’…