Hotel Review – Embassy Suites Washington D.C. homer, June 26, 2011July 7, 2011 During our stay in Washington D.C. we stayed at the Embassy Suites on 10th street. Embassy Suites Washington D.C. – Convention Center 900 10th Street Northwest, Washington D.C., DC 20001 (202) 739-2099 We chose this hotel because it was one of the few “kid friendly” hotels in Washington D.C. which… Continue Reading
Hotel Review – New York DoubleTree Hilton Times Square homer, June 26, 2011June 26, 2011 Our time in New York was considerable fun and during our entire stay, we stayed at the DoubleTree Hilton Times Square and the hotel was great.  It is located right on time square close to shopping, restaurants, the gray line buses and broadway shows. Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square 1568… Continue Reading
Washington D.C. (Baltimore) – Day 4 homer, June 24, 2011 We checked out of the hotel this morning and headed to Baltimore.  I’ll write a review of the hotels from our trip once we return home but this one has a lion that bites! We wanted to be near our airport (BWI) and we had a few hours to kill… Continue Reading
Washington D.C. – Day 3 homer, June 23, 2011 Happy Birthday Marge!  Today is Marge’s birthday so we had a great dinner tonight (more on that later).  We started the day with a visit to Arlington Cemetery. We came to visit one of Marge’s high school classmates that was killed in Somalia in 1993. Bart said a nice prayer… Continue Reading
Washington D.C. – Day 2 homer, June 22, 2011 We had a full day of adventures today…we started out by taking a taxi over to the Washington monument (hint:Â driving your rental car is twice as expensive because of parking so take a taxi!). After checking out the scenic views from the Washington Monument, we headed over to the… Continue Reading
Washington D.C. – Day 1 homer, June 21, 2011 Well today is actually our second day in Washington D.C. but our first day was the trip from New York to D.C.  We didn’t do much other than drive into the city, check into the hotel, and do some laundry at a nearby laundry mat.  Our choice was to pack… Continue Reading
New York, NY – Day 4 homer, June 19, 2011 Essentially our last day in New York as we head over to Washington D.C. tomorrow morning.  Given my back problems we started the day with me going over to a massage spa to relieve the pressure on my back muscles.  The massage worked pretty well as I am mobile again… Continue Reading
New York, NY – Day 3 homer, June 18, 2011 After a late start this morning, we split into two groups. I headed over to Canal Street for the infamous cheap knock offs and to buy a suitcase for all the stuff we bought since we were out of capacity. I managed to pick up a small suitcase for $15… Continue Reading
New York, NY – Day 2 homer, June 17, 2011 We started late in the morning and headed to our usual gray line red bus to go uptown and check out the museum district and central park. Notably absent from the bus ride was Marge who was back at the hotel room feeling a bit sick.   She eventually caught up… Continue Reading
New York, NY – Day 1 homer, June 16, 2011June 21, 2011 We arrived last night and the limo driver was at the wrong terminal.  He was at Terminal A while we were waiting on Terminal C. After waiting a few minutes he finally showed up and we were off to downtown Manhattan! The kids had a good time in the limo…. Continue Reading