Anyone Can Have a Foggy Bottom

[turtledude]

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Thanks for the Air an Space photos Dave! ....how much time did you spend there? For me, that alone would be worth a trip!

[Seveen]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: DiamondDave</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Saturday morning, brunch at the Old Ebbitt Grill...while it might look like a rich old man's cigar bar (lots of dark wood, gas lamps, green velvet, etc.) this DC institution is absolutely tourist and family friendly....my Eggs Neptune (imagine Eggs Benedict with a crab cake instead of Canadian bacon ) was delicious, but Pooh's Eggs Long Island ( Benedict with fried oysters ) was sublime, which is no surprise...the Ebbitt has one of the best raw bars in the District...the oysters obviously came from that stash...the half price raw bar happy hour is a must next time we're there </div></div>


nice to hear the food is still great

[Seveen]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Ja. Jewel</div><div class="ubbcode-body">[quote=loops]yes...and i didn't see any kitty pics either. [/quote

Give me a break loops....gotta take some &amp; get them uploaded to my pc &amp; then to photobucket....it's not like I'm sittin around here doing nuttin! </div></div>


LOL Jajewel

you missed the joke

we aren't expecting your kitty pics in this thread - this is dave's trip report

[loops]

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hahaha....at least SOMEONE is with the program.

[DiamondDave]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: turtledude</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Thanks for the Air an Space photos Dave! ....how much time did you spend there? For me, that alone would be worth a trip! </div></div>

I would say we were there about 2.5 hours; we had to leave to do the Capitol thing....I think another 60-90 minutes would have been nice...

[DiamondDave]

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The dome over the Rotunda...









Ulysses S. Grant...here's a great story about Lincoln and U.S Grant:

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Lincoln was not a man of impulse, and did nothing upon the spur of the moment; action with him was the result of deliberation and study. He took nothing for granted; he judged men by their performances and not their speech.


If a general lost battles, Lincoln lost confidence in him; if a commander was successful, Lincoln put him where he would be of the most service to the country.


&quot;Grant is a drunkard,&quot; asserted powerful and influential politicians to the President at the White House time after time; &quot;he is not himself half the time; he can't be relied upon, and it is a shame to have such a man in command of an army.&quot;


&quot;So Grant gets drunk, does he?&quot; queried Lincoln, addressing himself to one of the particularly active detractors of the soldier, who, at that period, was inflicting heavy damage upon the Confederates.


&quot;Yes, he does, and I can prove it,&quot; was the reply.


&quot;Well,&quot; returned Lincoln, with the faintest suspicion of a twinkle in his eye, &quot;you needn't waste your time getting proof; you just find out, to oblige me, what brand of whiskey Grant drinks, because I want to send a barrel of it to each one of my generals.&quot;


That ended the crusade against Grant, so far as the question of drinking was concerned.
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[DiamondDave]

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[DiamondDave]

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[DiamondDave]

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[DiamondDave]

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[DiamondDave]

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She didn't answer the door when we knocked, either

[DiamondDave]

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This was interesting....many men served in Congress <span style="font-style: italic">before</span> they became President....John Quincy Adams was one of only two who served <span style="font-style: italic">after</span> their Presidency....this pic is from the floor of the room where the House used to meet (when there were significantly less members)...he actually collapsed in this room and later died in the Speaker's office that we just passed....

[DiamondDave]

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a whole heapa statues in this room too...

[DiamondDave]

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[DiamondDave]

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And that was pretty much the end of the tour...

from the top of the escalator...



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