http://blog.akaemi.com/2007/06/13/dc/ ramblings of an amateur Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:13:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://blog.akaemi.com/2007/06/13/dc/comment-page-1/#comment-588 Dave Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:40:09 +0000 http://blog.akaemi.com/?p=56#comment-588 Having grown up here, its always interesting for me to read people's first interactions with DC. Every year we would take field trips to the zoo or the smithsonian, and I cannot remember a time when I hadn't been to the monuments. When visitors would come in from out of town we always had to spend a day showing them the sights, and as a kid I thought nothing could be more boring. As an adult, though, DC holds different value for me. Like you, I rarely go into the city, but when I do I love to look at all the architecture, eat at great restaurants, and actually stop to care about some of the history and art that can be found there. Taking my kids to the zoo and seeing how much fun it is for them makes it more fun for me, too. Having grown up here, its always interesting for me to read people’s first interactions with DC. Every year we would take field trips to the zoo or the smithsonian, and I cannot remember a time when I hadn’t been to the monuments. When visitors would come in from out of town we always had to spend a day showing them the sights, and as a kid I thought nothing could be more boring. As an adult, though, DC holds different value for me. Like you, I rarely go into the city, but when I do I love to look at all the architecture, eat at great restaurants, and actually stop to care about some of the history and art that can be found there. Taking my kids to the zoo and seeing how much fun it is for them makes it more fun for me, too.

]]>