Hotel advice for D.C. trip

TSP -- check your PMs.

 

I could always take the bus to the Metro stop. I just hope I am not making this too complicated -- I should make my library pay the big bucks!

 

Adams Morgan is pretty wild, too, I hear.

 

http://www.camelotshowbar.com/

Hottest girls in DC, but don't buy the line that they are Georgetown U and George Washington University students putting themselves through college. That's been an urban legend for 25 years

 

OK -- I'm back from my reconnaissance mission. TSP -- you owe me. I got stuck in horrendous rush hour/tourist traffic on my way home.

I drove past the Bloomingdale Inn. The block it's on and the Inn itself looked fine, and while the neighborhood is better than it used to be and is gentrifying, I don't think you should stay up there. There were lots of sketchy-looking blocks around it and there's nothing else up there. I think you could probably stand on the corner for an hour trying to hail a cab and not get one. I couldn't tell where the closest metro station was.

If you can get into either of the 2 places I PM'd you about, I think you'd be much happier in those neighborhoods.

It was fun going on a field trip. I was on streets I hadn't been on in many years, if ever.

 

For anyone interested, I have booked a room at the Adam's Inn Bed + Breakfast for $99/night. I have to share a bathroom, but not the whole room, so mission accomplished! It is just a couple Metro stops from the Convention Center, so all is good.

Thanks to everyone who helped out, especially Ace, AgatePage, and especially Dyno who drove around D.C. to get a read on the neighborhoods. I owe you beers!!

Oh, and Moddy, the Tribe is in town that weekend to kick the Nats' collective asses, so I'll be attending one of those games (I hope).

 

If it hasn't been recommended already, Sheraton National in Arlington is a steal if you find the right rate (mine was on Hotwire). The hotel was just renovated and the rooms are superb.

My room was high enough facing the west that I had a great view of the Virginia suburbs. The high-floor rooms facing the east have stunning DC views.

 

Too cramped and in my few visits there (yes, only a few) there were some girls that really weren't stripper-quality hot. For my money, the best place was Nexus (RIP).

Or maybe my judgment was just clouded by the unspeakably hot blonde Norwegian girl I saw there.

 

It is. Gets very crowded, though.