Here's what I have to show for it

Four plus years in the area and I have been to/done these uniquely DC things:

- the Botanical Gardens (orchids galore!)
- Folk Life Festival
- National Book Festival
- shopping in Georgetown
- seeing the fireworks for July 4th from a building roof top
- the National Arboretum (I'd like to go back. We only explored a teeny fraction of the grounds.)
- the Museums of Natural History, Air & Space, American History, Hirshhorn, Building, and the American Indian
- the Sculpture Garden
- quality time in the Sackler, etc., labyrinth of galleries
- the National Gallery (both east and west)
- the National Zoo (revive the red pandas!!)
- D.C. Film Fest and the Environmental Film Festival
- concerts in the atrium of the National Gallery
- the Library of Congress (I have a library card!)
- concerts on the Capitol grounds (Memorial and Veterans Day, I think)
- kickball on the White House grounds
- events and exhibits at National Geographic
- Artomatic
- Taste of DC
- RESTAURANT WEEK!!!!!
- drinks on the Sky Terrace at the Hotel Washington (where you can see the White House snipers!), at the Four Seasons, Cafe Milano (my tall, gorgeous, married friends got hit on and I was with them, so does that count as getting picked up?), and on the Georgetown Waterfront
- most of the monuments, both day and night, particularly FDR and the Jefferson Memorials
- going out in Dupont, downtown, and Adams Morgan
- shows (volunteering) at Wolf Trap x ????
- cherry blossom and other times around the Tidal Basin
- flying out of Reagan, Dulles, and BWI (this experience I could have done without)
- theater, music, dance, symphony, and opera performances at the Kennedy Center
- shows at the State, National, Warner, Birchmere, and Signature Theaters
- many, many visits to DC area restaurants
- a graduation at DAR Constitution Hall
- a wedding reception at the Willard
- posing in said wedding photos at the Jefferson Memorial
- Screen on the Green (Me: Meet me at the Washington Monument. Pizzaboy: Sure, which one?)
- Shakespeare Free for All at Carter Barron
- rollerblading/jogging along the GW Parkway (part of the Mt. Vernon Trail, I believe)
- a presentation at the old convention center
- events at the new convention center
- playing in Old Town (samurai film festival, the Torpedo factory, strolling along the waterfront)
- lectures all over town
- finding treasures at Eastern Market
- conferences in downtown hotels
- hiking at Great Falls (VA side)
- hiking on as yet unknown (to me) sections of the Billy Goat Trail
- exploring Teddy Roosevelt island
- wine tasting at a vineyard somewhere in Maryland
- waiting for and viewing a presidential funeral motorcade
- marching in a protest parade (once, but that was by accident)