Saturday, May 24, 2014

Notable Locations

NYC

John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Apartment/Murder scene (The Dakota, W 72nd St at Central Park West)

White Horse Tavern - Jack Kerouac, Dylan Thomas, Norman Mailer, Hunter S. Thompson drank here

Cafe Reggio - First cappuccino to be introduced to America in the 20s here, JFK speech, Old Beat Generation Café, in the Godfather 2

Jack Kerouac's Apartment building- 421 W.118th St - & where he met Ginsberg & Burroughs

Allen Ginsberg's apartment- 346 W.15th St

Bob Dylan's Apartment in the 70's (94 MacDougal St at Bleecker St)

Truman Capote's House (70 Willow St between Orange and Pineapple Sts, Brooklyn Heights)

Woody Allen's House (118 E 70th St between Park and Lexington Aves)

Chelsea Hotel (222 W 23rd St between Seventh and Eighth Aves)

Madonnas Apartment - 232 E 4th St, Manhattan, NY 10009

'Friends Apartment' -90 Bedford Street, at the corner of Bedford and Grove Streets in the West Village

Free Tours By Foot

http://www.freetoursbyfoot.com/

Available for NYC, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia & Washington DC

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

D.C Baby

http://dc.about.com/od/touristattractions/tp/Top10ThingsToDo.htm

Ben's Chili Bowl
Ya dig?
http://benschilibowl.com/

Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
11:30AM - 7PM Daily
Free
http://www.npg.si.edu/inform/visit.html

Smithsonian Museum of American History
10AM - 730PM Daily
Free
http://americanhistory.si.edu/

Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
10AM - 530PM Daily
Free
http://www.mnh.si.edu/

Smithsonian Zoological Park
9AM - 7PM (Panda exhibition 10AM-4:30PM)
Free
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/default.cfm

Saturday, April 26, 2014

Philly to DC Route (Via Baltimore)

OFFICIAL SITE Best Western Plus Independence Park Hotel
235 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19106, United States
Get on I-95 S
0.9 mi / 2 min
Follow I-95 S to Moravia Rd in Baltimore. Take exit 14 from I-895 S
93.1 mi / 1 h 27 min
Drive to US-40 E
1.7 mi / 3 min
95.7 mi / 1 h 33 min
5801 Pulaski Hwy
Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Follow US-40 E to St Paul Pl
3.7 mi / 9 min
 
Turn left onto St Paul Pl
0.4 mi / 1 min
 
Continue onto Light St
0.5 mi / 1 min
Take S Charles St to Light St
0.3 mi / 1 min
 
Turn left onto Light St
0.1 mi / 16 s
5.0 mi / 13 min
Inner Harbor
Baltimore, MD, USA
 
Head north-east on Light St towards E Pratt St
381 ft
 
Continue onto S Calvert St
446 ft
 
Turn left onto E Lombard St
0.5 mi
 
Turn right onto S Paca St
0.4 mi
 
Turn left onto W Saratoga St
0.6 mi
 
Turn left onto N Amity St
Destination will be on the left
443 ft
1.7 mi / 6 min
203 N Amity St
Baltimore, MD 21223, USA
Get on MD-295 S/Baltimore-Washington Pkwy/Russell St from W Lexington St, N Fremont Ave and S Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
1.1 mi / 4 min
 
Merge onto MD-295 S/Baltimore-Washington Pkwy/Russell St
Continue to follow MD-295 S/Baltimore-Washington Pkwy
30.8 mi / 33 min
Take US-50 W/New York Ave NE to P St NW in Washington
6.8 mi / 17 min
 
Slight right towards US-50 W/New York Ave NE (signs for US-50 W/Washington)
0.5 mi
 
Take the ramp onto US-50 W/New York Ave NE
Entering District of Columbia
4.6 mi
 
Slight right onto L St NW
0.5 mi
 
Continue onto Massachusetts Avenue Northwest
0.5 mi
 
At Scott Cir NW, continue straight to stay on Massachusetts Avenue Northwest
0.4 mi
 
At the traffic circle, exit onto P St NW
Destination will be on the right
0.3 mi
38.7 mi / 53 min
Hotel Palomar Washington DC, a Kimpton Hotel
2121 P St NW, Washington, DC 20037, United States