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