Comments on: Travel Survey http://firewallender.com/travel-survey/ aka @firewallender Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:46:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cassie Wallender http://firewallender.com/travel-survey/comment-page-1/#comment-2486 Cassie Wallender Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:33:32 +0000 http://firewallender.com/2009/01/15/travel-survey/#comment-2486 Wonderful! Thank you. Next time you're in Seattle, I'd be happy to return the favor! I'll be in D.C. in April and hopefully will get a chance to investigate these swing spots. Wonderful! Thank you. Next time you're in Seattle, I'd be happy to return the favor! I'll be in D.C. in April and hopefully will get a chance to investigate these swing spots.

]]> By: Steve Fisher http://firewallender.com/travel-survey/comment-page-1/#comment-2452 Steve Fisher Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:28:13 +0000 http://firewallender.com/2009/01/15/travel-survey/#comment-2452 I have been doing swing for about 13 years and I have gotten pretty picky so here are the best places: <a href="http://www.thejamcellar.com/" target="_blank">http://www.thejamcellar.com/</a> <a href="http://www.glenechopark.org/dancing.htm" target="_blank">http://www.glenechopark.org/dancing.htm</a> It is a shame that I didn't know you were into Lindy when we were at Gnomedex 2008. I have wanted to go to some cool swing places in Seattle. Perhaps at GD2009. -Steve I have been doing swing for about 13 years and I have gotten pretty picky so here are the best places:
http://www.thejamcellar.com/
http://www.glenechopark.org/dancing.htm

It is a shame that I didn't know you were into Lindy when we were at Gnomedex 2008. I have wanted to go to some cool swing places in Seattle. Perhaps at GD2009.

-Steve

]]> By: Cassie Wallender http://firewallender.com/travel-survey/comment-page-1/#comment-2441 Cassie Wallender Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:52:54 +0000 http://firewallender.com/2009/01/15/travel-survey/#comment-2441 You just said the magic word: "Lindy". Where does one find swing dancing in D.C.? :-D You just said the magic word: "Lindy". Where does one find swing dancing in D.C.? :-D

]]> By: Steve Fisher http://firewallender.com/travel-survey/comment-page-1/#comment-2440 Steve Fisher Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:49:43 +0000 http://firewallender.com/2009/01/15/travel-survey/#comment-2440 If I were to do the US, I would go Alaska in the summer because it truly rugged and frontier. Plus, you get to see the ice flows fall which is really cool. If I were to go back to Europe, I would go to either Berlin or Prague. Both are beautiful and are not your standards of London, Paris and Rome. If I were to go back to the Middle East, Egypt is awesome. Crazy busy, dirty, loud, crowded and full of amazing people, history and some really cool pyramids. Plus, you get to ride a camel if you want to. But you can always come by DC. We have great monuments, rocking places to Lindy and East Coast and a really cool new President. He will be in town on Tuesday. -Steve :) If I were to do the US, I would go Alaska in the summer because it truly rugged and frontier. Plus, you get to see the ice flows fall which is really cool.

If I were to go back to Europe, I would go to either Berlin or Prague. Both are beautiful and are not your standards of London, Paris and Rome.

If I were to go back to the Middle East, Egypt is awesome. Crazy busy, dirty, loud, crowded and full of amazing people, history and some really cool pyramids. Plus, you get to ride a camel if you want to.

But you can always come by DC. We have great monuments, rocking places to Lindy and East Coast and a really cool new President. He will be in town on Tuesday.

-Steve :)

]]> By: D T Nelson http://firewallender.com/travel-survey/comment-page-1/#comment-2434 D T Nelson Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:53:41 +0000 http://firewallender.com/2009/01/15/travel-survey/#comment-2434 Depends on what you want to do. Both NYC and Chicago would be good if you want to eat and drink and shop and visit fine museums, but are really cold now. DC can be fun, but is kind of crowded now. London is fun. I've never really found fine dining there, but maybe I didn't know where to look. Fortunately, I enjoy pub food. The problem with London for a weekend is, you'd get jet lag whipsaw, no time to adjust before you'd have to come back. I can recommend a nice little hotel, if you go. I've never been to Montreal, but it *seems* like it would be fun to visit. I'd get to use my extremely rusty high school French. Speaking of museums, the best museum of history and technology in the United States is The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. It takes two days to do it right. <a href="http://www.thehenryford.org" target="_blank">www.thehenryford.org</a> "Where did you spend your weekend?" "Dearborn, Michigan." "?!?" If you did that, do not stay in Dearborn, rent a car and stay in Ann Arbor (which can be fun in its own right). Depends on what you want to do. Both NYC and Chicago would be good if you want to eat and drink and shop and visit fine museums, but are really cold now. DC can be fun, but is kind of crowded now.

London is fun. I've never really found fine dining there, but maybe I didn't know where to look. Fortunately, I enjoy pub food. The problem with London for a weekend is, you'd get jet lag whipsaw, no time to adjust before you'd have to come back. I can recommend a nice little hotel, if you go.

I've never been to Montreal, but it *seems* like it would be fun to visit. I'd get to use my extremely rusty high school French.

Speaking of museums, the best museum of history and technology in the United States is The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. It takes two days to do it right. http://www.thehenryford.org "Where did you spend your weekend?" "Dearborn, Michigan." "?!?" If you did that, do not stay in Dearborn, rent a car and stay in Ann Arbor (which can be fun in its own right).

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