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What's that Deli in NY that everyone raves about? Scholtzky? Carnegy?
Scholtzky?
That's a CHAIN, Japher. Probably one near you.The famous deli is the Carnegy Deli, and bring your appetite if you go
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Scholtzky? That's a CHAIN, Japher. Probably one near you.
The famous deli is the Carnegy Deli, and bring your appetite if you go.
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Thanks all for being so helpful and showing such interest in helping me along to have a good time once I get there. I've printed out this thread, as it really is invaluable to me already after such a short time. Wouldn't want anything to happen to it.
It's getting late here, I'll check back tomorrow, where the hunt will be on for finding a good hotel. Lots of good leads are on hand.
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Ok, now I have a couple of choices that I've found prices for on a hotel booking site called hotels.com.
The first one is Best Western Capitol Skyline, on 10 I Street SW, it's 2 stars but looks very nice and the price I got was 127 USD. It is only 5 blocks from Capitol, and very close to the Navy Yard Metro Station.
The second one is called Quality Courthouse Plaza, on 1200 N. Courthouse Road just across the Potomac, next to Arlington National Cemetary. This hotel is 3 stars and I can get a price of 142 USD. It's less than a quarter of a mile from Court House Metro Station.
pchang's suggestion earlier of Jurys Washington Hotel is not as attractive to me, it's 3 stars, but the price I can get at hotels.com is 224 USD. Much too steep, considering also that it's not nearly as centrally located as e.g. the BW Capitol Skyline.
Right now I lke to go for the BW Capitol Skyline, not because the price is a little lower than that of Quality Courthouse, but because of the location so close to Downtown, I think there will more to do in the evening close to the hotel. And also Best Western is a well known chain to me, and I was very satisfied the times I used them on my last stay in the U.S.Comment
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I would listen to pchang. He's robo business traveler.
If you are not dead set on BW Capitol Skyline then I would recommend against it. The location is a lot worse than Jurys Washington Hotel from all the perspectives that I can think of, despite appearances on a map. In actual fact, Jurys is in a perfect location -- action if it you want it, none if you don't, overall low crime, and if you wanted to, you could walk to and from downtown, only a couple of blocks away. I haven't stayed in the hotel, but I note that you may be able to reserve online for a good price on their web site.
If you can't find anything good in NW DC, then go to the Virginia suburbs on a subway line. The courthouse hotel seems really good.
Last edited by DanS; May 24, 2005, 19:24.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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C'mon, Dan! Offer the man a room or at least a sofa!
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I have a studio condo. No sofa. If he wants to sleep on the floor, he's more than welcome.
I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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He doesn't want to invite a viking over. He doesn't want to be sacked and looted.Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...Comment
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I booked at the Capitol Skyline half an hour ago.
I don't want to give the impression I'm not listening to your advice at all, but the total price difference between Jury and Capitol Skyline of nearly 900 USD for 9 nights was not realistic for me. It's nearly double the price, and I got a favourable impression by checking Capitol Skyline on a number of booking sites, and also from calling the hotel and asking a few questions beforehand.
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You're staying at Dan's?
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You already paid?I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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No, no, no. I'm not staying with any OT'ers! The things I've heard about these people over the years...
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Yes, the service called TravelNow/hotels.com will charge my credit card for the full amount up front. The charge hasn't gone through yet, I just checked my account, but it will soon.Originally posted by DanS
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Dan's one of the safer ones. He's been taking his meds regularly for years.
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Also, anything off the the northwest red line (i.e. friendship heights, bethesda, silver spring) are also very safe. Also, hostelworld.com's DC listings are almost all in NW DC and in decent neighborhoods.If you look around and think everyone else is an *******, you're the *******.Comment
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