On this week’s episode of Out of Office: A Travel Podcast, Kiernan and Ryan share their top picks for the best museums, monuments, restaurants, bars, and activities in Washington DC. Plus, you’ll get to hear why Kiernan used to always fall asleep in DC thinking about Ryan’s history of sordid escapades.
Things we talked about in today’s podcast:
Rick Steves stands up to Russiahttps://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-news/rick-steves-cancels-russia-tours-ukraine
Newport Cliff Walk collapsehttps://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/03/16/metro/collapsed-section-newport-cliff-walk-could-remain-closed-well-past-summer-season/
Smithsonian National Postal Museumhttps://postalmuseum.si.edu/
OOO Interview with Director of the National Postal Museumhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/smithsonian-national-postal-museum-with-director/id1438098925?i=1000438061317
National Portrait Galleryhttps://www.si.edu/museums/portrait-gallery
The Phillips Collectionhttps://www.phillipscollection.org/
The Great Migration series by Jacob Lawrencehttps://lawrencemigration.phillipscollection.org/the-migration-series/panels/3/from-every-southern-town-migrants-left-by-the-hundreds-to-travel-north
The National Museum of African American History and Culturehttps://www.si.edu/museums/african-american-museum
Department of the Interior Museumhttps://www.doi.gov/interiormuseum
FDR Memorialhttps://washington.org/find-dc-listings/franklin-delano-roosevelt-memorial
MLK Memorialhttps://www.nps.gov/mlkm/planyourvisit/basicinfo.htm
Jefferson Memorialhttps://www.nps.gov/mlkm/planyourvisit/basicinfo.htm
Theodore Roosevelt Islandhttps://www.nps.gov/this/index.htm
Ethiopian foodhttps://dc.eater.com/maps/best-ethiopian-restaurants-dc-map
SUNdeVICH Sandwicheshttps://www.sundevich.com/
Zaytinyahttps://www.zaytinya.com/
Teddy and the Bully Barhttps://www.teddyandthebullybar.com/
Lincolnhttps://www.lincolnrestaurant-dc.com/
Busboys and Poetshttps://www.busboysandpoets.com/
The Next Whisky Bar at the Watergate Hotelhttps://www.thewatergatehotel.com/the-next-whisky-bar
The Nationals’ Racing Presidentshttps://www.mlb.com/nationals/fans/racing-presidents
Georgetown’s “Exorcist” stairshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exorcist_steps
Ryan’s favorite boxer Ryanhttps://www.ksat.com/sports/2022/03/07/inside-the-ring-fight-preview-and-more-with-ryan-garcia-and-oscar-de-la-hoya/
“Greek to Me” by Mary Norrishttps://wwnorton.com/books/Greek-to-Me/