C10-Wednesday, November 12, 1980 - North Shore News

Washington D.C. well worth a visit

A view of the White House

Fm not sure that the star
of ‘Bedtime for Bonzo’ will
be the Lincoln of the °80’s
but, there he is — Ronald
Reagan — star of Holly-
wood, California and the
White House! Bet he can
hardly wait to move in.

1 visited the White House
a couple of weeks ago, not as
an honored guest of the
Carter administration, bul as
a foot-sore tournst who stood
in quite a line-up. Three

blocks long, that lhne its
enough to discourage
anyone except Americans

and travel columnis\s.

Your best bet is to join the
end of the line just before
closing time currently 12:00.
If you're already in line, the
Parks Board guards will
allow you to stay but no
extras are allowed to wait
after noon.

1 was told the line moves
amazingly quickly - it does -
and when I[ got inside |
understood why. There's
VERY little to see. If you've
got any dreams of seeing
Lincoln's bed or the ‘OVAL
OFFICE’ or the grounds -
forget it. You enter into a
hallway that contains
portraits of ex-first ladies.
Then into another hallway
with some exhibits such as
posters and china. A flight of
Stairs leads to the East
Ballroom where both J.F.K.
and Lincoln he in state. It
has four fireplaces but
wouldn't hold much more
than 150 people in comfort.

From there you’ walk
through the green room.
Blue room, red room and
oval dining room - and OUT'
The whole place is much
smaller than | expected. The
rooms are colorful and
beautifully decorated. for all

raffled off. Is
3 to

10 pm.

Suzanne Carson
Senior Consultant

PREPARING FOR THE ARGYLE Secondary School
Athletic Fatr, left to right, Sonja Melis, Phil Langicy.
Kerry Haana, Michacl Zarzycki, Mark Kayll, and Jim
Tarves sort some of the $2000 worth of prizes to be
takes place

Admission b adults $1 and studcats
S0c (EDsworth Dickson photo)

that some of the draperies
are fraying.

“What ai omnp-off,”  ex-

trayel-
wise

by Barbara
McCreadie

claimed a couple behind me.
“Do you mean we stood in
hne for an hour for this?”
Sorry. I'd do it again - how
could |

ever cxplain to
my kids that 1 vestted
Washington, 1).C but

skipped the White House”
Washington, D.C. is worth
a visit, especially if voure a
history freak. Its a fine city -
kept up as a national shrine -
humming during the day
with government but quict al
night. A large percentage of
the people who work in
Washington don't hive there
but) commute = from the

suburbs. Baltimore = and
wherever by day The trains
are BUSY

There ms a tourist bus

service that you can buy

Friday Nov. 14 trom

pass for one day custs $5 -
but you'll get around faster
and cheaper on the subway.
If you decide on a bus pass,
buy it after 2:00 p.m. and it’s
good for '* ‘ernoon and
the whole neat day

If you don't have a lot of
time, you must be selective
in what you plan to see. Here
are some Suggestions:

1. Take a night tour of the
memorials. The Lincoin and
Jefferson complexes are
open 24 hours ands are
dehghtful at might. The Iwo
Jima sculpture (Marine
Memorial) is taken from that
famous Rosenthal photo that
appeared in Life mayazine -
a group of Marines raising
the flag. Ira Hayes, the
Amencan Indian, was one of
the flag raisers. All but one ts
dead. This is one of the four
places in the United States
where the stars-and-stripes
flies all mght - Fort Henry ts
another.

2. The Mali contains more
Smithsonian Museums than
the average person can
absorb in a year. Give it one
day - choosing one for the
morning and one or 2 for the
afternoon. You can catch
the subway to the mall and
walk the rest of the way |
chose the Smithsonian Air
and Space Museum for my
first stop. Did you know that
the Spirit of St. Louts had the
call fetters XL-X-2017 Its
hanging mght alongside the
Kitty Hawk in the foyer.
Moon rocks and flight crew
uniforms from 1930 on are
part of the parade.

On pain of death, don’t eat
in the Ai and Space food
service, third floor. It has to
be the worst mess I've ever
encountered in a_ public
building. Avoid it, unless

passport

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warm drinks and doughy:
French fries.

After I'd firmly ruined mv
digestion, I asked a worker
in the National Histon
Museum where to eat) She
recommended the National!
Art Gallery cafeterna (more
about thal later) and = the
Institute of History and
Technology. She also
praised the clam chowder in
the Capitol Building.

In the National History
muscum, j floundered
around - late in the = at-

temmoon, nursing sore feet
and a leaden stomach. Two

things really caught = my
fancy:
©The Easter Island

Monolith in the entrance to
the ‘Pacific Area’.

©The Hope Diamond.
Would you believe that the

roe

famous thing ts nearly black?
It's supposed to be a blue
diamond, but sorry guys. it's
grey to black - very lovely
but not like I expected. The
setling is gorgeous - a
pendant surrounded in white
diamonds and strung on a
diamond chain. Not quite
the thing to wear to a dinner

I visited the ‘Bug’ section
all sorts of ve cravlhics
including scorpions and a
fat, hairy tarantula. They
feed them = § at scheduled
limes, posted at the door-
way. Didn't fancy watching a
huge sprder munching on

anvthing - including me'

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