Chinatown is a great place to travel, visit and be entertained. Galleryplace/Chinatown metro stop…read moreis by Capitals One Arena. The restaurant choices vary. There are some places that have been in business for years. The restaurants by the arena come & go. 90 Second Pizza and Gordon Ramsay's Pizza were added during 2024. Fast food restaurants like Chipotle and McDonald's are nearby. The Portrait Gallery and SAAM museums are directly across the street (you can bring food inside). Regal cinemas has hung in there. There are churches and retail stores, as well as murals and a nearby seasonal farmer's market. The Chinatown Community Cultural Center has free classes (including Tai Chi) and events throughout the year. Have fun and stay alert. I use a cross body bag when visiting downtown.

An amazing collection of small businesses including restaurant, grocery and the usual collectors…read moreshops. It isnt the grandest chinatown, but it is nice to visit. Its very convenient to get to as the verizon center is right in the middle of the area. Definitely worth a visit!

It doesn't seem so foggy. What it does seem is an overpriced DC neighborhood. Foggy Bottom is an…read morearea in the western part along the Potomac, a low lying area. This is where the first Metro stop is when you're coming from Dulles. You can get off and explore the area, or follow 23rd Street to other places. Around here are quite a few attractions. One of the best is the Kennedy Center. The only thing I know about it is the Kennedy Center Awards, but there's other stuff going on. If school is in session, this place is ridiculously busy. The George Washington University campus is the heart of the neighborhood. It might be a fun game counting the Starbucks in the area. There's a ton of them. It overall is a nice neighborhood to look around. Just look because it's out of the price range of most people. There are some cool restaurants and stores.

Stop in for a quick bite on my lunch break and truly enjoyed the experience. The food was good and…read morethe service was quick!!!

A total gem. Have biked the entire trail, from DC to Cumberland, MD. To be clear not all in one…read moreday. 184.5 miles isn't a short trip. There have been some changes, as the trail goes more up to Pittsburgh area. Yet the canal originally from these areas, was supposed to be a major commercial success. It wasn't as trains came into the picture. Am glad it was built! The history on and off the trail are hard to beat. Some of the views are breathtaking. In many ways you can follow a lot of civil war events biking this. There are towns near the trail to get food and other supplies. The campgrounds are primitive. Yet a fire, quick dinner, and knocking out to sleep works for me. It is planned again. By all means this is a national treasure!

Meander along the historic canal…read more Pleasantly designed brick path along the canal. Sure, the canal can use some love, but it's an old fella and doing its best even after so many years. It is best to just take a walk rather than go on a tour.

From here so biased. Miss residing here but am glad to visit. Is there traffic? Yes. Is housing…read moreexpensive? Yep. Yet this is the norm in the DC area. I will happily argue, that the city of Fairfax is one of the best places to live. The amount of services and parks, there's no community close by that can compete. Go to the Blenheim House, City Museum, or countless miles of hiking and biking trails. Also unlike the surrounding county, there are trees here! There are plenty of delicious restaurants here. I love its diversity, educated population, and overall small town feel compared to surrounding areas. The police and fire departments are number one. You'll enjoy a vibrant arts or recreation experience. This weekend will be the Asian festival. That is a lot of fun, along with the one for chocolate, fall festival, and the best 4th of July parade and fireworks. Absolutely love it!

Did you know it's the largest fair in the country? Did you know there are 250 types of fried food…read moreon offer? Did you know.. oh wait. That's the wrong review. Those are "Fair Facts", not "Fairfax." The predominant memory of Fairfax is the beautiful smell of trees around the George Mason campus. The new memory is that it is the only location of Sharetea on East Coast USA. This international chain rocks my bubble tea world... who am I kidding, Bubble Tea is my whole world. You must try the Whole Lemon Black Tea the Okinawa Milk Tea. I visit Fairfax more than once a year, every year. My Uncle lives in the next town over (Man Asses), and I also happened to go to University here in Fairfax for several years of my life. I did rather well, but for a lot of the time I didn't have a working car, so instead of parading around DC like a true scallywag, I was restricted to running around Fairfax, biking around Fairfax, and bussing around Fairfax, and all of the above were not so much fun. It's a posh, rich, stuffy town with way too much traffic at the best of times. The cops are brutal and are constantly pulling students over trying to get DUI busts to make $$$ for what is already one of the richest counties in America. Despite all that, I had some good times in Fairfax and met some good people, and a part of my heart will always belong to it. It's an eerie feeling going back now, which I often do. I don't really recommend any of the food places in Fairfax, but nearby Vienna has the awesome Pasty Shop, the even better Gyros of Plaka Grill (and maybe Amphora, which is 24 hrs), and best of all the amazing homemade custard at Nielsen's - which is currently heartbreakingly closed down. There's a brand new shiny H-Mart in town with good Korean. In nearby Manassas, El Rulas makes the best tortas. Even closer, in Centerville, Burger Stop makes the very best burgers in the region - by far. And inside the Fair Oaks Mall (way too busy and popular), Monster Roll makes good deep freeze rolled ice cream. DC food in general - Falafel Inc in Georgetown. In MD burbs, Sardi's (Peruvian Chicken), Max's (best Shawarma/Falafel pita anywhere, get it spicy), Silk Road Choyhona (chicken kebab), hot pretzel and banana shake at Sadieanne's inside Dutch Village Farmer's Market in Upper Marlboro. Gyros at Yia Yia and Plaka. Late night, these 3: Kabob Palace, Amsterdam Falafel, Hard Times (Alexandria - Terlingua Red). La Casita for Salvadoran. Mazadar for Afghan. Java Loco for Okinawa Milk Bubble Tea. Dessert at SnoCream in Annandale. Also District Doughnuts in Georgetown, York Castle - crazy tropical flavors. Fairfax is mostly chains and brand names, but it's far from the worst place in the world to live or visit, and it's very safe, now that the sniper is not at large. The worst thing about Fairfax absolutely horrendous traffic. The best thing is excellent ethnic diversity and some really cool places to eat including nearby Centerville and Manassas and Falls Church. Also, as I said, Fairfax has the only Sharetea location on the entire East Coast. And that is a huge highlight for me personally. But it's just too clean and stuffy and rich for me and the traffic is some of the worst I've ever been stuck in. Hence the low rating. Especially when you factor in the daylight robbers keeping our pockets empty... I mean police keeping our streets, ahem, safe. (1) Rich town is putting it mildly. (2) Awful traffic. (3) Mild winters, muggy summers, lovely smell of trees. (4) The only Sharetea location on the East Coast. There you go: Four Facts on Fairfax.

The Polka Dot Park is a fun, bright community space in historic Hyattsville. It's in a former…read moreparking lot. The space is large with blue picnic tables and murals decorated the walls. It's a great space for community events!

Polka Dot Park is awesome. There was a fairly desolate looking lot in Hyattsville that now has a…read morelot of tastefully done art that consistently provides backdrops for many many photos. The space is gently sloped and there are a number of picnic tables, umbrellas and lights that, along with the colors, make for a whimsical community space. During warmer months, bands will play on the loading dock that can be repurposed as a stage. While driving by on most days, you can see people taking selfies with the large "Handmade in Hyattsville" painting, or with one of the colorfully painted garage doors as the backdrop. According to their facebook page, it is made possible by Urban Investment Partners.

A great vacation in the DC area. Seeing all the monuments, mysuems and sights was such an…read moreenjoyable experience. Even with the protests/riots putting a damper on things it still was an enjoyable experience. Another bucket list item checked off.

DC is a really nice spot to visit because pretty much everything is absolutely FREE!! I hadn't…read morerealized everything was free otherwise I would have visited WAY sooner! I'm thinking I'm going to pay $40 a pop for the museums but it's all free. Woohoo! I definitely should have visited in the fall when it was cooler because I walked over 8 miles and it was like death with the heat but some public spots had places to refill my water bottle for free. I love free and there is a lot of free shit out in DC.

An interesting area. Tyson's Corner, at least it's a urban legend, was named after a small corner…read morestore that existed fifty or sixty years ago. Nothing was really here, now it's a mixed used loaded area. Money and high density of people, quite a few of them who think they are "all that." Old money tends to be cool people, but the new money crowd, can be very annoying to deal with. Route 7 traffic is a nightmare. Yet this area has a good amount to do. The new "Boro area," will be like Mosaic District. Capital One Bank Corporate has a concert hall. There's metro you can hop on, and Tysons One and Two are large malls. Plenty of restaurants to visit. If you need a car, a lot of dealerships, but don't waste your time with Koons. It's been interesting watching the changes. Almost overnight are high rise luxury condos and hotels. It's not far from DC, and always has something going on.

I don't like to restrain daughters, but I often "tie sons" up." I like to tie sons and put them in…read morethe corner. Since you're demanding I elaborate. But for future reference, I don't like to be cornered. Tysons Corner wants to be a lot more than it ever was in the past. After the mall here made the area extremely popular and very difficult to navigate for traffic, it has been building up and out ever since then, but mainly up, because there's nowhere to go in the outward direction, sort of like being gay in Qatar. For such a modest little area it has really turned into a glitzy fancy Los Angeles-esque suburban mall shopping Paradise. It's not the kind of place that does it for me, but if you like high-end shopping then this is definitely the area of DC for you. You and all the rich people. DC food in general - Falafel Inc in Georgetown. El Rulas for Tortas in Manassas, Burger Shack in Centreville. In MD burbs, Sardi's (Peruvian Chicken), Max's (best Shawarma/Falafel pita anywhere, get it spicy), Silk Road Choyhona (chicken kebab), hot pretzel and banana shake at Sadieanne's inside Dutch Village Farmer's Market in Upper Marlboro. Gyros at Yia Yia and Plaka. Late night, these 3: Kabob Palace, Amsterdam Falafel, Hard Times (Alexandria - Terlingua Red). La Casita for Salvadoran. Mazadar for Afghan. Java Loco for Okinawa Milk Bubble Tea. Dessert at SnoCream in Annandale. Sharetea (the only location on the East Coast) - Okinawa Milk Tea, also try Whole Lemon Black Tea with tapioca. Also District Doughnuts in Georgetown, York Castle - crazy tropical flavors. My ex worked at Sephora inside Tyson's. Swoooooon.

Everybody was from Rockville once you got to middle school and HS. We would be in Rockville for…read morerestaurants, grocery shopping, maybe church, shopping malls(RIP White Flint). It's kind of a late 20th Century suburb. I wonder what it's like now because I really don't live there. It was nice in Rockville, MD. Maybe everybody from Rockville at school was Jewish! Hmm..RoCkViLlE, MaRyLaNd.

For the first time in a year, I ventured to Rockville. Times they are a changing, yes, they are. So…read moreis Rockville. Town centers. P.F. Changs. And other tony shops and restaurants. Good thing Rockville is only served by the Metro red-line, 355, and the ICC: those reasons alone take Rockville out of my normal transit path. And 355...man...that thing is a PITA (pain in the ass). Drivers zooming by like maniacs or putt-putt-putting along in the left lane on their iPhone like a moron. Quite frankly getting there by the ICC is also a PITA. Though the speed limit is 60 mph and traffic was moving, cops were everywhere and the little overhead ezpass scanners look ominous. I went there and came back to Bowie on it though. Rockville. I don't have to come here often, but it is honestly really fine when I do. It is just another homogeneous suburb (somehow culturally diverse, though) that is difficult to get to and get around in except by car. Don't listen to me. Go ahead and go there. But it is A-OK.