Washington, DC

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/