The Ledroit Park Community garden is awesome - if you can get a spot. Gardens are 4x4 or 4x8. It's…read morea good network of people cooperating to make the garden a better place. There is a locked shed with garden tools. There is a rain barrel and a spigot that can be used to water your crops. There is the Tricia McCauley memorial herb garden which is maintained by the members and which the community shares. There are also fig, persimmon and service berry trees. Gotta love it.

I don't want to say too much because this little secret garden made my week and there's not much to…read morego around, but I am so glad I stopped by. Lots of bees and yellow jackets acting more aggressive than usual because they're about to die though (not the best place to bring a baby). Anyway, I need to volunteer here or help create/sustain one closer to home. Community gardens are my new favorite thing!

Adam our bus driver was amazing, definitely recommend this business. He drove me and some others…read morearound the area of DC for a week and didn't disappoint!

I recently went on a group trip with Lansdowne to Washington DC. Our bus driver, Omar, was great!…read moreHe was a good driver, and gave us fist bumps when we got off and on the bus. On the last day, I misplaced my phone on the bus, however, we had just gotten to the airport to go home so I couldn't go back and get it. Omar searched for it but couldn't find it. Later, I used tracking to find that the phone was in the Lansdowne bus parking lot, so I called the company, and spoke to Austin, who was very helpful. They looked for it multiple times, and when they found it, they sent it back immediately. I have my phone back now and I am very grateful for Austin, Omar, and everyone else at Lansdowne!

Well worth a visit! We have Japanese American friends who spent their early years as children in…read morethe camps. A sobering memorial. I especially appreciate Reagan's engraved quote, "Here we admit a wrong, ..." The fountain was dry when we visited this week.

The United States isn't perfect. Far from it. We've done all sorts of horrible things and that…read moreincludes the terribly unjust treatment of Japanese-American citizens during World War II. This part of history tends to get glossed over and that's shameful. How can we ensure it never happens again unless we discuss it? Inscribed on the memorial, "On February 19, 1942, 73 days after the United States entered World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 which resulted in the removal of 120,000 Japanese American men, women and children from their homes in the western states and Hawaii. Allowed only what they could carry, families were forced to abandon homes, friends, farms and businesses to live in ten remote relocation centers guarded by armed troops and surrounded by barbed wire fences. Some remained in the relocation centers until March 1946." Located at Louisiana Avenue, New Jersey Avenue, and D Street NW, it is not far from the US Capitol. The central element is a fourteen foot tall sculpture showing two cranes breaking free of barbed wire. Surrounding the sculpture are ten stone panels, each engraved with the name of one of the War Relocation Authority-administered concentration camps, along with its peak population. Officially, it commemorates the contributions of American citizens of Japanese ancestry and their parents who patriotically supported the United States despite that poor treatment during World War II. There is an "Honor Wall" central within the memorial which lists the names of the 800-plus Japanese Americans in the U.S. Armed Forces who were killed in action during World War II. [Review 14284 overall, 1608 of 2020, number 96 in Washington.]

I've gotten involved in volunteering with CASA and Parent Training programs. The caliper of…read moreprofessionalism, passion, and empathy in the leadership is amazing. The programs are very organized and developed with ease to disseminate lessons/objectives in a step-by-step fashion. Impressive programs and workers!

I had to save my 500th review for a special place - that place is The Leadership Institute…read more I haven't taken classes at this headquarter, but will because I got a scholarship, so there will be an updated review at a later date. The Leadership Institute is a Conservative political policy school that teachers Conservatives the ins and out of running for office, building campaigns, how to get grass roots activists, public speaking and a multitude of other courses. I've purchased and attended the following courses: Travel-Fundraising Workshop - 9/23/11, 5-9 PM @ The Venetian ($10) Travel-Campaign Management School- 9/24-25/11, 8-5 PM @ The Venetian ($50) Lunch and beverages were included in the purchase price (most of these classes and their amenities are partially or totally underwritten by financial contributors.) I have to say, that $60 was by far, the most well spent money. The amount of work, presentation and the quality of the speakers and teachers was top notch. It was an incredible 3 days - I came out with a notebook full of useful notes. Travel-Fundraising Workshop - 9/23/11 We were given a crash course in: -Finance Committees -Finance Plan and Budgeting -Personal Solicitation -Fundraising Events The teachers are people who are at the top of their game in their field - and it shows. There were a couple group projects, dealing with a hypothetical campaign, that we had to present in front of the crowd. You're an active participant in the class, not a casual observer - and I like that. Travel-Campaign Management School- 9/24-25/11 We were given a two day crash course in: -Campaign Structure -Volunteers -Strategic Research -Voter Identification and Targeting -Building Coalitions -Building a Message -Public Relations and Earned Media -Precinct Organizations -Door to Door campaigning - Phone Banking -Public Speaking We continued with our hypothetical campaign for fictitious candidates that we had begun the prior day. We learned about how to get people together for campaigns, how much going rates were, what doesn't work, what the Left does that the Conservatives should utilize, etc. We had actual elected officials make guest appearances and speak to us. It was a real eye opener. We continued putting the info we learned into practice during our group projects. All of the participants (mostly people who are running for local or state level offices - I was the only college student at these events) were fighting hard during our presentations because two people were going to get scholarships to go to headquarters to take more schooling (I was one of the winners!) I learned a ton over the weekend and have continued to learn more to put into practice via their free online courses. Any business person or future elected official (particularly conservatives) should take as many courses as they possibly can from The Leadership Institute - they are invaluable.

Solid conservative institution. I've been benefiting from their blocks of instruction for my entire…read morecampaign thus far.

On exhibit until January 30, 2026, this is #2 of the 17 installations in Farragut Square, called…read moreSpin, created by Hiroshi Jacobs and in partnership with Nabila Mahdi and Xin Chen. The sculpture is colorful, bright, and lit up at night. It was inspired by the frozen motion of a spinning top and consists of twisting shapes. You can walk all the way around it and go inside as well. It's a unique sculpture, eye catching in an otherwise boring DC street.

The Jerusalem Fund that houses the gallery is a non profit org, but as I discovered when I visited…read more--- not a political organization. The organization encompasses people and cultures from varied Middle Eastern backgrounds such as Palestine and Iraq. This building is also the home for the Palestine Center, which is a think tank which basically communicates the Palestinian point of view to the policymakers. With the situation in the part of the world going on now, this organization and gallery is becoming very informative and eye opening. At the gallery, there are events going on monthly such as book talks; art exhibits; Arabic calligraphy and receptions. Their website contains some really interesting articles, too.

This place is great! I was one of the featured artists here during one of their last gallery shows…read moreand it was an amazing experience. The curator was knowledgeable, kind and very attentive to all the gallery guests and artists. It was a big crowd that came to the show, which means that they are very involved in the community and have a big reach. This is a wonderful location to showcase Middle Eastern art and artists.