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 Russia
https://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-news/rick-steves-cancels-russia-tours-ukraine

Newport Cliff Walk collapse
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/03/16/metro/collapsed-section-newport-cliff-walk-could-remain-closed-well-past-summer-season/

Smithsonian National Postal Museum
https://postalmuseum.si.edu/

OOO Interview with Director of the National Postal Museum
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/smithsonian-national-postal-museum-with-director/id1438098925?i=1000438061317

National Portrait Gallery
https://www.si.edu/museums/portrait-gallery

The Phillips Collection
https://www.phillipscollection.org/

The Great Migration series by Jacob Lawrence
https://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 Culture
https://www.si.edu/museums/african-american-museum

Department of the Interior Museum
https://www.doi.gov/interiormuseum

FDR Memorial
https://washington.org/find-dc-listings/franklin-delano-roosevelt-memorial

MLK Memorial
https://www.nps.gov/mlkm/planyourvisit/basicinfo.htm

Jefferson Memorial
https://www.nps.gov/mlkm/planyourvisit/basicinfo.htm

Theodore Roosevelt Island
https://www.nps.gov/this/index.htm

Ethiopian food
https://dc.eater.com/maps/best-ethiopian-restaurants-dc-map

SUNdeVICH Sandwiches
https://www.sundevich.com/

Zaytinya
https://www.zaytinya.com/

Teddy and the Bully Bar
https://www.teddyandthebullybar.com/

Lincoln
https://www.lincolnrestaurant-dc.com/

Busboys and Poets
https://www.busboysandpoets.com/

The Next Whisky Bar at the Watergate Hotel
https://www.thewatergatehotel.com/the-next-whisky-bar

The Nationals’ Racing Presidents
https://www.mlb.com/nationals/fans/racing-presidents

Georgetown’s “Exorcist” stairs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exorcist_steps

Ryan’s favorite boxer Ryan
https://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 Norris
https://wwnorton.com/books/Greek-to-Me/