My favorite D.C. area things:

1.  Favorite bakery: baked & wired

2.  Favorite brunch: The Source

3.  Favorite cafeteria: Mitsitam Native Foods Café in the National Museum of the American Indian

4.  Favorite cheap brunch: Murphy’s Grand Irish Pub

5.  Favorite coffee shop: Killer E.S.P.

6.  Favorite cupcake: Georgetown Cupcake

7.  Favorite festival: Smithsonian Folklife Festival

8.  Favorite fountain: Fountain in the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden on the National Mall

9.  Favorite fountain in Alexandria: The fountain in Dulany Gardens in front of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office at night

10.  Favorite French fries: Eammon's: A Dublin Chipper

11.  Favorite French restaurant: Bastille Restaurant & Wine Bar

12.  Favorite German restaurant: Café Berlin

13.  Favorite lobster roll: Hank’s Oyster Bar

14.  Favorite local burger place: Ray’s: To the Third (formerly Ray’s Hell Burger)

15.  Favorite pizza: Pizzeria Paradiso

16.  Favorite deep-dish pizza: District of Pi

17.  Favorite place for coffee: Portico Café at the National Portrait Gallery (mainly for the view)

18.  Favorite place to eat after a night of drinking in Alexandria: Stage Door Deli

19.  Favorite presidential memorial: Thomas Jefferson Memorial

20.  Favorite restaurant: Restaurant Eve

21.  Favorite restaurant in Alexandria: Daniel O’Connell’s Restaurant

22.  Favorite Indian restaurant: Rasika

23.  Favorite Italian restaurant: Palena

24.  Favorite Mexican restaurant: Oyamel Cocina Mexicana

25.  Favorite park: The Yards Park

26.  Favorite room: Main Hall of Union Station

27.  Favorite view: View from the top steps of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial looking towards the Tidal Basin and the Washington Monument when the cherry blossoms are blooming

28.  Favorite view from a restaurant: Windows facing the fountains at the Mitsitam Native Foods Café in the National Museum of the American Indian

29.  Favorite war memorial: National World War II Memorial