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Five Things About My City!

January 8, 2015 By: Courtney @ Eat Pray Run DC54 Comments

In case there was any doubt (and how could there be?!), I LOVE living in Washington, DC. So I was super excited when we decided on “five things I love about my favorite city” for this week’s Friday Five. I don’t know if I would say that DC is my absolute favorite city but I do love it quite a bit. Can’t wait to read all about y’alls favorite city! Per usual, I’m linking up with my girls Cynthia and Mar for the #Friday Five. You can read our linkup rules here. Please note that if you don’t play nicely, we will delete your link. Have a great weekend and Happy New Year!  

 

 

Five Things I Love About DC

  • Lots of awesome things to look at while running. From sites like the one pictured above to beautiful trails, DC has it all in terms of running terrain. I’m grateful for that and grateful that I can run in this city.
  • Free museums for the win. All the Smithsonian museums are free and that is such an amazing resource. Plus we have cool stuff like the Arboretum, the Botanic Gardens and awesome monuments. I usually save that stuff for when I have guests visiting but it’s nice to know it’s there. 
  • We don’t get a ton of snow, but when we do, stuff shuts down. I still don’t  know if I will ever have a more awesome week than Snowpocalypse from 2010. Everything was closed for a week – except restuarants, bars and gyms. Oh and museums were open too – we just didn’t have to work because the metro was buried until 20 inches of snow. My former roommates and I beat Mario Brothers on the Wii that week. It was glorious. Minnesota, Canada, Buffalo, NY – you guys can keep you strong tolerance. I’ll keep my snow days. 🙂 
  • Tons of awesome places to eat. I’m super lucky that I can walk to in ten minutes or less. In fact, tonight I’m checking out a new, cool bar. Yeah, I felt super nerdy about typing that but I promise I am! Not going to bed at 9:30 like I did last night. But, that was awesome too. No, seriously – I love having tons of options for food. This blog is not called EAT Pray Run DC for nothing, y’all. 
  • Interesting, smart people. DC is full of young, energetic, smart, and passionate people and I love living in a place where I’m constantly learning and constantly fascinated by those around me. 

What’s do you love about your favorite city? 

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  1. Meranda@Fairytalesandfitness says

    January 8, 2015 at 10:09 pm

    I can very easily see why DC is your favorite city. I would love to live there!

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    • Courtney @ Eat Pray Run DC says

      January 8, 2015 at 11:56 pm

      It’s a great place to be 🙂 Come visit!!

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  2. Tara @ Running 'N' Reading says

    January 8, 2015 at 10:29 pm

    Courtney, I can’t wait to visit DC again one of these days (Richmond Marathon?!?); it’s such a great place, especially for a history major like myself. 😉 The museums – augh! I can’t. Happy Friday and I hope you have a great weekend; thanks, as always, for hosting this amazing link up for us.
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    • Courtney @ Eat Pray Run DC says

      January 8, 2015 at 11:56 pm

      Yes, please! Come and bring Scooter!!! 🙂 Have an awesome weekend – stay warm!

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  3. Daisy @ Fit Wanderlust Runner says

    January 8, 2015 at 10:54 pm

    I love DC when I visited there a few years back. It was so much fun but I went during the summer and it was so humid. I kept going into museum after museum to avoid the humidity 🙂
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    • Courtney @ Eat Pray Run DC says

      January 8, 2015 at 11:56 pm

      Yep, that sounds about right! 🙂

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  4. Molly @alsoranagain says

    January 8, 2015 at 11:33 pm

    DC Is a fantastic place to love, especially as a young person. I lived there for a short time in my mid-20s and really enjoyed it. I can’t wait to come back and visit in few months!

    One of my favorite things about living in Tacoma is the proximity to recreational activities like skiing and boating. I love living on the saltwater yet having a ski hill only an hour away.

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  5. Sherry says

    January 8, 2015 at 11:58 pm

    The last time I went to DC was for the Cherry Blossom Run in 2013 and ran with my sis. It was fun! Loved seeing the sites and museums!
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  6. Haley @ running with diapers says

    January 9, 2015 at 1:04 am

    I need to visit DC sometime soon. I would love to see all the historic sites and landmarks.
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  7. Kristen says

    January 9, 2015 at 3:40 am

    I love DC! The free museums are awesome. I’m totally jealous you get to live there!
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  8. Marnie @ SuperSmartMama says

    January 9, 2015 at 4:11 am

    I was in DC this past September and we had a blast! We packed so much into 3 days (zoo, multiple museums, a tour, and tons of food) that I can’t wait to go back!! Next time we’ll plan a whole week!
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  9. Susie @ SuzLyfe says

    January 9, 2015 at 7:15 am

    DC is so much fun. I always have a blast when I visit, and running the marathon there was just an experience unlike any other!
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  10. Wendy@Taking the Long Way Home says

    January 9, 2015 at 7:18 am

    Believe it or not, I”ve never been to DC! I need to go, tho.
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  11. MCM Mama says

    January 9, 2015 at 7:47 am

    There are things I love about DC and would miss if I left, but I hate the way they handle the snow. I’m not a fan of adding extra days to the school year because no one around here knows how to actually plow. ;o)
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  12. Pam and Christine says

    January 9, 2015 at 7:57 am

    I love that all three of you DC girls chose to write about DC as your favorite city! It is a great place to visit and I always enjoy time spent there. We lived in Fairfax for 2 years and one of my fondest memories is visiting DC to see the cherry blossoms one Sunday morning and it snowed. It was absolutely gorgeous, but we froze!
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  13. Sue @ This Mama Runs for Cupcakes says

    January 9, 2015 at 8:11 am

    The metro was buried in 20 inches of snow?!! Wow, that is crazy!! Sorry I missed that one. Actually I’m not, that would have meant the kids wouldn’t have had school and would have been locked inside the house with ME for a week. We would have gone crazy 🙂 I do LOVE this city!
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  14. Staci @ Hoosier Running Mom says

    January 9, 2015 at 8:22 am

    Every time I have been to DC I have had a lot of fun but never have done the same things twice!! I love staying downtown and all the food!!!!!! OMGracious! I always find such good eats!! The one thing I haven’t done there that I need to is RUN!! <–Next time for sure!
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  15. Lesley says

    January 9, 2015 at 8:36 am

    The Smithsonian released a video of their pandas playing in the snow. The cuteness factor is through the roof with that cub!
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  16. Jennifer @ Running on Lentils says

    January 9, 2015 at 8:42 am

    I loved visiting the museums when we’ve visited!
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  17. Coco says

    January 9, 2015 at 8:51 am

    D.C. has so much to offer all around – that’s why I love my home town!
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  18. John @ run. geek. run(disney) says

    January 9, 2015 at 8:52 am

    The free museums are always great. I do love all the foods you can get, such a diverse mix which is wonderful. I’ve only run 1 race in DC but would love to run more because great stuff to see. I’m doing RnR DC this year, so I’ll get to see some more then.
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  19. Jess@Flying Feet in Faith says

    January 9, 2015 at 8:55 am

    Running in DC is on my bucket l
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    • Jess@Flying Feet in Faith says

      January 9, 2015 at 8:57 am

      ***on my bucket list!! I’ve never traveled up that way. Sounds like a fun place to be. 🙂 happy new year to you!
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  20. christine @accidentallyrunningmama says

    January 9, 2015 at 9:44 am

    I’m embarassed to admit that I have never been to DC. It is on my list of places to visit, so I do hope to make it there as I really would love to visit.

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  21. Chaitali says

    January 9, 2015 at 9:54 am

    These are some of my favorite things about the city too. It seems like there always a buzz about something or other and plenty to do. And so many free options 🙂
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  22. Elizabeth says

    January 9, 2015 at 10:07 am

    The Smithsonian is easily my favorite thing about DC. I always remember how spoiled I am that they’re free because when I try to go to museums in other cities and realize you have to pay to get in I’m always a bit surprised that I can’t just walk in haha.
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  23. Elizabeth says

    January 9, 2015 at 10:10 am

    I agree that the way snow is handled is a bit ridiculous, but I don’t think I’d want to change it I kind of love the random days off during the winter. They make the winter months a bit more bearable to me.

    I am with you on just skipping to Spring though! I hate the cold!
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  24. Jenny @ TurtleStride says

    January 9, 2015 at 10:47 am

    I love DC and miss living within a reasonable distance for a day trip. Food and people are what bring me back to the same city time and time again.

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  25. Amy @ Run with Perseverance says

    January 9, 2015 at 10:55 am

    I used to live in Richmond, and I miss being so close to DC! We’d go up and visit all the time, and now that a bunch of my friends live there, it seems like such a cool place to be a young adult!

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  26. Debbie @ Deb Runs says

    January 9, 2015 at 11:40 am

    I love that you love DC so much! I just need to take advantage of living so close to such an amazing city. Let’s make 2015 the year I come join you on a run! 🙂
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  27. HoHo runs says

    January 9, 2015 at 12:11 pm

    We were in DC last spring. It was snowing the day we arrived and was SO COLD and WINDY while we were there. We could barely stand walking from museum to museum. I was hoping to see the cherry trees. I think we were a little early. We had a great time anyway!
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  28. Lisa @ Lisa Runs for Cupcakes says

    January 9, 2015 at 12:26 pm

    Oh how all of these DC posts are making me crazy! I miss racing in that area. There are so many great sights to take in on the run. Oh, and I really miss the food options + cupcakes. There are no freaking cupcake places around here — sigh. Maybe someday we will be back!
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  29. Deborah @ Confessions of a Mother Runner says

    January 9, 2015 at 12:29 pm

    It’s so easy to take for granted all of the beautiful and important sites in DC. Every few years I like to go to all the monuments with the kids so they appreciate it. The shutting down of the city with an inch of snow if annoying though 🙂
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  30. diane @runninrocker says

    January 9, 2015 at 12:41 pm

    Love DC! Enjoyed running the RnR Half there last year and taking in as much as I could. My cousin’s son work in the Capitol building so got a private tour was so cool! Looking forward to revisiting and seeing ALL the things I didn’t get to.
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  31. Kathryn @ Dancing to Running says

    January 9, 2015 at 2:28 pm

    I love that we have so many awesome, and FREE, things to do around here. Its definitely hard to say that you’re bored!
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  32. Elizabeth says

    January 9, 2015 at 2:41 pm

    The museums in DC are so amazing! Every time I go to DC, I find myself on the Mall going from one to the other. 🙂
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  33. Amy @ Will Run For Ice Cream says

    January 9, 2015 at 4:41 pm

    Can you believe I’m within driving distance of DC, and I’ve never been. We are hoping to take a family trip there this Summer!
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  34. Stephanie says

    January 9, 2015 at 4:42 pm

    I love DC and NYC but my favorite city is my hometown of Philadelphia. There are so many things to do here and we have the largest urban park system, which makes it easy to do outdoor activities.
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  35. kristin | W [H] A T C H says

    January 9, 2015 at 4:59 pm

    free museums are the greatest!
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  36. Joanna @Crazy Runner Blog says

    January 9, 2015 at 7:21 pm

    I did an internship in DC in college and LOVED running on the potomac every morning. Running was an easy way to explore the monuments and save $$ 🙂 miss it!
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  37. Jolene @ Southern Fried Soul says

    January 9, 2015 at 9:05 pm

    I haven’t been in DC since I was 18 and I *really* want to go back. I’d like to do the Marine Corp Marathon one of these next couple of years so I have a great excuse to go!
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  38. Salt says

    January 9, 2015 at 9:14 pm

    DC is pretty great and I love being near it although in all the 1000 times I’ve been there in my life I still manage to get lost EVERY SINGLE TIME. 🙂

    And yeah…can’t believe I missed the link on ALL your pages, but now I know! My life just got a lot easier!
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  39. Stacey says

    January 10, 2015 at 6:48 am

    I couldn’t agree with you more on the free museums there–I love just wondering around the Natural History Museum for the afternoon. 🙂

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  40. Liz @ Loving to Tri says

    January 10, 2015 at 6:58 am

    I’ve only been to DC once – to do the Nation’s Tri in 2014. I definitely need to go back and check out all the great things the city has to offer!
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  41. Lindsey says

    January 10, 2015 at 1:42 pm

    Haha oh, the snow. Definitely keeps things interesting!
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  42. Karen - Fit in France says

    January 11, 2015 at 12:15 pm

    I have always liked DC. Definitely stimulating !
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  43. Jennifer says

    January 12, 2015 at 10:06 pm

    Yes to the food!!! I also love the diversity of the city.
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  44. Mary says

    January 13, 2015 at 8:36 am

    I didn’t know that DC has trail running! That’s so cool. I need to get back there. So many museums to still see and so many new restaurants! Great post!

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    • Courtney @ Eat Pray Run DC says

      January 13, 2015 at 10:53 am

      oh yeah – there are TONS of trails in the area!

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