Farina262

It’s sort of cool to go there and see how your taxes are being spent. I wouldn’t recomend taking a three year old on a walk from the capitol to the Washington Monument (been there done that. And i was the lucky three year old).

I was born here and lived here for the first 10 years of my life. It’s very upscale. The library is the next best thing to the library of congress (they literally have EVERYTHING). The downtown is really nice and sort of touristy (but it’s not what you think of when you think of downtown, it’s very small) The Panera is really nice, instead of hanging out at the mall you hang out at Panera. The summers are really nice, and the winters are really rough and cold. Wilmette has a great Park District.
The beach is really nice. Great scenery. And it’s sort of funny to listen to people who have never seen a Great Lake before see Lake Michigan.
I wish i could move back!

Hockey games are always fun (although the Admirals stink). The Scope has the usual sporting event-dirt and trash. It looks like a UFO whoever built it was a genius (hah not).

The movie theater is excellent and not usually crowded. I wouldn’t recommend seeing a movie on Friday/Saturday night. It gets a little crazy. They have a great Barnes and Noble, and alot of really nice stores!

It’s alot like Baltimore’s Harbor Place (the same architect). Pretty much the only good places to eat here are Outback, Ben and Jerry’s, and Bar Norfolk.

Now I live in Norfolk (I used to live in Chicago). The neighborhood between downtown and the nice neighborhoods is completely ghetto. Though once you get north of the Lynnhaven river you’re fine (yes there’s ALOT of water, pretty views ect.) A tip: don’t hang out at downtown Norfolk at night, it’s creepy you’ll probably get shot.
If you want to go to the beach I would recommend Rehoboth or Bethany Beach (about 3 hours north). Virginia Beach is like one giant tattoo parlor. Not a very good family place. Though it is a good place to come to if you’re interested in the Navy or Naval Science.