Washington DC

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We're starting the travel page for ALA Annual 2007 in Washington DC. Below is a rough skeleton of a document. Feel free to add sections.

1 Travel/Getting around DC/Logistics
2 Hotels
3 Restaurants
- 3.1 Vegetarian/Vegan restaurants
- 3.2 Coffee (no Starbucks please!!)
4 Libraries
5 Bookstores and Infoshops
6 Things to see and do

Travel/Getting around DC/Logistics

ALA Conference site

Maps

Google Maps

Public transportation

StationMasters Online - A guide to Metrorail station neighborhoods.

Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority - Includes a Trip Planner. Type in your departure and arrival addresses and WMATA will tell you the best way to get there using buses or metro.

Free wireless hotspots

Busboys & Poets - 2021 14th Street NW
Dupont Circle Hotzone - Dupont Circle itself (ie, the park area in the middle of the traffic circle)
Java House - 1645 Q Street NW, Washington, DC 20009
Library of Congress Hotzone - Front Steps and Sidewalk
Love Cafe - 1501 U St., NW
Mocha Hut - 1301 U St. NW
Murky Coffee - 660 Pennsylvania Ave. SE
National Mall Hotzone - Enid Haupt Garden behind the Smithsonian Castle
Pershing Park Hotzone - 14th and Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Politics & Prose - 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW
Soho Tea & Coffee - 2150 P St. NW, Washington, DC 20009
Steam Cafe - 1700 R St. NW, Washington, DC 20009
Supreme Court Hotzone - Front Plaza and Sidewalks
Tryst - 2459 18th Street NW
Warehouse Cafe and Theater - 1021 7th Street NW
All DC Public Libraries

Hotels

American Youth Hostel International - 1009 11th Street NW. $32/night ($3 discount if you are a member). Dormitory style hostel. Wheelchair-accessible. Breakfast included.

International Guest House - 1441 Kennedy St NW. $30/night. Mennonite-run. No private rooms/baths. Must be able to use stairs. Breakfast included.

William Penn House - 515 East Capitol St. SE. $40/night. Quaker-run. No private rooms/baths. Must be able to use stairs. Breakfast included.

Restaurants

Vegetarian/Vegan restaurants

Java Green - 1020 19th St NW
Nirvana - 1810 K St NW
Soul Vegetarian Restaurant - 2606 Georgia Ave. NW
Sticky Fingers Bakery - 1370 Park Rd NW
Vegetate - 1414 9th St NW

Coffee (no Starbucks please!!)

Java House - 1645 Q Street NW, Washington, DC 20009
Mocha Hut - 1301 U St. NW
Murky Coffee - 660 Pennsylvania Ave. SE
Soho Tea & Coffee - 2150 P St. NW, Washington, DC 20009
Sparky's Cafe - 1720 14th Street, NW
Steam Cafe - 1700 R St. NW, Washington, DC 20009

Libraries

Provisions Library: Resources for Arts and Social Change - 1611 Connecticut Ave. NW

Bookstores and Infoshops

Busboys and Poets Books - 2021 14th St NW
Candida's World of Books - 1541 14th St NW
Idle Time Books - 2467 18th St NW
Kramerbooks - 1517 Connecticut Ave NW
Lambda Rising - 1625 Connecticut Ave NW
Politics and Prose - 5015 Connecticut Ave NW
Second Story Books - 2000 P St NW

Brian MacKenzie Infoshop - 1426 9th Street NW

Things to see and do

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 ==Hotels==
+[http://www.hiwashingtondc.org/about.shtml American Youth Hostel International] - 1009 11th Street NW.
+$32/night ($3 discount if you are a member).  Dormitory style hostel.  Wheelchair-accessible.  Breakfast included.
 [http://www.bedandbreakfast.com/Listing.aspx?id=221277 International Guest House] - 1441 Kennedy St NW.
-Mennonite-run guest house.  $30/night. No private rooms/baths.  Must be able to use stairs.  Breakfast included.
+$30/night.  Mennonite-run.  No private rooms/baths.  Must be able to use stairs.  Breakfast included.
 [http://www.williampennhouse.org/lodging.php William Penn House] - 515 East Capitol St. SE.
-Quaker guest house.  $40/night.  No private rooms/baths.  Must be able to use stairs.  Breakfast included.
+$40/night.  Quaker-run.  No private rooms/baths.  Must be able to use stairs.  Breakfast included.
 ==Restaurants==