It’s summer in DC, which means your family is coming into town & you have to entertain them. While the museums on the Mall will busy them for a bit, after a while you’ll need more than directions to the Hirshorn to keep them outta the house.

Here’s a few suggests from my own family-fun odyssey in DC keeping my folks happy.

1. Nuttin like Kickball on the National Mall
2. For the adventurous – Tuesday Drag Queen Bingo at Chaos
3. A summer picnic with all your friends too
4. Listening to Ft. Reno summer concerts
5. Watching Screen on the Green
6. Cheering for their favorite Triathlete
7. Renting a rowboat at Fletcher’s Boat House
8. Flip cupping with grandma
9. Showing them the sights in Bike DC
10. And my fav; people watching in Dupont Circle

Got any suggestions to add?

This post appeared in its original form at DC Metblogs

Wayan Vota

Married, mortgaged, and soon to be a father, Wayan Vota is in the fast lane to mid-life respectability – until the day his brood finds his intimate journal of global traveling and curses him with the ever-eternal reply “I’m gonna be just like you, Dad!”