Washington, DC

On this week’s episode of Out of Office: A Travel Podcast, Kiernan and Ryan share their top picks for the best museums, monuments, restaurants, bars, and activities in Washington DC. Plus, you’ll get to hear why Kiernan used to always fall asleep in DC thinking about Ryan’s history of sordid escapades. Things we talked about in today’s podcast: Rick Steves stands up to Russiahttps://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-news/rick-steves-cancels-russia-tours-ukraine Newport Cliff Walk collapsehttps://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/03/16/metro/collapsed-section-newport-cliff-walk-could-remain-closed-well-past-summer-season/  Smithsonian National Postal Museumhttps://postalmuseum.si.edu/  OOO Interview with Director of the National Postal Museumhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/smithsonian-national-postal-museum-with-director/id1438098925?i=1000438061317  National Portrait Galleryhttps://www.si.edu/museums/portrait-gallery The Phillips Collectionhttps://www.phillipscollection.org/  The Great Migration series by Jacob Lawrencehttps://lawrencemigration.phillipscollection.org/the-migration-series/panels/3/from-every-southern-town-migrants-left-by-the-hundreds-to-travel-north  The National Museum of African American History and Culturehttps://www.si.edu/museums/african-american-museum  Department of the Interior Museumhttps://www.doi.gov/interiormuseum  FDR Memorialhttps://washington.org/find-dc-listings/franklin-delano-roosevelt-memorial  MLK Memorialhttps://www.nps.gov/mlkm/planyourvisit/basicinfo.htm Jefferson Memorialhttps://www.nps.gov/mlkm/planyourvisit/basicinfo.htm Theodore Roosevelt Islandhttps://www.nps.gov/this/index.htm   Ethiopian foodhttps://dc.eater.com/maps/best-ethiopian-restaurants-dc-map  SUNdeVICH Sandwicheshttps://www.sundevich.com/  Zaytinyahttps://www.zaytinya.com/  Teddy and the Bully Barhttps://www.teddyandthebullybar.com/  Lincolnhttps://www.lincolnrestaurant-dc.com/  Busboys and Poetshttps://www.busboysandpoets.com/  The Next Whisky Bar at the Watergate Hotelhttps://www.thewatergatehotel.com/the-next-whisky-bar  The Nationals’ Racing Presidentshttps://www.mlb.com/nationals/fans/racing-presidents  Georgetown’s “Exorcist” stairshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exorcist_steps  Ryan’s favorite boxer Ryanhttps://www.ksat.com/sports/2022/03/07/inside-the-ring-fight-preview-and-more-with-ryan-garcia-and-oscar-de-la-hoya/ “Greek to Me” by Mary Norrishttps://wwnorton.com/books/Greek-to-Me/ 

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Out of Office is a travel podcast hosted by us, Ryan Davis and Kiernan Schmitt. From early childhood, we were each infected with a serious case of wanderlust (among other things.) We define travel broadly, from local day trips to high-flyin’ overseas adventures. Every episode, we dig into one topic—ranging from the serious to the silly, the practical to the outlandish—and give advice on how to get out there and explore the world.