1. The Eastern Market is the best place to go for second-hand bikes.
2. The National Gallery of Art is good for buying prints and posters as well as crashing parties.
3. The Sylvan Amphitheatre is right next to the Lincoln Memorial, and the Christian McBride Quartet makes for an amazing soundtrack for Kavalier & Clay (which is a great book, and you should go read it now).
4. Nick Cave is a glamorous demon on stage, and his electric mandolin player is Rasputin crossed with a crane.
