nearly 100,000 rooms in the DC-area,
it���s not that risky. I���ve never paid more
than $100 a night for an excellent
room in a great neighborhood, including Georgetown, Dupont Circle
and Crystal City, using this method.
Of course, rates will be higher during
the Cherry Blossom Festival, but even
during the super-busy Inauguration
Weekend this year I paid just $175 for
a room in a beautiful boutique hotel
right in the middle of everything, and
I booked the room just three days before the Inauguration.
If you have such a great time during your National Cherry Blossom
Festival visit that you want a longlasting souvenir of your trip, you���re
in luck: The Arbor Day Foundation
(arborday.org) will sell you a cherry
tree to plant in your own yard for beThe 2013 National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade is Saturtween $5 and $15.
It seems fitting that the city named
day, April 13 from 10:00am to 12:00 noon, rain or shine. One
for a man who may or may not have
of DC���s largest spectator events, the energy-filled Parade
lied about cutting down a cherry tree
is now so committed to growing and
runs along Constitution Avenue from 7th to 17th streets, NW.
celebrating them. CV
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