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by itgirli 2 views

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I would like some help in coming up with something fun to do this weekend? It needs to be in the Virginia, North Carolina, or Maryland area and it should take no more than 8 hours to do. I hate being bored, but lack the focus to spend too long thinking about one thing. And it cannot be anything expensive, no more than $100. I live in a very boring area and I hope that some people will have a few good ideas. Thanks for any help you can give me.

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by jdclyde

Let me see. Your not a sun person, so no going to the beach. :(

How about hiking or biking? Wearing a good hat with a wide brim would keep that pretty green hue intact! :D

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Or you could put this off for a month / month and a half and then spend a romantic weekend in Niagra Falls with a really nice guy. [i] (location is optional)[/i][/b] :x

by dc guy

The Smithsonian Institute. You can spend weeks there without getting bored. (Well I can anyway.) It's about twenty museums in one place: art, natural history, science & industry, American history, etc. You can go from one museum to another if you get tired of one theme. I still haven't been to the brand new Museum of the Native American but it looks fabulous. They rotate the tribes whose culture is on display periodically since they can't all participate at once.

The National Zoo has the pandas and some other great exhibits. If you're a Costco aficionado, the one at Pentagon City is remarkable. It has stuff there for the high-paid guvvies to buy that I've never seen anywhere else, like chocolate models of the Capitol Building. Rock Creek Park is pretty spectacular. It runs all the way from D.C. into the middle of Maryland. The northern end in Maryland is a great place to hike (and safe as hiking in Maine). The D.C. metro area has a fabulous music scene if you want to come up in the evening. A little Googling should let you know who's playing this weekend in the arenas. The 9:30 Club in D.C. and the Birchmere in Alexandria are the premiere club venues.
If you like night life, Georgetown is always jumpin' as are many of the other downtown DC areas. Most night spots are as safe as Minneapolis. If you like to drink and dance check out QuasimodoBand.com, the best cover band in the region. They're playing both Friday and Saturday night this weekend in different parts of the area. Maybe I'll see you there. Have fun. Oh, a lot of people go to Annapolis and a lot of people go to Ocean City (which I think is in MD and not DE, shows you how much I know). They're not my cup of tea because I'm just not a beach town kind of person, but perhaps you are.

by itgirli

Sorry. While they are all very good ideas, I grew up in DC and could give Smithsonian tours, my grandmother has lived in OC for over a decade. All great ideas if you haven't spent your entire life in MD. I would highly recommend them to someone who hasn't. I am actually taking my son up to the Smithsonian for a few days in August. (OC is in MD). I always went hiking in Patapsco Valley SP. My cousin was in some bands up there, but I don't know if you would have heard of them. Thanks, but I'd need more time if I was going to do most of that stuff. I guess MD is just not a one day thing. I am not about to go to Rock Creek Park though. two words - Chandra Levy.

by sleepin'dawg

Find the nearest general aviation FBO and take a demonstration flight; should be under $50.

Find your local friendly gun shop and test fire several different hand guns. The test firing is free but you may have to pay for the bullets. Total cost of bullets should be around $10. Whether you buy a weapon or not is your business.

You could actually do both on the weekend and neither option will be more than an hour's drive away from home.

Another idea, depending on how you look in a bikini, go down to your local marina and ask some guy who is sailing single handed if he would like some crew for the day. Cost to you is zip; you might meet a nice guy and if he isn't it could prove interesting. Bad boys usually provide the most fun. Heh heh heh. Just be careful it's not me. I'm the type of guy your mother probably warned you about.

There you are: 3 choices; none boring; all with an excitement factor; none more than an hour away. If it were winter you could try learning to ski but that might blow your $100 budget and might involve some personal injury but you could meet a nifty ski patroller that way. Skiers do it in the snow.

Dawg ]:)

by itgirli

I like guns. Sounds like fun. I enjoy boating and sailing.
I don't need to learn how to ski, I've been doing that since I was 4. However, water skiing might be fun.

by oz_media

Ways to feel better about yourself.

1) Dress like a slut and stand on a popular corner. When people pull over and ask how much just raise the hand and walk away. But at least you get to feel wanted.

2) Colonial Downs in Virginia, watch ponies, get drunk get lucky, however it works out.

3) Ocean Downs in Maryland, watch ponies, get drunk get lucky, however it works out

4) Dress like a slut and stand on a popular corner. When people pull over and ask how much just raise the hand and walk away. But at least you get to feel wanted.

There's plenty to do when you think about it I'm sure.

by itgirli

You just want to see me in something sluty. perv.

Colonial Downs might be the things to do. It's just a little over an hour from here.

by paul.n

get a couple of good novels, a couple of good Cds, pop into your local care centre and offer to do whatever, learn something, like painting, think about something that you would really, really like to do and spend the money learning about it?

by maecuff

We went to MD last year for my step daughters wedding, on the way home (Ohio) we stopped at the Antietam battlefield. While I'm not the history buff that my husband is, it was interesting and cheap.

by itgirli

Sorry, while it is a great idea, my cousin used to be in the civil war re-enactments at Anteitam. However a different battle field might be interesting.

by itgirli

That sounds fun. I might do that. or maybe one of the other ones. there are a lto of ghost walks around here. Maybe I'll go do a midnight canoe trip as well.

by dmiles

Hi,
You have a dilemma that may require more creativity,than can be offered from a bunch of hard legs.
So,lets try another angle have you tried pampering yourself lately find a salon have a manicure,pedicure,message that fit your budget,then find a street side cafe for lunch.
Now a good movie thrown in may not be a bad idea either.
Hope you have fun

by itgirli

I'm not pampered kind of person. I would prefer if strange people did not touch me (germs. eww.). I'm not a glam type of person. That's just not fun to me. I like excitement. I'm always calm and quiet (believe it or not) and it's boring. But thanks for trying. Oh. and I hope no one suggests anything like bungee jumping or parachuting as I am not about to pay to attempt death. Nothing that "exciting". But hey, please keep trying.

by itgirli

I like bug collecting, but that would be something I would do with my son, not on a weekend away.

Any other ideas can be sent to my blog.

by dryflies

Go up to Oregon ridge north of Baltimore and take hang gliding lessons. Go to your local airport and take a skydiving lesson everything up to the first jump is about 4 hours and a little under $100.
go watch an O's Game if they are in town.

go to dover and take racing lessons for a day -- OK that's way more than $100 but it is way more than $100 of fun too!

Buy a GPS and go Geocaching.
http://www.geocaching.com/

by itgirli

O's aren't in town, I think they're playing at Atlanta. Nationals are, but I'm not sure how I feel about seeing them. I don't like to be in the air. I'm not going to pay to attempt death.

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