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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Christina Hitchcock wrote:
> I'm pleased to announce that BrickFest 2004 will beheld on the weekend of
> August 13-15th, 2004
Great news and perfect dates!
I'll try to catch a flight either wednesday night or thursday and back exactly a
week later.
As I'm not familiair with Washington DC, what touristic attractions are in the
area that are worth visiting? And any cheap hotel recommendations?
Thanks in advance,
Jan-Albert van Ree
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Jan-Albert van Ree wrote:
> In lugnet.events.brickfest, Christina Hitchcock wrote:
> > I'm pleased to announce that BrickFest 2004 will beheld on the weekend of
> > August 13-15th, 2004
>
> Great news and perfect dates!
> I'll try to catch a flight either wednesday night or thursday and back exactly a
> week later.
>
> As I'm not familiair with Washington DC, what touristic attractions are in the
> area that are worth visiting? And any cheap hotel recommendations?
> Thanks in advance,
> Jan-Albert van Ree
The Smithonian Institude (http://www.si.edu/), come an extra day or two early
just to see it. I am not kidding about the extra time. If you like
science/natural history type museums you'll think you died and when to heaven.
Its about 15 mins by subway from the Brickfest area depending on how close
to the station your hotel is.
There are also many US Historical and Government sites (i.e. the Washington
monument) also and again all easy to get to via subway.
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Jan-Albert van Ree wrote:
> In lugnet.events.brickfest, Christina Hitchcock wrote:
> > I'm pleased to announce that BrickFest 2004 will beheld on the weekend of
> > August 13-15th, 2004
>
> Great news and perfect dates!
> I'll try to catch a flight either wednesday night or thursday and back exactly a
> week later.
>
> As I'm not familiair with Washington DC, what touristic attractions are in the
> area that are worth visiting? And any cheap hotel recommendations?
> Thanks in advance,
> Jan-Albert van Ree
The Air and Space Museum is a marvelous place to visit too. There are a ton of
museums and monuments within walking(1) distance of the Mall, right from the
metro.
As for hotels, there's really no such thing as a "cheap" hotel in the Arlington
area. Most people stay at the Hilton. Room with your favorite three or four
other lugnetters and the rate gets pretty reasonable.
Adrian
(1) my wife and I thought that we would walk from the Mall to the Jefferson
Memorial. It's doable, but something on the order of 2 miles away. Just
because you can see from one monument to the other doesn't mean that you should
walk to them :)
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"Adrian Drake" <adrian@brickfrenzy.com> wrote in message
news:Hvv3Co.24F3@lugnet.com...
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> The Air and Space Museum is a marvelous place to visit too. There are a • ton of
> museums and monuments within walking(1) distance of the Mall, right from • the
> metro.
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The new extenstion to the Air and Space Museum is now open as well.
http://www.nasm.si.edu/museum/udvarhazy/
The extenstion is out near Dulles Airport and houses about 10x (yes, ten
times as much) what you can see at the Air and Space Museum downtown. I
have yet to visit myself but both my father and brother-in-law have been
recently and raved about it.
We are going to try and go when we are up in DC in May.
Mike
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Jan-Albert van Ree wrote:
> In lugnet.events.brickfest, Christina Hitchcock wrote:
> > I'm pleased to announce that BrickFest 2004 will beheld on the weekend of
> > August 13-15th, 2004
>
> Great news and perfect dates!
> I'll try to catch a flight either wednesday night or thursday and back exactly a
> week later.
>
> As I'm not familiair with Washington DC, what touristic attractions are in the
> area that are worth visiting? And any cheap hotel recommendations?
> Thanks in advance,
> Jan-Albert van Ree
Besides all the other stuff, plenty of time should be set aside to come visit me
at the Potomac Mills LEGO Outlet. We've got it up on the calender here, and
we're looking forward to packing the store full of AFOL's.
Brian Gefrich
Supervisor
LEGO Outlet Potomac Mills
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> Besides all the other stuff, plenty of time should be set aside to come • visit me
> at the Potomac Mills LEGO Outlet. We've got it up on the calender here, • and
> we're looking forward to packing the store full of AFOL's.
>
> Brian Gefrich
> Supervisor
> LEGO Outlet Potomac Mills
Oh, now you did it. Just picture a MOB of unruly bargain shopping AFOL's
tromping all over every nook and cranny and messing up EVERY shelf! It'll
take 3 days to straighten out the mess!
Count me in on the fun! (the messing up part)...
--
-bm
www.brickmodder.net
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Rob Hendrix wrote:
>
> > Besides all the other stuff, plenty of time should be set aside to come visit me
> > at the Potomac Mills LEGO Outlet. We've got it up on the calender here, and
> > we're looking forward to packing the store full of AFOL's.
> >
> > Brian Gefrich
> > Supervisor
> > LEGO Outlet Potomac Mills
>
> Oh, now you did it. Just picture a MOB of unruly bargain shopping AFOL's
> tromping all over every nook and cranny and messing up EVERY shelf! It'll
> take 3 days to straighten out the mess!
>
> Count me in on the fun! (the messing up part)...
That sounds about right. That has been, after all, the MO for every one of the
Lego Outlet trips that I've been a part of at the last 3 Brickfests I've been to
:)
Adrian
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Brian P. Gefrich wrote:
> Besides all the other stuff, plenty of time should be set aside to come visit me
> at the Potomac Mills LEGO Outlet. We've got it up on the calender here, and
> we're looking forward to packing the store full of AFOL's.
Sounds great! Although I'll most likely try to stop by earlier (thursday if
possible) so I won't just find empty shelves :D
This should be loads of fun, specially since we don't have any serious LEGO
discounts here in Europe and now with the low Dollar it should be even better :D
--
Jan-Albert van Ree
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Jan-Albert van Ree wrote:
> In lugnet.events.brickfest, Brian P. Gefrich wrote:
>
> > Besides all the other stuff, plenty of time should be set aside to come visit me
> > at the Potomac Mills LEGO Outlet. We've got it up on the calender here, and
> > we're looking forward to packing the store full of AFOL's.
>
> Sounds great! Although I'll most likely try to stop by earlier (thursday if
> possible) so I won't just find empty shelves :D
That's not really a problem. Last year, the "Brickfest Sale" was Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday.
While most people where there when the store opened on Friday, as could be seen
by the VERY small number of people at Brickfest, I went over Friday night, after
everything was done at BF, and found everything I was looking for still in
stock.
I was told the store didn't put everything out, so there was really no reason to
swamp them on Friday morning.
I expect them to do the same thing this year, which means you should plan on
going anytime Friday or Saturday. And then, if they have stuff they really want
to get rid of, there may be a bigger sale on Sunday.
Steve
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Steve Hassenplug wrote:
> In lugnet.events.brickfest, Jan-Albert van Ree wrote:
> > In lugnet.events.brickfest, Brian P. Gefrich wrote:
> >
> > > Besides all the other stuff, plenty of time should be set aside to come visit me
> > > at the Potomac Mills LEGO Outlet. We've got it up on the calender here, and
> > > we're looking forward to packing the store full of AFOL's.
> >
> > Sounds great! Although I'll most likely try to stop by earlier (thursday if
> > possible) so I won't just find empty shelves :D
>
>
>
> That's not really a problem. Last year, the "Brickfest Sale" was Friday,
> Saturday, and Sunday.
>
> While most people where there when the store opened on Friday, as could be seen
> by the VERY small number of people at Brickfest, I went over Friday night, after
> everything was done at BF, and found everything I was looking for still in
> stock.
>
> I was told the store didn't put everything out, so there was really no reason to
> swamp them on Friday morning.
>
> I expect them to do the same thing this year, which means you should plan on
> going anytime Friday or Saturday. And then, if they have stuff they really want
> to get rid of, there may be a bigger sale on Sunday.
>
> Steve
Brickfest 2003, I managed to get there on Thursday night...and there were a
couple items that were of very short supply...so I picked an item up that was
not likely going to make the "friday rush".
Holding the sale over 3 days was cool. That Sunday had pretty decent specials.
....and there was a few occasions where a couple of ISD's went out
by mistake at the full 30% off discount.... (oops!) :)
There was plenty of Harry Potter and Starwars stuff trying to be cleared out
(factory rejects)...even on Sunday (when the prices were insanely low!)
My memory fails me what was being cleared out in Brickfest 2002. All I remember
from it was it was packed like sardines and Metroliners were a
rare breed. :)
Ben Medinets
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> Besides all the other stuff, plenty of time should be set aside to come visit me
> at the Potomac Mills LEGO Outlet. We've got it up on the calendar here, and
> we're looking forward to packing the store full of AFOL's.
>
> Brian Gefrich
> Supervisor
> LEGO Outlet Potomac Mills
Brian,
You wouldn't be new to the store, would you? You need to check out past pics of Brickfest--or ask Dan and Rose about past experiences..
P.S. I usually help bag during the Brickfest store invasion...
-Scott Lyttle
(LEGO Outlet Discover Mills
Team Lead, and LBR trainer)
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