The District of Columbia

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I really want to go to Washington DC for a day. Actually, there are a lot of places I would love to travel to see, but DC seems the most reasonable at this point in my life.

When I was in middle school or high school my family took a trip to see the museums, and I remember two things very vividly:
     1. We waited hours and hours in line to see the Hope diamond (such a let-down, by the way).
     2. We went to two different air and space museums. That's right, two. I wanted to go to the history museum to see all the first ladies' inaugural ball gowns. But no. Apparently my parents thought two museums dedicated to air and space would be beneficial for my brother who wanted to go into the air force at the time. We literally saw every airplane that was available for viewing. I was not a happy camper.

If I go this fall, I would avoid the air and space museums at all cost, and instead I would love to go to:
    1. The National Gallery of Art
    2. The National Museum of American History
    3. The International Spy Museum
    4. A fun cafe for lunch (any recommendations?)
    5. See a show at the Kennedy Center

I'm also slightly bitter about a promised a visit to Mount Vernon that never materialized. Clearly I'm more scarred than I realized about my childhood excursion to our nation's capital. Maybe I'll get to visit George Washington's home on one of my "grown-up" adventures.