“If things start happening, don't worry, don't stew, just go right along and you'll start happening too.”
― Dr. Seuss
It's Dr. Suess Day! Yeap, Children's author Theodor Seuss Geisel was born today in 1904. You might have heard of some of his creations, you know, like the Cat in the Hat, the Lorax, Horton, the Grinch, and that fellow who doesn't like green eggs and ham. So put on your foxy sox, jump into your "Super Luxurious Omnidirectional Whatchamajigger" ( or S.L.O.W. for short), and come count red and blue fish at Flippin' Pizza with your geocaching homies.
Plenty of food and beverage options are available, but NO PURCHASE IS REQUIRED!
PARKING: Just a block north of the event you will have great odds to find street parking around GSA's Central Heating Plant (12th and D Streets SW and 13th & C Streets SW). Meters cost about 6 quarters an hour around there, but there is some complicated pay app thing you can do. Feds like me are getting off work around this time and spots start opening up pretty quickly on the streets here. Just watch those street signs because around 4:30 pm certain sides of some road are forbidden to be parked on (That will get you a pretty pink $100 ticket too courtesy of District Parking Enforcement!). Also don't park at those red meters either because they are for people with handicap placards (unless you have one than go ahead).
There are a few garages too, but they could get expensive. Portals III on D Street is $20 for 3 hours, Portals 1 is next door to the event but I didn't see prices listed.
Smithsonian and L'Enfant Metro stations are both a few blocks away. There's a Bikeshare station next to the USDA south building. If you're feeling really chipper, you can rent one of the many scooters that are on the sidewalks all over the city.
So, as you can see, there are lots of options when it comes to making it to this monthly event. I hope to see you there.
Special thanks to Manager Jermaine Bryant who has given me written approval to make this a monthly thing.
