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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am going to second all the Capitol Hill suggestions here.  It really does sound like what you are looking for.

But I really wanted to chime in and correct something regarding metro.  Some posters have suggested that if you choose Capitol Hill that your husband will have to change trains when using the metro to get to the Pentagon and that just isn't the case.  Both Eastern Market and Capitol South are on the blue/orange lines.  The Pentagon is on the blue/yellow lines.  Thus, if your husband just makes sure to get on a blue line train from the start, no train changes are necessary.

Some might argue that it is "faster" to switch to the yellow line, and looking at the metro map it certainly looks like it would take less time; however, once you consider the time it can take to change trains it is usually a somewhat insignificant difference and I always just opt to stay on the blue line when headed out that direction.[/quote]

Yes but taking the blue line from Capitol Hill doesn't make sense because he would have to go through the city and via arlington cemetery. It is much longer than changing at lefant to the yellow.

That said I think it is not a bad commute at loll. The train from king street is a straight shoot but overall I think that ride is longer.

And switching at Rosslyn from north arlington takes a long time for some reason. [/quote]

I guess my point was just that you don't have to switch trains.  For what it's worth, I don't think it is "much longer" to take the blue line form Capitol Hill versus switching at L'Enfant plaza.  Staying on the blue line usually only takes about 20/22 minutes.  If you switch at L'Enfant plaza and time things correctly, it will take about 15.  I don't find that to be a significant difference so I usually choose not to switch.   Of course, this is just personal preference but I really hate changing trains, especially during rush hour, so I tend to opt to staying on one line if possible when the difference between the two options is not significant.[/quote]

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