Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2002 17:58:56 -0500
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
From: Candy Madigan <candymadigan at mindspring.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: road conditions in Arlington?
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

Because it's really inconvenient?

At 12:36 PM 12/06/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>If you're chary about driving, why not take bus or subway?
>
>By Metro:
>
>   It's about 30 minutes on foot from the Ballston Station on the
>   Orange Line.  Go west on Fairfax Drive, then after a few hundred
>   yards turn left on Glebe Road.  After a mile, turn right on
>   Pershing.  After a few hundred yards turn left on North George Mason
>   Drive.  After about a mile, turn left on 8th street.  4030 will be
>   on your right within a few hundred yards, halfway up the side of a
>   hill.
>
>   or
>
>   It's about 60 minutes on foot from the Pentagon Station on the Blue
>   and Yellow lines.  Take Columbia Pike uphill, away from the river,
>   about three miles.  Turn right on George Mason Drive (at the Food
>   Star grocery store).  Turn right on 8th street after a few hundred
>   yards.  4030 will be on your right within a few hundred yards,
>   halfway up the side of a hill.
>
>   The last train from the Ballston station on Friday nights leaves
>   at 1:39, so even if you're on foot you can stay at WSFA until 1 am
>   without missing it.  When returning to Ballston, note that the station
>   is right next to a Hilton.  Once you see that hotel, you can save time
>   by heading directly toward it rather than worrying about which road
>   you're on.  (Gaylaxicon was at that hotel in 1999 and 2000.)
>
>By bus:
>
>   Take any 16 bus from the Pentagon Metro station.  It will go up
>   Columbia Pike.  Exit the bus at George Mason Drive (at the Food
>   Star grocery store).  Turn right on George Mason Drive.  Turn right
>   on 8th street after a few hundred yards.  4030 will be on your right
>   within a few hundred yards, halfway up the side of a hill.  Buses
>   leave the Pentagon at 8:19, 8:32, 8:43, 9:07, 9:31, 9:55, 10:19,
>   and 10:46 pm.  Buses leave the intersection of Columbia Pike and
>   George Mason Drive heading back to the Pentagon at 9:31, 10:01,
>   10:26, 10:51, 11:14, and 11:51, pm, and at 12:14 and 12:59 am.
>
>I'm glad I never got a car if it would have led to utter dependency
>on that car.
>--
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Candy