Speciality Shops, Washington D.C.

There are several venders selling service patches, medals, badges, belts, shirts, flags and much more and the money made is given to the Vets and families who lost some one. so be sure to contribute if you can.

As of 2/15/08 SADLY, Candida's is now CLOSED.

This is an International and Travel Book shop. I love it. Always get something when I go in. A small shop with an ok selection I just enjoy its a neighborhood store and the concept of travel and language only rocks.

This should be a MUST for all VTers.

I'd even like to see it have its own catagory in VT. But we cant have everything.

What to buy: Its a travel book shop. Where are you going next?

What to pay: I am sure you can find things online cheaper. But I dont mind when I am here.

I love bookstores and specialty bookstores even better. While walking around DC one afternoon we came upon this Travel and Map center. We decided to take a look and see what they had to offer.

They have a large selection of travel books and cd's, maps, and even some hard to find "street finder" maps.

What to buy: I don't recall if we purchased anything, I think that we may have picked up a pocket DC guide.

I enjoy browsing bookstores, and travel bookstores all the better. Candida's is a small place located near Logan Circle. Candida's carries a pretty large selection of travel books considering they are quite small (in bookstore stanadards that is). If you're in the neighborhood, pop on by and peruse their selection of travel related books, assorted best sellers and children's books.

What to buy: Their travel books. Sadly, I've just learned that this book shop has closed.

What a terrific little neighborhood bookstore this turned out to be. I went there looking for an Italian CD, unfortunately they were sold out, but they had so much more to offer. This store has books in over 15 languages. They also offer a wide range of language learning tools for adults and children. They specialize in travel information, so if they don't have it, it probably isn't worth having. SE brought me here during our visit to DC over June 16th, 17th and 18th. Before we got here he said this is a hidden treasure of DC and he was right. This is a must visit store for all VT members. Next time you're in DC stop and take a look.

What to buy: Books about travel.
Language learning tools.
Children's books in foreign languages.

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We actually came in here for the "Free" photo op - you can have your photo taken in a model of the Oval Office, or with a life-size cut-out of Barack &/or Michelle Obama. We opted for the Oval Office - it was cool. The photos (with your own camera) are free with purchase - it was something like 1 free photo with $10 purchase, or 5 free photos with $25 purchase. Most of the souvenirs here are priced the same as elsewhere, so I just finished up my shopping here and got our photos taken - fun!

What to pay: I paid $9 for a Christmas ornament, $10 for a coffee mug, $.30 each for postcards, and $2.99 each for DC magnets.

The Washington Redskins store sells any kind of team memorabilia you can imagine. The funny thing is, on taking the snap, the officious storekeeper tried to object. Inasmuch as there were no signs prohibiting photography, I took the snap without hesitation.

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There is a small, temporarily set up store or kiosk in a trailer put down the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Countless variety of US military badges, plaques (of various military units of kinds of , identity discs (dog tags), flags and similar stuff is sold there. Well, I easily figured out that the armed forces of the United States of America consist of the
- United States Army
- United States Marine Corps
- United States Navy
- United States Air Force
- United States Coast Guard.

What to buy: Look for some funny badges or choose what you want.

What to pay: From $2 up.

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There is a one more, small, temporarily set up store or kiosk in a trailer put down the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Countless variety of US military badges, plaques, flags, caps, T-shirts and similar stuff related to wars, that the USA was or is involved in, is sold there. Vietnam war dominates there.

What to buy: I paid attention to playing cards which depicted "Iraqi most wanted" terrorists already caught or not yet. I saw them later in Poland as well.

What to pay: From $2 up.

With PNG in the offing, I decided that it was time to get myself a decent camera - in those days the Canadian $ was worth as much, if not more than the US $! After looking around a bit, I settled on a brand new Olympus OM-1, a new light-weight camera on the market. With its 50 mm and 200 mm lenses, I was off and running.