SFistas! Imma gonna be in your fine city March 6 & 7 (actually arriving on the 5th but late). I"ll be staying with friends but will need to vacate the premises for a few hours Sat or Sun whilst they do paperwork type things. Plan are fluid, anyone interested in meeting up for drinks/dinner/minimal walking around? (I'm out of the boot but still rehabbing a two month old broken foot, so not much for oodles of walking.)

Vortex, I'd love hotel suggestions, thanks! My company has been putting people up at the Hotel Lombardy, on Pennsylvania, as that's near the company's DC office. But it's a half-hour walk or what looks like a fairly indirect metro ride to the convention center, so I'm looking for alternatives. As contractors, we usually go with goverment per diems, so small, cheapish (well, not Four Seasons, anyway) "boutique" hotels would be great, if you know of any off hand in the area. Thanks!

Erin, I should be free for dinner or something Saturday after rehearsal. Hey, maybe we'll do a full run-through. You want to be an audience test subject?

Sunday is load-in and tech, so I don't know my availability yet.

Is your priority that you are close to the convention center, or do you want to be near stuff/public transportation?

If you just want to be near the convention center, then the Washington Renaissance Hotel is good, it's a few blocks from the convention center and there's a metro at the convention center. The Hotel Monaco is awesome (one of my favorite bars in the city) and is right near the metro, two stops from the Convention Center. It's really nice, but they do a government rate of $226.

The convention center is also a stop for the DC Circulator, which takes you all over the city.

erin, I'll be working both nights, but I'd love to see you at my bar!

Thank you so much, Vortex! Being near the convention center's probably my best bet, as that's the one place I know I'll need to reach, daily. I'll send your suggestions to my org's travel department and see what they can book for me.

I'd be happy to meet people at J's bar too!

For bootleg limoncello?

Calli, the Grand Hyatt is also fairly close to the convention center.

Thank you, Toddson. It looks like a lovely hotel. Sadly, government contractors don't qualify for Hyatt's government rate, so it's not an option. (It's nice that they spell that out on their website, though. I've been to places that only mentioned it when I checked out. Finance was not happy.)