Grinnell in Washington D.C. Potluck Picnic, Saturday, September 12

Grinnell in Washington D.C.
Summer Potluck Picnic
Saturday, September 12

RSVP by September 8, 2009

Office of College and Alumni Relations
Phone: 866-850-1846
Fax: 641-269-4313
Email: reply@grinnell.edu

For more information

Greetings!

Ellis Gordon '76, J-C Labowitz '71, and Barbara Hunt Moore '65 join the Grinnell College Office of College and Alumni Relations and the Office of Admission in cordially inviting Grinnell alumni of all ages, current students, and faculty and staff in the area for the summer (and families of all the above) to the Grinnell in Washinton D.C. summer picnic. See old friends, make new ones, and give a special welcome to the just-graduated class of 2009.

Saturday, September 12, 2009

1 - 4:30 p.m.
Rock Creek Park - Grove 13

RSVP to the Office of College and Alumni Relations
by Tuesday, September 8, 2009.
Phone: 866-850-1846, Fax: 641-269-4313,
or Email: reply@grinnell.edu.

Potluck instructions:

Please bring a dish to share based on the list below.

If your last name begins with:
A-F, side dish (salad, cheese, crackers, chips, etc.)
G-P, dessert
Q-Z, nonalcoholic beverages

We look forward to seeing you!

Directions:
Via Route 66:Take Route 66 across the Teddy Roosevelt Bridge. Get in the right lane on the bridge, and take the ramp for Independence Avenue. Turn right at the bottom of the ramp (heading towards the Kennedy Center along the river; this is Ohio Drive, but it's not marked as such). After passing the Kennedy Center (under its terrace) and Watergate, continue straight onto Rock Creek Parkway. When the parkway ends (near Connecticut and Calvert), continue north on Beach Drive. You will pass the zoo and Pierce Mill. Continue on Beach Drive until you see a sign for the Nature Center; bear left here (onto Glover Road), as the sign instructs. (*On weekends there will be a gate across Beach Drive, so you will be unable to go to the right!) Follow the signs to the Nature Center. Via the Beltway or Maryland: Take the Beltway north into Maryland; exit at Connecticut Ave. and proceed southbound toward Chevy Chase. About 7-8 blocks south of Chevy Chase Circle, turn left onto Military Road. Go a little over a mile, and you will see a big brown sign that says "ROCK CREEK PARK-NATURE CENTER".

Via the Chain Bridge (VA): At the end of the bridge, turn right onto Canal Road. Make the first left (at the light) onto Arizona Avenue. Proceed on Arizona until you come to a "T" intersection; make a right turn there onto Nebraska Ave. (The signs there may say "Loughboro Rd.," but it runs into Nebraska.) Proceed on Nebraska past American University, around Ward Circle, and across Wisconsin and Connecticut Avenues. Get into the right lane and turn right onto Military Road; less than 1/2 mile after you cross Connecticut. After a little less than a mile, you will see a big brown sign that says "ROCK CREEK PARK-NATURE CENTER"

From Dupont Circle: Proceed Northeast on New Hampshire Avenue for approximately half a mile when it will intersect 16th Street. Head north on 16th Street, towards the Maryland border. About 3 1/4 miles up the road, it will intersect Military Road, after Madison and Nicholson Streets. Take the right hand exit onto Military Road west (cloverleaf ramp). Cross Military Bridge and then it will turn into a small parkway. Get in the left-hand lane. Make a left at the first light that you come to, at Glover and Oregon Roads. You are now on Glover Road and can follow the signs.