{"id":3687,"date":"2009-05-16T10:28:49","date_gmt":"2009-05-16T10:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2009\/05\/16\/what-should-i-do-in-charlottes\/"},"modified":"2009-05-16T10:28:49","modified_gmt":"2009-05-16T10:28:49","slug":"what-should-i-do-in-charlottes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2009\/05\/16\/what-should-i-do-in-charlottes\/","title":{"rendered":"What Should I Do in Charlottesville?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Tuesday to Saturday, I will be at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.damop2009.org\/\">2009 DAMOP meeting<\/a> at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA. I have been to Charlottesville three times before, and based on that experience, I know these things:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The White Spot is worth a visit if you&#8217;re a fan of greasy spoon diners.<\/li>\n<li>Getting stuck in an elevator with half a rugby team kind of sucks.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s damnably difficult to find good bagels in the South.<\/li>\n<li>Getting stuck in an elevator on your way to bed after a wedding reception really sucks.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Yes, that&#8217;s right, I have been stuck in an elevator in Charlottesville, VA not once, but twice. I&#8217;m hoping for a first-floor room this year.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the regular DAMOP attendees I know are UVA alumni and\/or faculty, so I should be able to find local guidance at the meeting, but it&#8217;s always nice to have a plan in advance. So, if you know of any can&#8217;t miss things to see or do in Charlottesville, preferably involving food and\/or beer, leave me a comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Tuesday to Saturday, I will be at the 2009 DAMOP meeting at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA. I have been to Charlottesville three times before, and based on that experience, I know these things: The White Spot is worth a visit if you&#8217;re a fan of greasy spoon diners. Getting stuck in&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2009\/05\/16\/what-should-i-do-in-charlottes\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What Should I Do in Charlottesville?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meetings","category-physics","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3687\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}