Hotel stay
This hotel is located not too far from the monuments and memorials and museums. We walked the first day to the museums (the White House is the closest of all). The next, we went across the street and got on the Hop on Hop off bus for visits to the monuments, memorials, and Arlington Cemetery. We had breakfast at the hotel and it was very good and the wait staff was very attentive. Our room was clean but very small. Our major complaint though was the hotel desk staff and concierge. This is where I would not recommend this hotel. 
When we first arrived early we were given the opportunity to check in but in a double room rather than a queen. We figured we wouldn't be able to check in this early but the desk person was trying to persuade us too much to take the double. We declined and asked to have our luggage put in storage, which was no problem. I needed to change first as the weather was much warmer than the Michigan weather was when we left early that morning. When I asked where I could change, I was told there really wasn't a place, but, then was told I could go to the bathroom in the basement. So, I ventured down and it was so small, there was no place to put my suitcase. I went back upstairs and the desk clerk responded he "thought" there was a change room. Then, I did a little looking around and found a bathroom just around the corner from the desk. I went inside and here was a large bathroom where I could easily change. Later, at the restaurant across the lobby I discovered another bathroom just before the restaurant and this one was even larger with an area I could have changed in. I asked him why he hadn't told be about the bathroom just around the corner and he just shrugged. Everytime we would ask the desk staff for info they always responded they didn't really know and to go to the concierge. When we asked the young fella there (hard to take someone seriously when they are sloppily dressed and not confident in their responses) we were not really given good options, especially for a fine dining restaurant. A fine dining restaurant is not a place that has 4 screens to watch sports. We stopped into another hotel nearby and asked there to get referrals! 
We bought our bus tickets in the lobby. Well actually it was a down payment to get a ticket then we had to pay the bus the balance. There we several different options and we chose the red line. Another woman was listening while he was explaining the ticket and the next day when we got on the bus, the other lady had the wrong bus ticket. She thought she was getting a ticket like ours but he had given her a totally different ticket. How could that happen whe we purchased them at the same time? They wound up having to get off the bus and get a refund from the hotel because of his mistake. We asked for a 7 a.m. wake up call and we got a 5:21 a.m. call (our room no.) We were NOT happy about this as we were up late the night before and a call 1 1/2 hr before was not appreciated. Oh, and it took forever for someone to answer the phone to make that wakeup call. My hubby just sat on the bed watching tv with the phone to his ear waiting for them to answer!
The hotel desk staff need to be trained on customer service, and they need to learn about their hotel, and the area that surrounds them. We are tourists that have no idea about these things and have to rely on staff for information, not indifference.