Rooftop Views of Washington, DC Post author: Post published: Post category:North America / Washington DC Only in Washington, DC do you…Get stopped on the highway by the presidential motorcade, repeatedly.Get a text message from the U.S. Secret Service on your mobile phone.The President of the United States and/or former Presidents come to speak at your school, and it’s no big deal.Your Costco bakery sells a daily assortment of White House, Pentagon, and Capitol Building shaped cakes.You get to go running on the National Mall/steps of the Lincoln/Jefferson Memorial/Capitol Hill.Read about someone you work with on the front page of The Washington Post.See Bono from U2 on campus on a random day of the week.Get to have the former President of the university guest lecture your class.Fall in love with food trucks.Take a wrong turn on your way to the shopping mall and end up in the parking lot at the Pentagon. Spot Secret Service on campus (and they look exactly like they do in the movies).Enjoy this view from the roof of your apartment anytime you like: You Might Also Like Journey to the West: St. George to Salt Lake City 7 Tips for Surviving the Path to Publication Empire State of Mind