Where is the best place to cry in public in Washington, DC?
Metro
“Metro. Cause no one will even want to look at you/will pretend you don't exist”
“Metro”
“def metro car - been there done that and no one cares lol”
“the metro”
“red line metro”
“Seconding on the metro. Makes it easier to romanticize the feels”
“those little Metro booth seats”
“anywhere on a metro car”
“You're not a Washingtonian until you've cried on metro”
“Farragut West Metro Platform”
“On the metro”
“metro for sure”
National Portrait Gallery
“Kogod Courtyard. Very pretty place to cry, and no one is paying attention to you.”
“Portrait Gallery.”
“National Portrait Gallery Courtyard”
“National Portrait Gallery first floor garden area”
“the nice courtyard area at the national portrait gallery has served me well”
“Steps of Portrait Gallery at night”
“The Atrium at SAAM”
“Portrait Gallery Atrium”
Cathedrals
“Benches outside the National Cathedral is a personal fave”
“In one of the many chapels of the national basilica next to CUA”
“National Cathedral Center for Prayer and Pilgrimage between 3-5p”
“Bishop Gardens at national cathedral”
“One of the small chapels in the crypt at the National Cathedral. I have a designated crying one.”
Various Benches
“The Mall, on one of those benches under the trees. Many a time!”
“At the wharf on the bench across shake shack”
“The tree shaded benches on the mall side of the National Gallery of Art”
“Comfy bench at base of staircase that connects Freer & Sackler”
“Tbh I'v cried on one of those benches near the mall before. Lol”
Various Memorials
"Any of the national memorials”
“Any memorial--but the FDR memorial when all the waterfalls are running is esp good for a cry”
“Watergate steps. The view really makes you feel like the main character of a movie”
“paddle boats in Tidal Basin”
“The Thomas Jefferson memorial”
“George mason memorial no one is ever there”
The White House
“Lafayette Square (I did after an awful interview)”
“Front of white house”
“middle of the ellipse behind the White House”
“White House lawn!”
Lincoln Memorial
“the back side of the Lincoln Monument at 2 am”
“Lincoln at night, hands down”
“Back of Lincoln memorial”
“Back of the Lincoln”
Smithsonian Castle
“Enid Haupt Garden”
“Smithsonian Castle, Moongate Garden, corners of Blagden Allery, Sheridan Circle”
“Ripley garden on the mall”
“Enid A. Haupt Garden”
Supermarkets
“Cried in a safeway on tuesday”
“Lower level foggy Whole Foods”
“H St Whole Foods Protein Powder Aisle”
Miscellaneous Bathrooms
“Bathroom at Living Room”
“Farragut north corner bakery bathroom”
“The ALOHO bathroom”
“downstairs womens bathroom in the library of congress”
“any nice hotel bathroom (also best places to sh*t)”
“I am v excited for this list. Also, Roy Boys' bathroom. The Biggie songs are weirdly comforting”
