Tyson's Corner, VA - anything to do there?

[Taverner]

Other than hoof it North to the Capitol and hang in DC?

[bertha katzenengel]

1. Good food at the Great American Restaurants nearby:

Sweetwater Tavern -- 3066 Gatehouse Plaza, Falls Church

Silverado -- 7052 Columbia Pike, Annandale

Coastal Flats -- 11901 Grand Commons, Fairfax

Artie's -- 3260 Old Lee Highway, Fairfax

and

Mike's American, 2610 Backlick Rd., Springfield (my favorite)

They all have good bars w/ good bartenders, too.

http://www.greatamericanrestaurants.com/

:hi: have a good time

[Capn Amerika]

2. The CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology

Is centered in Tysons. Many of the large office buildings house it's many offices. With a couple of the buildings entirely dedicated to that directorate.

The large red and white tower is a White House communications relay station otherwise known as "Site E".

http://coldwar-c4i.net/Site_E/index.html

You can also go to the park in nearby Vienna, Virginia. that Robert Hannsen used as a dead drop. It's underneath the bridge.

http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2001/dec/hanssen/011217.hanssen.html

[kwassa]

3. you better hoof it east if you want to go to the Capitol

Tysons is like a suburban satellite ciy of the DC area, right on the Beltway, full of the usual chain restaurants and lodgings. Lot of office buildings and malls. Much like business parks all around the country, you've seen one ....

[speedoo]

4. By all means, go to DC.

The Smithsonian, for starters. Maybe get a tour of the Capitol building (stay away from the WH for a while, of course). The memorials.. Lincoln, Jefferson, Vietnam. Others. Several great neighborhoods to explore. Georgetown is probably still a lot of fun.

Tyson's is just like any other corporate suburb. Blah.

[Midlodemocrat]

5. Awesome shopping.

Pricey, but I am a world class window shopper. I can spend hours looking and never buy a thing.

And, if you can, you should go to the Holocaust Museum. It is phenomenal.

[QMPMom]

6. Yup, good shopping. My employer has a store there.

[pitohui]

7. don't they have a well known victoria's secret?

i mean one called out for being all porno and all? that might be a cool place to go if i'm thinking of the right place

[Cush]

8. Shop at Tysons I and Tysons II