“[When I die], I will decidedly not be regretting missed opportunities for a good time. My regrets will be more along the lines of a sad list of people hurt, people let down, assets wasted, and advantages squandered.” – Anthony Bourdain

How many museums are actually in Washington DC one might want to know when planning a trip to this amazing city. Well, the simple answer is – a lot. The Smithsonian Institute is made up of 19 museums on its own, not to mention anything and every piece of history you can think of. The list can be found here if you are interested.

There is a museum that I remember hearing about when I first opened in DC back in 2008 that I remember being interested in, called The Newseum. The museum promotes, explains and defends free expression and the five freedoms of the First Amendment.

The museum had a lot of interesting displays, some permanent others temporary. Since it is a “news” museum, there were some wonderful exhibits that included a 9/11 Gallery, Pulitzer prize photograph gallery, inside today’s FBI, Berin Wall gallery and so much more.

The museum has great real estate value for a few key reasons. It faces Pennsylvania Avenue, which is nicknamed America’s Main street and is links the US Capital Building directly to the White House. it also happens to have the best view of the Capital Building. It also happens to be next door to the Canadian Embassy.

Before heading out to see the view of the Capital and Pennsylvania Avenue is a area called Today’s Front Page. It is a daily roundup of front page headlines from all 50 states and around the world.

On this day there were a few main headlines, but the one that was on almost every newspaper front page was the passing of Anthony Bourdain. The headlines were a take on his Parts Unknown, simply stating, “His Pain Unknown” and “Pains Unknown” to name a few.

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A friend of mine made a comment about people’s reactions on social media when Robin Williams passed away that it wasn’t like we were his family or a friend, yet we are sad, and emotional because they passed away. Anthony Bourdain was iconic in the food world. He was open, and brutally honest about his demons and had a lot of thoughts on life that could apply to any one of us at any time.

I will miss him. I have about 7 episodes of Parts Unknown on my PVR. Keeping the ones that were closest to his heart to watch last. Almost there. His hometown of Queens New York.

“As you move through this life and this world, you change things slightly; you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life–and travel–leaves marks on you. Most of the time, those marks–on your body or on your heart–are beautiful. Often, though, they hurt.” – Anthony Bourdain

I hope that the food is great up there.