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My boss is looking for 3 tickets for the ICE show at National Harbor this Saturday. She is willing to pay (she says significantly above face). Send me PM if you have Tix you are willing to get rid of!

Thanks much!

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Anyone know where I can find vanilla beans in D.C.? I was planning on going to Whole Foods tomorrow, but I thought I might ask here before I go.

Thanks!

I'm wondering if anyone can tell me whether the street elevator to 12th and G at the Metro Center station is on the same side of the tracks as the train to Glenmont or Shady Grove. 

I use a wheelchair, and to get from one side of the tracks to the other, I need to take the elevator down to the blue/orange level, walk all the way down the platform, and take another elevator back up to the red line level.  One of those elevators between the blue/orange and red level is out, and I'm trying to figure out whether I will still be able to get out of the station on my morning trip in the direction of Glenmont. 

The metro customer service line could not answer this question about the layout of their station.  Unfortunately, I don't trust my memory of the station.  Can someone confirm which side of the tracks the street elevator is on, or point me to a map of the inside of the station?  Thanks very much!