Elise Hartman Ford

Washington, DC writer Elise Hartman Ford has explored every angle of her city, from the top of the Washington Monument to the bottom of the legendary mint julep served at the Willard Hotel's Round Robin bar. She has covered DC's evolution from a small town into a global hotspot, and embraced the capital's local, national, and international scenes in all their variety, attending Washington Nationals ballgames, Kennedy Center performances, Supreme Court arguments, marches on the National Mall,...See more

Washington, DC writer Elise Hartman Ford has explored every angle of her city, from the top of the Washington Monument to the bottom of the legendary mint julep served at the Willard Hotel's Round Robin bar. She has covered DC's evolution from a small town into a global hotspot, and embraced the capital's local, national, and international scenes in all their variety, attending Washington Nationals ballgames, Kennedy Center performances, Supreme Court arguments, marches on the National Mall, and embassy concerts.She tours the White House and the Capitol as one administration cedes to the next and wanders neighborhoods from the city's center to its outskirts in pursuit of new or undiscovered charms. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, Washingtonian magazine, National Parks magazine, the travel websites I>Mapquest Discover and Home & Abroad , and countless other national, regional, trade, and online publications. Ford is the author of several other guidebooks in addition to this one, and is currently the primary Washington, DC author for the new travel website BinduTrips.com She resides in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. See less