March 1st sounds tiiiight.
I like the idea of DC as well. I've been down there before so we don't really have to do soooo much sightseeing. we can just chill and let Nora and Meg show us around the town for a little while.

Hotels = cool (ritz carlton) [jon, try to find out how much for that weekend]
Driving = Suburban seats 8 + luggage with room to spare (so we only have 1 tank to fill)
Tom = birthday boy (so precious)
steve = i went swimming last night and felt like i was about to drown. how many laps did you do yesterday?