Hello Alexa,

I strongly recommend Dupont Circle as your base.  It is Metro-accessible, geographically central and thus available to gents from VA and MD as well as DC, and has lots of great restaurants and cafes.  There are some great boutique hotels there -- Hotel Palomar, Hotel Dupont, and Hotel Madera are all excellent choices.  Finally, for food, I highly recommend Pizzeria Paradisio, Circa, and Sushi Taro ...

Would love to make an appt with you!

to consider are the Churchill and the Topaz, there's also a recently renovated Courtyard on Connecticut Ave., plus a Hilton Embassy Row & a Westin Embassy Row if you're into bigger chains.  The Hilton Washington & Towers has become a key-card elevator property so not such a good idea unless you want to go down and meet your guests!  Other restaurant choices in the area include Vidalia, Restaurant Nora (President Obama took Michelle here on their wedding anniversary) and Bistro Bistro.  Hope you decide to make the visit.

give an exact location with address so uncle LEo can watch the place?  Geez, I would NEVER stay there.

Rockville, Silver Spring, Crystal City, Fairfax ..... I like hilton garden inn's, comfor inn suites, hampton inn & suites, anything from the carlson hotel brands etc. Don't care to locate right within D.C.