"Golden Bachelorette" Joan Vassos shares her favorite DMV spots

• She's worked in alumni relations at Bethesda's Landon School, but is currently on a leave of absence due to the show, she tells Axios.

Here, she shares her thoughts on life in the DMV:

🌹 Favorite D.C. spots:

"I'm a D.C. girl. I think it's important we do D.C. things," says Vassos, who waited several hours to see former President Reagan lying in state.

• She loves taking walks on the Mall, especially when it's cherry blossom season (her favorite monument is the World War II Memorial).
• She's also into checking out art exhibits — she says she went to the interactive Van Gogh exhibit several times, and has also hit up the interactive Monet exhibit.
• She also loves hanging in Georgetown, especially because her son is a Georgetown grad.

Georgetown's Cafe Milano tops her list of fave local restaurants. "There's always people to see," she says. "It's where all the famous people go."

• Also on the list: Millie's in Spring Valley and Glenwood's in Rockville (formerly Stanford Grill).

Plus: She loves hanging at a Nats or Commanders game.

• "Even when they're not great teams, they're great fun."

🌹 Ideal D.C. date:

Vassos would take one of her "Golden Bachelorette" suitors to the Georgetown waterfront for a Potomac River cruise of the monuments.

• They'd also check out classic spots like the White House and the Washington Monument, and take a day trip to Annapolis.

🌹 Thoughts on leaving D.C. for a "Golden Bachelorette" suitor:

Not happening. "I always said from day one, I'm not leaving. I have my family here."

• Vassos says she wouldn't ask a partner to leave his home, either. "You have to figure it out in other ways."

🌹 Thoughts on D.C. "Love Is Blind"

She hadn't watched it yet when she chatted with Axios, but was planning to.

• "I kind of like being behind, because I love to binge-watch," she says.