If you live within driving distance (1000 miles in my case) I suggest you take your car. A month in a crashpad with no transpo options tends to make one stir crazy. The Va Ave area is not the best nor the worst of neighborhoods. My crashpad was about 15 min away in a townhouse of a local Delta pilot. There are lots of options, but the car is worth the drive. Besides, how are you going to get all those books on the airplane?