It's actually pretty stupid, but the chicken bus is a straight shot bus service that runs you from here (east coast of VA) starting at this Chinese food place to Chinatown for $25 ($40 round trip)...my friends and I call it the chicken bus because 1)sometimes the smell of kung pao chicken is wafting in while you are waiting to leave

but mainly 2) we fully expect to have to carry a chicken on our laps at some point because it is so low-budget... For meeting up, for me it all depends on the timing because the bus arrives at 7am and then the return bus leaves at 5p so I would probably just do a day trip if the times work out so I don't have to get a hotel for the overnight...