Archive for the ‘Arlington’ Category
We Love Drinks: The 1K Beer Walk
Porter
courtesy of jcm_DC
If you’ve ever wanted to run a marathon but worry about whether your beer gut will slow you down, Washington Wine Academy’s DC School of Beer has a perfect solution: the Beer Walk!
The beer walk took place last Saturday and Sunday – a week after the wine walk – in the underground [...]
We Love Arts: Macbeth
What would you do for absolute power? Could you kill your friend? Murder children? Call it justice? Watch out. On the path to conquering the world, you might lose your soul. “Fair is foul and foul is fair…”
There’s a gasp-inducing moment in Synetic Theater’s production of Macbeth that focuses it as a straight-up morality tale. [...]
Mondavi Salutes Local Hero
‘Alison Kindler’
courtesy of ‘Jenn Larsen’
Interest in gardening is on the rise, from my neighbors growing tomatoes in patio containers to community gardens bursting with multiple produce plots. Increasingly there’s a practical need to provide access to affordable food through growing your own. Early this week I attended an intimate event honoring a local community gardening [...]
Beer Dinners at Lyon Hall
Beer dinners have been growing in prevalence and popularity in the area as the number of beer-inspired restaurants and bars continue to build. Pizzeria Paradiso, Birch and Barley, and Meridian Pint have all played host to beer-pairing dinners, and you may now add Lyon Hall of Clarendon to the mix.
Tuesday saw their first beer dinner [...]
Iota Club & Cafe Offers More than Music
‘Coffee and Kerouac’
courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’
Finding a place to lounge and sip coffee in this city is easier said than done. But for those of you in Clarendon, that quest just got a little easier. Iota Club & Cafe has now launched iotaday, a sandwich and coffee lounge with a new walk-up counter.
The music venue has expanded [...]
Food Network TV To Film At Arlington’s Liberty Tavern
’so long, cerveza!’
courtesy of ’staceyviera’
The DC area is no stranger to food shows all around cable, and today Food Network makes a visit to Arlington’s Liberty Tavern where crews will be filming in Clarendon this morning and evening for the show, “Meat & Potatoes.” The show features chef Rahm Fama as he travels country talking [...]
First Look: Bayou Bakery
Sometimes I think that Courthouse is a dead zone for food. If I want actual chef-driven food I go to Ray’s, or I walk up to Clarendon. No longer! David Guas is here to save Courthouse and his new place Bayou Bakery is my new neighborhood gem for the area.
The New Orleans themed eat place [...]
Arlington County Police To Ticket Jaywalkers This Morning In Rosslyn
‘Rosslyn’
courtesy of ‘M.V. Jantzen’
If you live in the DC Metro Area, or if you have been a pedestrian any time of your life, then you probably have crossed the street when you weren’t supposed to. Maybe you were impatient for the lights to change and there weren’t any cars in the street. Perhaps you enjoy living a [...]
We Love Arts: Cabaret
I consider myself a very lucky person.
Theatre was never in the cards for me when I signed up to produce the high school production of “Noises Off!” as an after-school activity. Now eight years later I recently completed stage managing a production of “Noises Off!“ as my first gig with a professional theatre company.
After signing [...]
Crystal City adds roadway tramp-stamp
Last year, Vermont Avenue because the first street in DC to sport a fancy asphalt tramp stamp, and now Crystal City’s 18th Street in Arlington is joining the club, with a Steed Taylor-created “Labor Line”, as pictured above. The design appears to be an evolution of an earlier Taylor piece called Evelyn’s Knot.
Personally, I’m not [...]
Ganges Grill and Ice Cream A New Alternative To Crowded Clarendon Sub Scene
There’s no shortage of Sub shops in Clarendon/Courthouse. Between Earl’s and the chain options of Subway & Cosi, there’s more than enough options if you want lunch meats in between two slices of bread.
However, I became interested with the arrival of a new sub shop on Washington Blvd. The former Quizno’s location was now draped [...]
Curious Case of the Chesapeake Cookie
I’m all about dark chocolate. I’m all about pecans. I’m all about putting them together with cookie dough. Therefore, I’m all about Pepperidge Farm’s Chesapeake Dark Chocolate Pecan cookies. However, I’m confused about why this cookie carries the “Chesapeake” name.
According to the National Pecan Shellers Association, most pecans are grown and shelled in the southeastern [...]
Hibernation Schedule for D.C. Area Farmers Markets
‘Late Season Harvest.’
courtesy of ‘leedav’
Now is that time of year when you wake up a little late Saturday morning and have that mental debate with yourself over whether to get up or roll over and sleep until it’s sunny again. Last year around this time I was having that very same fight, when I bribed [...]
District Taco Offers Free Tacos, Chips & Salsa For A Day If It Reaches 10,000 Followers
Full disclosure: I am a fan of District Taco. I am part of the NMS crew that make up the Mexican food cart’s biggest fans. We rallied for them when they got booted from Rosslyn. I am writing this post with a District Taco lunch in my stomach.
But don’t worry, what I’m about to say [...]
We Love Weekends: July 24-25
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courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’
Rachel: Well, I’m fresh off a stint in Nashville to audition for American Idol. It didn’t go my way but I learned a lot and am ready to rock out harder than ever before after being “cut” from the program before ever seeing any air-time. I’ve got [...]
Say Cheese and Pay Up
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courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’
Remember those red light cameras that Arlington installed for your safety, last month? Well, today is the day of reckoning. Arlington PD will start issuing $50 infractions to drivers the cameras catch blowing red lights. To be fair, this is a significantly lighter fine than would be issue by [...]
Mystery Object Found in Shirlington
I was waiting on a friend in Shirlington the other day when I saw this contraption. Anybody have an idea what it is? It is rather reminiscent of things I remember from history class, like stocks and pillories. In fact, the first thing I thought when I saw it was a photo I recalled from [...]
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