Next to Mother’s Day, I think Easter has to be the most popular holiday for brunching. The weather is nice, family is visiting from out of town, and everyone is ready to get out of the house after a cold winter…so why not celebrate over a delicious late-morning meal with your loved ones? If your […]
Eggs and Easter seem to go together well: originally the egg was a symbol of rebirth and life and the renewal of the circle of life that happens in spring. Later, it took on the added meaning of resembling Christ’s sealed tomb– a symbol of faith and resurrection for Christianity. No matter which way you […]
It’s a big weekend coming up. Passover is ending, Easter is Sunday and there’s that little tree flower festival down by the Mall that gets people pretty crazy. But what if you are over the matzo already, have no interest in bunnies and have a debilitating allergy to tourists? Well, let’s see if there is […]
I detest treadmills, stair machines and stationary bikes. Unfortunately, since I come from warm weather people deep in the heart of Texas, I also don’t do outdoor exercise if its below 40 degrees. That means this was a long, hard winter for me. Now that the sunny, warm(ish) days are starting to outnumber the cold, […]
Last week, I had the pleasure of checking out the progress on Acqua al 2, soon to be opened across the street from Eastern Market at 212 7th St. SE. As I mentioned back in November, DC native Ari Gejdenson is bringing a third location of the Italian restaurant to the Hill (the first is […]