I wasn’t much a fan of The Chesapeake Room when it first opened. The oversized chairs on the patio, while beautiful, were uncomfortable and put you too far away from your dining companion. The food was ordinary. The drinks were fine. Then Xavier Cervera left (sort of) the restaurant empire he built… Long story short, […]
Happy first week of school DC kids! My kids are so much more reasonable when they aren’t home for 9 hours a day. Ahhhh. Since they have loads of homework they are too busy for fun but you aren’t. What’s going on this weekend? Tonight is the fundraiser for DC Central Kitchen on the rooftop […]
For DCPS kids this is the final weekend of summer which, while SO SO WELCOME, seems wrong since Labor Day is still two weeks away. Regardless, it’s still summer so we must continue to summer on. Tonight you can catch a preview performance of SCENA Theatre’s interpretation of Oscar Wilde’s classic farce The Importance of […]
Thursday Learn how to pair wine with foods at a workshop at DCanter Wine Boutique. P”airing wine and food starts off easily enough – whites with fish and reds with beef. But it starts getting complicated when you add sauces, spices, and herbs to the mix. We’ll walk you through the basics, including how your wine […]
As if ice cream delivery were not enough to make this day the best yet, along comes National Tequila Day. Really. A quick polling of the Twitter reveals that Chupacabra DC, 822 H Street NE, has tequila shots, margaritas and not one but TWO happy hours going on tonight! The first one starts at 4:30 p.m. […]