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In 1912, a gift of 3,000 cherry trees from the city of Tokyo was presented to the people of Washington, DC. Since then, the annual cherry blossom festival has been a reminder of the bond with Japan.
For two weeks at the Kennedy Center, you can enjoy Japan Culture + Hypreculture as it explodes with over […]
Love to eat? Love to try new restaurants? How about 170 possible options?
It’s time for the annual DC Restaurant Week.
With over 170 participating restaurants, offering two and three course prix-fixe menus for seven days, what’s not to like?
An with prices at just $20.08 for lunch and $30.08 for dinner, you can try […]
With the New Year upon us, it’s time for many people to start living up to that New Year’s resolution of losing a few pounds. And it’s especially challenging if you frequently dine out at any of DC’s great restaurants.
But one possible solution, courtesy of The DC Traveler, is to go out for a meal […]
I’m a huge fan of nature and animal photography and DC is a great place for attending exhibits of award-winning natural photography.
The latest example is the 2007 Nature’s Best Photography International Awards and the National Wildlife Photography Awards competitions now showing at the National Museum of Natural History.
The top 60 award-winning photos are on […]
The Willard Hotel has been probably the most famous unofficial center of power in U.S. history.
President Ulysses S. Grant, a frequent visitor to the Willard Hotel, allegedly coined the term “lobbyist”, when describing running a gauntlet of political wheelers and dealers he preferred to avoid hanging out in the lobby of The Willard Hotel. All […]
While it may seem strange with the mild Fall weather we’ve been having, sometime during the middle of this month (hopefully the 17th)…weather permitting applies, the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden will be transformed from this…
To this…
The ice skating rink at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden opens for it’s 9th […]
In a traditional inter-service rivalry since 1890, the Army-Navy football game is one of the nations oldest football games. Usually played in Philadelphia; but this year, the classic will be played in nearby Baltimore.
And you may still be able to find tickets for the game.
The hometown favorites are the Navy Midshipmen based in suburban […]
The fastest anyone has climbed the 897 steps to the top of the Washington Monument is 6 minutes, 42 seconds. But it’s probably best to just take the 70-second elevator ride up 550 feet to the top.
But if you have your heart set on walking it, walk-down tours are twice offered daily based on the availability […]
Suburban Bethesda, MD, especially around the Woodmont Triangle boasts some great restaurants, including Black’s, Grape Seed, Centro, Persimmon, and David Craig Bethesda, plus a favorite of mine, Mon Ami Gabi, not because the food is fantastic, but their melt-in-your-mouth Steak Bordelaise with mounds of caramelized onions in a red wine sauce is pretty yummy, but because it […]
One of the nation’s greatest American presidents was Abraham Lincoln. He is remembered mostly for preserving the Union during the Civil War, for ending slavery and for paying the ultimate price, at just the exact moment in time when the war was ending and the Nation’s healing process was beginning.
At his his Inaugural Address he stated to the […]
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