The DC Traveler

We all know the Lewis Carroll novel, “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”, and the young girl who follows the White Rabbit down his rabbit hole and discovers another world.
Enjoy as Alice partakes in a race where everyone wins, a mad tea party, stolen tarts and her dream-filled escape to a strange land of amazing creatures, including the Madd Hatter, King and Queen of Hearts and the grinning Cheshire Cat.
The World Premiere of Alice, at Round House Theatre in suburban Bethesda, blends the childlike fantasy with a wildly imaginative theatrical experience that should delight both children and adults alike. 
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One of my favorite television cooking shows is America’s Test Kitchen on PBS.  The show, in its eight season, is not only the most watched cooking show on PBS, but also very informative and instructive.  Plus it lacks all the personalities and “bam” of the other cooking shows.

The test kitchen chefs select a couple dishes to perfect, then try dozens, and sometimes over a hundred versions of the dish until its perfect, easy for the home cook and as easy as possible.
The resident chefs show step-by-step instructions making recreating their dishes simple and stress free.
The show also tests cooking equipment …read more

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The 7th annual National Book Festival welcomes readers to the Mall to meet some of America’s most-loved authors and discover new books.

This year, about 70 well-known authors, illustrators and poets will talk about their books and offer autographs in the following outdoor pavilions:

Children
Teens & Children
Fiction & Fantasy
Mysteries & Thrillers
History & Biography
Home & Family
Poetry

Some of the noted authors (click here for the full list) include Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Kennedy; Ken Burns; M.T. Anderson, the winner of the 2006 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature; Joyce Carol Oates and more.
This year’s U.S. Poet Laureate will also be named near …read more

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If you need a book for your flight home or just a great place to take a break from site sighting, there’s an interesting and funky little used bookstore in about a half mile from The Capital. 
Jim Toole, a retired navy man, took over Capitol Hill Books about 12 years ago.  With a classic dry sense of humor that he shares freely with his customers, he’s also always ready to display a rather broad knowledge of books and authors. 
His shop is literally crammed from floor to ceiling with roughly 20,000 reasonably priced used books, from first editions to more current popular …read more

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