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Washington, DC has tons of places for brunch where you need to get dressed up to enjoy an expensive and lavish Sunday brunch. But how about a neighborhood joint that caters to locals and serves simple and hardy classic breakfasts, where wearing jeans and a sweatshirt is more than acceptable?
Then head on over to […]
A friend who sends me all kinds of funny e-mails, just passed this one on. It’s been around for a while, but so true.
It’s a perfect intro for first-time drivers to the Washington, DC area.
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For those who plan to visit our area…
All directions start with "The Beltway"…which has no beginning and no end, […]
Time again for Washington, DC’s Restaurant Week, where diners get to sample reduced priced 3-course lunches and dinners at over 170 area restaurants.
Lunches cost $20.08 and dinners just $35.08.
Some participating restaurants only offer a limited Restaurant Week menu for the price, some either lunch or dinner, while others might offer both, so […]
Besides price 5-star luxury hotels like the Ritz or the Willard, Washington, DC has accommodations for the budget traveler as well.
If all you need is a safe and comfortable bed, and you’re on a student’s budget or have limited funds to pay for accommodations, why not try a hostel?
Most Washington, DC hostels offer […]
The site for the 1936 Olympics had been decided before Adolph Hitler took power. But by the time the games were held, Hitler and his Nazi party were running Germany since 1933 and initially didn’t want the games held in Berlin.
Earlier in the year, Germany also hosted the Winter Games in Bavaria. But after […]
Shark tagging….No, it’s not the newest version of online “tagging”, this is real, hands-on tagging of live sharks on the open ocean.
Join Baltimore Aquarium staff and Captain Mark Sampson, a recognized shark lecturer and writer, for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to spend a half-day on the water tagging live sharks off the coast of Ocean […]
The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial at the base of Capitol Hill sits between the Capitol Building and the Capitol Reflecting pool. The memorial consists of three major statutes and is the largest equestrian statue in the country.
The first statue depicts General Grant calmly sitting on horseback, which was typical of him demeanor during […]
With $600,000 in prize money and 6,500 cheering fans, tennis stars play to win at the annual Washington, DC Legg Mason tennis championships.
The marque player is Andy Roddick, currently ranked 6th in the world. But watch out for the other players gunning for him, like left-hander Feliciano Lopez and 6’4” Russian-born Marat Safin.
Much […]
Political cartoons are almost as old as newspapers. And poking fun of presidents, political leaders and politics is a mainstay of humor today.
Three-time Pulitzer prize winning cartoonist Herbert Block (”Herblock”), cartooned about politics starting with his first cartoon that appeared in the Chicago Daily News, back in 1929. The topics he covered early […]
Calling all Parrotheads!!
Jimmy Buffet is celebrating his style of leisure and fun this Labor Day weekend in Washington, DC.
Jimmy BuffettNissan Pavilion7800 Cellar Door DriveBristow, VA 20136 (map it)
Date and Time - Saturday and Sunday, August 30 and Sept. 1, 8:00 p.m.
Tickets - Lawn - $36.00, reserved seats - $136.00 and are available […]
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Written by Jon Rochetti [email] for b5media.
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