The DC Traveler

After the recent snowfall that hit our area, it’s an ideal time to go skiing or snowboarding, that that is if you know how to ski or snowboard. If you love the outdoors, playing in the snow and want to have some fun, snow tubing may be the answer.
Less than a couple hours from DC, are a few ski resorts. One, Whitetail Resort, in Mercersburg Pennsylvania, offers 10 downhill snow tubing lanes and is open for tubing every afternoon and evening during the week and all day and weekends.
Snow tubing is similar to sledding, except instead of using a sled or toboggan, …read more

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Carlota Santana has been called the Keeper of Flamenco. She originally formed the Spanish Dance Arts Company in 1983 in New York City before it changed its name to Flamenco Vivo, to develop and perform new Spanish dance and music, to develop and perform new Spanish dance and music.
By combining the smoldering sensuality of traditional flamenco with more modern Hispanic-American influences her company has developed a unique and passionate style of Flamenco dance. You can expect lots of color, rapidfire footwork and dramatic choreography. Their performances reflect the traditions of Flamenco - full of pride, passion, honor, love, sorrow, and …read more

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The DC area was hit with an unexpected snowfall Sunday morning. I had the opportunity to take a walk through one of suburban Virginia’s wooded parks early in the morning with my camera.

Let’s hope the Groundhog was correct…

Images - personal collection
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Four uniquely-themed hip and retro seating areas and the opportunity to shoot some pool make the Continental Bar and Billiards a retro-hip blast from the past. Lounge on classic 1960’s chrome and vinyl furniture, relax in a high-tech space-age seating arrangements straight out of George Jetson’s home or hang in the Tiki room straight out of 1950s suburbia.

With two full bars, nine pool tables and a raised dining room that offers appetizers, salads and sandwiches (nothing on the menu is over $10), you can make an evening of cocktails, casual dining and shoot some pool.

Continental has a daily happy hour, …read more

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The American Institute of Architects (AIA) recently published poll results listing the most loved 150 buildings in the U.S.
Topping the list was the Empire State Building in New York. But the next three buildings, were all Washington, DC icons. In fact six of the top ten are in the District.
Out of the 150, a total of 16 DC buildings were on the list, with another three within an hour or so drive.

Here’s the DC list:

2. The White House
3. National Cathedral
4. Jefferson Memorial
6. U.S. Capitol
7. Lincoln Memorial
10. Vietnam Veterans Memorial
12. Washington Monument
15. Supreme Court
27. Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello (Charlottesville, VA)
28. Library of Congress
34. National …read more

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Bagpipes, marching bands, Irish dancers and more will highlight this year’s St. Patrick’s Day parades in Alexandria and Washington, DC.

Alexandria Parade
Date - Saturday, March 3rd
Events include:
- Classic Car Show and Competition – 100 North Pitt Street between King and Cameron Streets - 10:00 a.m. - noon
- Fun Dog Show – Market Square, registration 10:30 a.m., dog show 11:00 a.m. until noon. Competition included the tallest and smallest dogs, the pooch with the longest ears, a dog/owner look-alike contest, and most mysterious heritage (this one is for dogs only).
- Parade – starts at 12:30 p.m. the parade route is eleven blocks …read more

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Imagine taking a trip to the Napa Valley, Australia’s wine country, the Burgundy region of France, and the wine producing areas of South America. That’s what the Sixth Annual Washington D.C. Wine and Food Festival is all about.
With over 280 wine producers offering over a thousand wines to sample, the Festival is perfect for both wine connoisseurs and novices alike.
Besides wine tastings, the show will offer free food samplings, wine seminars, live cooking demonstrations by area chefs, wine-related products and more.

Sixth Annual Washington D.C. Wine and Food Festival
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington D.C. 20004
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Every Friday evening you can enjoy live jazz, cocktails, a bite to eat and even a movie at the Museum of Natural History.
The current movie is the comedy, Night at the Museum staring Ben Stiller. In this fantasy pic, Stiller takes a job as a night watchman at New York’s Museum of Natural History…and things come alive. While the critic’s have given the move only average reviews, it would make for a great family theme night or theme date.


The schedule of musical performers is available online and a special Latin Jazz night is scheduled on Friday, March 2nd.
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian …read more

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And that means it’s time for the 79th annual Academy Awards and the 15th annual DC Film Society Oscars party.
While most of us can’t get tickets to the Kodak Theater in Hollywood to watch the Oscars live and mingle with the stars, you can join local film critics as they host the television broadcast awards show on the big screen at the Arlington Cinema “N” Drafthouse theater.
The Arlington Cinema “N” Drafthouse is a casual 1930 Art Deco theater that’s been converted into a cozy and rather unique theater and restaurant. They offer comfortable leather seating, tableside food service and even a …read more

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This is your chance to meet and speak with true aviation and civil-rights pioneers as well as heroes of World War II. Meet some of the famous Tuskegee Airmen at the Udvar-Hazy Air and Space Museum and Center at the African American Pioneers in Aviation.
The Tuskegee airmen were pioneers during World War II. In 1941, the U.S. Congress forced the Army Air Corps (which it was called before it became the U.S. Air Force and a seperate branch of the military) to form an all-black combat flying unit. The War Department (now the Department of Defense) was not pleased with the requirement, so it …read more

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