It may just be that I love movies (especially when the days are grey), but the American Film Institute has the best movie watching experience to be found in the city. The AFI Silver in Silver Spring takes pride in doing things just the right way. They show good movies (read: arts and sure-fire Oscar…
Author: Haley Fults
It's not New York or San Francisco, but DC has some surprising cultural moments to be discovered. And I'm going to tell you about them. Special attention to free, super cool, or just plain strange events.
Hidden Gem: Parkway Deli
I believe I’ve told you before, dear reader, I’m not Jewish. I don’t usually need to say this, but sometimes (sometimes!) it just feels so right that I have to remind myself that no, I can’t lay claim to any Yiddish or classic Jewish guilt. One of these times is midway through brunch at The…
Cymbeline’s Super Magical, Y’all
I thought I was pretty okay when it comes to Shakespeare. Hamlet, check. The Tempest, check. Julius Caesar even, check. So when I saw that Cymbeline was running at the Shakespeare Theater, I though, Oh, that’s nice. Who wrote that? Shakespeare wrote it! You just can’t keep that guy down! He wrote it towards the…
Fruit Bat: Pricey or Perfect?
Another eve of adventures in the Atlas District/H Street neighborhood (is there consensus on a preferred name for this strip yet?) brought me to the exotic Fruit Bat, located on the north side of H between 12th and 13th Streets NE. The dark but colorful lighting and brown walls of this South/Central American themed bar evokes…
The Cupcake Diaries: Judgement Day
Cupcakes. What makes a good cupcake? Is it the icing? The toppings? Or the cake itself? The quality of the cupcake is in its core ingredients, the cake and frosting, not the toppings. While I appreciate the variety of toppings and the value they can add, if the core of a cupcake isn’t right, then…
Karaoke Deathmatch
Oh wow. It’s that time of year again. The time of year when the winners of karaoke at Little Miss Whiskey’s and the winners of karaoke at Sticky Rice meet to battle for the right to call themselves…the champions of the world! OK, not the world, but H Street! Not H Street per se, but…
Last Straw, WaPo
I am writing in a fit of pique. Who are those jokers at The Washington Post Weekend to patronize my knowledge of the city? Okay, they might be pretty savvy jokers in order to get me to take their stupid quiz. My results to questions like “Which house was home to onetime richest woman in…
Finding Comfort at The Atlas Room
Not open for lunch, but for drinks and dinner (at 10th and H), The Atlas Room is a newish addition to the H Street scene, a good place to go for a low-key, long conversation over polished drinks and exceptional yet surprising first, second, and third dishes. What’s “first, second, and third dishes”? you say to yourself, scratching your…
Well, Hello Church and State
Church and State, the latest in a seemingly neverending line of swanky cocktail lounges, opened last night after a lot of early online buzz. Located snugly above The Fruit Bat on ever-emerging H Street in Northeast (between 12th and 13th), C&S is impressive. Dimly lit and impeccably decorated with old pews and stained-glass, it makes…
DC Style Is Real 