I recently went to the E Street Cinema for a free screening of The Kids Are Alright. (You can joing the Facebook group, I Love Free Movies for these random screenings). I also have seen Despicable Me which I can highly recommend if you can handle 3-D glasses and unbearable cuteness for 90 minutes. Sadly,…
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.
Let Me Make You Happier
Live concerts are the best thing. THE best thing. I went to (or rather, participated in) a concert at the 9:30 Club this weekend. It is the best venue around–so clean, so open, so many places in which to stand with arms loosely crossed and nod slightly in time to the music. Delta Spirit blew…
Creative Person, Be My Friend
Because by being friends with a creative person, I myself become more creative. Think about it. In an office where someone tells me her favorite book is Blink by Malcolm Gladwell, a part of my creativity and sense of wonder dies. Dies a wrenching and painful death. But by being around creative people, that part…
I’m smart, you’re smart, we’re all smart
I can’t help but enjoy Politics and Prose. It seems like it would annoy me as an obvious yuppie haven of self-satisfaction. But maybe, deep down, I AM that self-satisfied yuppie. Maybe a hippie-yuppie. But every time I go, I have the feeling that I’ve stepped out of “ordinary life” (in which people ask one…
DC Politics as a Radio Station
Even if you are not a Hill staffer, a lobbyist, or a person who voted in the last election (in which case, who are you!?!), it is pretty much impossible to turn off the constant barrage of politics in the capital. Even if you refuse to read the newspaper “because it’s depressing” you know more…
If Metro Doesn’t Kill You, It’ll Make You Stronger
Yesterday was the one year anniversary of the Red Line metro crash, which brought me a bevy of texts this time last year. I felt so loved, but also so uncannily fortunate not to have been on that train. After the crash last June, several metro workers were killed or injured in other incidents, and…
Between Coat Checks and Fire Hydrants
There are an infinite number of ways and forms for going out and grooving in DC, but I must say, this heat is getting me down. This past winter again confirmed my vow to “not go out again until I don’t have to pay to check my coat! Damn, it’s cold!” But now that the…
Rita’s Has What You Need
Going to Rita’s for frozen Italian ice. Absolutely stellar. I perked up like a wilted flower after it has been watered and breathed upon by a kind human whispering sweet nothings into its leaves. It was a hot, still day and going to Rita’s was the best decision in it. Moving up the hill into…
Screen on the Green and Early Adopters
Screen on the Green is here to stay. It is safe to say SotG is a “summer in DC” institution. But, what you must keep in mind as you plan an evening of movie enjoyment under the stars (besides the possibly wet grass, bugs, and authority figures who may take away your two-buck Chuck) are…
DC Style Is Real 