Ah yes. The long-awaited cherry blossoms. Well, maybe not that long-awaited, since they peaked early this year due to freakishly amazing weather. Regardless, if there was anything that I knew I needed to experience in Washington that I couldn’t get in New York, it was a walk around the Tidal Basin to see the cherry…
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Ms. Vedral Goes to Washington: Peregrine Espresso, Market Lunch and Eastern Market (Or: Exercises in Patience)
Since my last post seemed to ruffle some feathers, I thought I should write this article about how I first became interested in picking up my life and moving to DC (note: this is not a comprehensive piece). Every time I would visit friends or family in DC, I’d have the same reaction: “I could…
Shecky’s: Take a Number, You Know They’ve Taken Yours
What the WHAT is Shecky’s? From the ads and emails for Shecky’s Girls’ Night Out that appeared in my inbox for the past few weeks, I found myself thinking that I was paying for a ticket to a fun and light-hearted girls’ night out last week. You know, the kind with cocktails and laughing and…
Living Social’s 918 F Street: A Beautiful Prison
Ah, Living Social. I’ve always loved you. Even loved you too much. You made me feel so powerful, like I had DC under control while on a budget. Those were good days. Well, now you’ve moved into new territory. 918 F Street, your new flagship “event center,” is a beautiful, cruel prison. With pristine and…
Modern Manners: Gracious Guesting, Re-Gifting with Caution
Hello again! Modern Manners is back to answer your burning etiquette questions after a relaxing jaunt to the West Coast last week. I apologize for not bringing sunny Southern California weather with me, but it simply would not fit in my luggage. Today, we will discuss being a gracious guest (at all times!) and the…
DC Style Is…Polite
It is a pleasure to see you here at DC Style Is Real. It’s a difficult time for our fair city, so we really must stick together. Cable channel talking heads scream at us that the days of civility in Washington are over. Angry partisanship is the new normal and the old days—which, by virtue…
Ask Rob: Winter Blues
What’s a good way to avoid the post-holidays doldrums? I get so bummed after New Year’s every year. What can I do this time? After the rush and excitement of Christmas and New Year’s, you may feel a letdown when you go back to work and everyday life. This is perfectly normal. If you tend…
Ask Rob Returns! Just Do It. Or Not.
From time to time at DC Style Is Real, we feature advice from a panel of experts. Not just random guy-at-the-bar advice, but empathetic, thoughtful advice which shoots right to the heart. Now get ready for some angst, high school style. There’s this girl I want to ask out. We run in the same group…
Looking to Wow Visitors? Take to the Water!
Whether you’ve lived in DC 6 hours or 6 decades, your relatives are equally susceptible to an affliction curiously closely associated with major US holidays—tourist-itis. Take advantage of this weekend’s great weather forecast to show off your city from a whole new perspective. The Potomac Riverboat Company has extended its Washington by Water Monuments Cruise for this weekend only—November 25th to…
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