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…
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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…
Weekend [East City] Roundup: March Super Saturday Edition
Saturday March 12 Conner Contemporary Art (5pm to 8pm) The gallery presents two concurrent solo exhibitions by Janet Biggs and Wilmer Wilson IV. In Bigg’s second exhibition with the gallery, A Step on the Sun, Bigg’s multi-channel video installation shows miners extracting hardened sulfur at Indonesia’s Ijen volcano; the video references natural beauty as a…
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…
Ms. Vedral Goes To Washington: Boundary Road or Thoughts on Getting a Vespa
I think I’ve identified the main difference between New York and DC. No, it’s not size (although in terms of being a extraordinary city, it does matter and as New York City’s constant land use politics reveals, it’s also about how you use it). In all things at all times, New York brings its A-game….
Rollergirls Don’t Mess at DC Armory
Replete with punny names, pigtails, and knee and elbow pads, it’s the 6th season of the DC Rollergirls! Hear me roar, yelled all the skaters as they invaded the Armory last weekend in a crazed fury. For those who aren’t already familiar with roller derbies, it’s a fringe sport played on a roller rink, on roller…
Ms. Vedral Goes to Washington: Café Milano
Prior to moving to DC, I had been warned by…pretty much everyone…that my foodie proclivities would need to be adjusted. And experience had also brought this to bear: I once had Thai food at a restaurant with a punny name that used regular broccoli instead of Chinese broccoli in its Pad See Ew. I’d been…
Kick in the Pants: Where’s My Streetcar?
Construction of the opening leg of D.C.’s ambitious citywide streetcar network, the 2.2 mile H Street line stretching from 3rd Street NE all the way down to Benning and Oklahoma Ave NE, concluded last June. So, um, where are the streetcars? I’m not hearing any clanging. Neither is anyone else. Nope, the bumbling bureaucracy of the DC…
House of Secrets: The Mansion on O Street
Previously one of DC’s best kept secrets, the Mansion on O Street is a simply exquisite place to spend the day. Equal parts museum, hotel, and brunch spot, there’s certainly something for everyone. The usual DC museum experience this is not. To find such a quirky, description-defying museum tucked away on a residential street in tony…
DC Style Is Real 