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Bars, beer, etc. for @washingtonpost @goingoutguide . Suitland Ram, Maryland Terrapin, Arsenal ST holder. @IACPculinary & @beardfoundation award finalist.
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If you ever need to find me somewhere else:
I think that's enough for now, to be honest.
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New rules just down from D.C. gov:
* All nightclubs closed
* Suspending all bar seating
* Suspending service to standing patrons
* Tables and booths must be 6 feet apart and occupied by 6 people or fewer
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Not a joke: The White House website () does not list "The Judicial Branch" under branches of "Our Government."
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“This used to be a pretty dangerous part of D.C.” is a thing a white dude tells two other white dudes while walking down H Street NE in 2019.
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Lapis, an Adams Morgan restaurant founded by Afghan immigrants, is collecting much-needed supplies for Afghan refugees. The Popal family posted a list of suggested donations on their Instagram:
Also, if you’ve never dined at
@lapisdc
, you’re missing out.
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Went to a patio in Navy Yard tonight, and shocked/disappointed in the number of people walking around without masks, especially those coming into restaurants without them. Shows a marked disrespect for the people working at those bars, and their families. Do better, people.
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Exciting/long-awaited news: 18th Street NW between Columbia and Kalorama roads is going to turn into a pedestrian zone one Sunday per month. Closure dates are Aug. 21, Sept. 4 and Oct. 23, between noon and 10 p.m. Zone will be operated by Adams Morgan BID.
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“I don’t want to tell you about a 6-year-old bar that was named ‘Best Speakeasy’ in Washingtonian Magazine’s annual readers’ poll two months ago.”
I kind of don't want to tell you about this spot because it only has around 20 seats, but it's the coolest place I've been to in a while. 600 T is a snug basement cocktail bar with solid drinks, a chill vibe, and live jazz every Thursday from 8-11.
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"Nightclubs" here means venues with a specific nightclub license, not bars/restaurants with DJs/live music.
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Update:
@TheAtlantisDC
says it received more than 520,000 requests for tickets for its first 44 shows, with less than 20,000 total tickets to distribute.
Winners will be notified on a rolling basis, with the process expected to be finished on Thursday. Good luck!
Foo Fighters. Pixies. The Walkmen. Maggie Rogers. George Clinton and P-Funk. Jenny Lewis. Joan Jett. Franz Ferdinand.
These are some of the 44 artists playing
@TheAtlantisDC
, a 450-capacity "near replica" of the original
@930Club
, opening 5/30.
Details:
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People tweeting angrily about how an anti-gentrification protest snarled traffic at 14th and U and ruined their commutes:
1. That’s the point of a protest.
2. Maybe just relax and enjoy Backyard Band? They cover Adele. It will be okay.
#DontMuteDC
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The full language here regarding clubs:
"Venues licensed as nightclubs and multi-purpose facilities in the District of Columbia must suspend operations to comply with the Emergency Rulemaking to Prohibit Mass Gatherings."
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Having a hard time not intervening in a blind date where the guy refers to Adams Morgan as “scary” and says that “a lot of places are scary in DC.”
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Breaking: Biergarten Haus is closing tonight, after 13 years on H Street. Staff found out today. Am told there’s a chance it reopens Sept. 1, but that seems iffy.
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To check out the coolest new rooftop bar in D.C., you’ll have to have a ticket to see a show at
@TheAtlantisDC
.
So many Easter eggs, from Lisa of the World tagging a “This is Your Brain on Drugs” poster to the contents of the old newspaper boxes …
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Concert news:
@930Club
@TheAnthemDC
and
@thelincolndc
“are maintaining the proof of vaccination requirement for patrons,” says IMP’s Audrey Fix Schaefer. As of March 1, patrons will be encouraged, but not required, to wear masks. Staff will still mask up.
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A timely suffragette banner, currently on display at the Belmont-Paul House on Capitol Hill.
#acreativedc
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My latest: I've spent the last couple of weeks scouting for happy hours where you can get food *and* drink(s) for $10 or less combined. Not free popcorn - I'm talking pizza, half smokes, wings, tacos and tamales, plus discounted beer and cocktails.
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Foo Fighters. Pixies. The Walkmen. Maggie Rogers. George Clinton and P-Funk. Jenny Lewis. Joan Jett. Franz Ferdinand.
These are some of the 44 artists playing
@TheAtlantisDC
, a 450-capacity "near replica" of the original
@930Club
, opening 5/30.
Details:
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This is Albi x Andy’s Pizza: Kefta lamb, smoked soujek, provolone, harissa, za’taar honey, mozzarella, charred garlic crème, mint, basil. Available for the next two weeks, with proceeds going to
@WCKitchen
.
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General PSA: If any restaurant says they’re selling “Maryland crabs” right now, they’re either selling frozen/pasteurised crab meat or they’re lying. Maryland crab season opens April 1.
#TruthInCrabvertising
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Why am I supposed to worry about the governor of Virginia when I still don’t have a vote in Congress?
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The rum punch at the Embassy of Barbados is not messing around.
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During the lengthy Big Board hearing on Friday, DC’s top epidemiologist laid out all the reasons why TBB operating without masks or proof of vax was a danger to the bar-going public. Today … none of those statistics matter anymore, I guess?
ABRA report:
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It sucks to be alone with nowhere to go on Thanksgiving. Thankfully, there are bars that would love to welcome you for food and fellowship.
@lymanstaverndc
opens at 6 pm, food at 7.
@thepugdc
opens at 8 pm with 2 turkeys.
Feel free to add more in the comments. I will retweet.
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Seems early to have to say this, BUT: If you are going to an $84 crab feast this weekend, you will not be eating "world-famous Maryland crabs." Maryland crab season legally begins April 1, and the good ones don't show up until the summer, anyway.
#CrabPolice
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The big beer news at Nats Park is the debut of the Craft Beer Corner, a “grab and go” beer/seltzer cooler. (Three on the mezzanine, one higher up.) Decent selection of local cans, inc Aslin, Port City, Red Bear and Old Time.
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Capitol Hill little free libraries are great because you’ll find cookbooks, Willa Cather and airport thrillers stashed next to titles like “Military Tribunals and Presidential Power” or “Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Understanding Threats and Responses in a Post-9/11 World.”
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Just a random Friday happy hour at
@oyameldc
:
@chefjoseandres
hanging out at the bar by the front door, drinking “salt air” margaritas, making guacamole tacos for customers sitting nearby, posing for the occasional selfie …
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Dude making jokes about the inappropriateness of his wife ordering red wine in an Irish pub proceeds to get a White Claw and I am dead.
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Big news from The Parks at Walter Reed, where the folks behind
@ivyandconey
and
@TheMidlandsDC
are teaming up on a new bar with a 6,000 sq ft patio next to the Great Lawn.
An outdoor space with Airstream bar and food trucks is planned for summer; full space opens in 2025.
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I have no idea how I’m supposed to react when my team is up 2-0 in the NLCS, as this has never happened before.
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Take a look inside Death & Co., scheduled to open July 14 in the old Columbia Room space in Blagden Alley:
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“I haven’t been to a D.C. brewery’s taproom in almost four years, but here is my speculation about why it closed.”
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Remember the Cleveland Park resident who sued her marijuana-smoking neighbor, claiming the smell drifting into her house was a nuisance?
She won the case.
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Sad news for D.C. parents: The National Zoo is not hosting Boo at the Zoo or Zoolights in 2021.
"The challenge of how to host our traditional events safely – as we live with the new Covid variant etc. – is too much and so we have elected to pass on these events for this year."
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"When Bill Dugan reopens Madam’s Organ, his legendary blues bar in Washington, D.C., people will not be allowed in to work, drink or play music unless they can prove they have had their shots."
Some bars and restaurants are only serving vaccinated customers, and requiring musicians to be vaccinated to play at their clubs.
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Cafe Mozart closing. Thamee closing. Park at 14th going on hiatus until March, beginning Monday. Truxton Inn postponing its post-holiday reopening "to a later TBD date."
Lots of bad news in the last 24 hours. Support your favorite spots this weekend, however you can.
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There is no weirder feeling than showing up at a bar, asking the bartender about happy hour specials and being told that they don’t have any – even though I exchanged emails with the bar’s publicist about said happy hour.
Anyway, this is why I actually go to bars before writing.
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A guide to dog-friendly Halloween parties, starring a Jack Russell dressed as a Chia Pet.
http://t.co/66274fO2Y5
http://t.co/5X4Syn4kaq
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Got a quick tour of the new
@Whitlows
(old Brixton) on Tuesday, post-Atlantis. Opens 6/6.
First floor is lighter, w/original Whitlows bar fixtures + shuffleboard.
Upstairs has large dance floor w/disco balls, will host bands, karaoke.
Roof has a beach theme, new satellite bar.
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Received two iPhone notifications from the Dry January app asking if I had a drink today. Look, there’s a reason the app is called Dry *January*, not Dry While The In-Laws Are Here For Christmas.
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Here's the news: Barrett Laurer, formerly of District Chophouse, is taking over as
@RightProperBeer
Director of Brewing Operations. I know that's not as exciting as an out-of-town brewery setting up in D.C., but I think it's a really good thing for the D.C. scene. (Short thread.)
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It's early, and we're still collecting shutdown deals from bars*, but my favorite so far is $1 High Lifes (+$7 for pickleback or Spaghett) at
@hilleastburger
for fed employees and contractors.
* = Got a better offer? Send it to fritz dot hahn at washpost dot com.
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Major breaking local beer news: Julie Verratti, the co-founder of
@DenizensBrewing
, has been picked to be the Associate Administrator of Field Operations for the U.S. Small Business Administration. She's leaving the brewery March 1.
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Terrible news from
@cbc_dc
. I’ve been in D.C. a long time, and I don’t think any beer store has provided the opportunity to explore as many beers as Craft Beer Cellar. (1/x)
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For this week's cover story, I hopped on a bike to explore the Metropolitan Beer Trail, a collection of seven breweries and bars along the Metropolitan Branch Trail. My stop-by-stop guide is here, with terrific photos by
@Sarah_Silbiger
:
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Not trying to sound like a broken record, but don't assume any restaurants/bars are doing fine right now - even the ones who don't make pleas for support on social media.
Heard from two more business owners this morning who are getting ready to close "until next year."
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Cinco de Mayo on U Street is the clearest sign yet that we’re heading back to the Before Times, questionable sombreros and all.
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Honestly, today has just been one of the worst days for so many people.
Take care of each other. Call friends and ask them how they’re doing. And tip your servers like they’re family over the next five days, because they are.
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Annual reminder that Dec. 15 is the last day that blue crabs can be caught in the Chesapeake Bay until April 1.
Any "fresh Maryland crabcakes" on menus in the foreseeable future are probably pasteurized, frozen or imported from somewhere other than The Land of Pleasant Living.
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Read this thread. Think about this thread. And the next time your takeout order isn’t ready when you get to the restaurant, or your delivery takes longer than expected, or an appetizer is sold out/missing, remember this thread.
In case anyone is wondering what it's like to manage a restaurant in the middle of a pandemic, let's talk about just my experience yesterday. Buckle up, all four of you who will read this, it's going to get a little long. 1/16
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A perfectly normal Friday morning in D.C.
#ParraShark
#FinishTheFight
#HappyBirthdayJuanSoto
#childishbambino
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At a bar that has turned away some older-looking people who forgot their IDs. No, the bar is not being mean. Yes, you are bamas, and yes, there could be serious repercussions for a bar that lets you in without proof of age. Their liquor license > Your night out.
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"Whether they work on or off Capitol Hill, Washingtonians tend to plan their summer schedules around that of Congress."
Can't decide if I should just stop reading now.
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For those who weren't in DC in the late 2000s, it's difficult to describe how much the Gibson - no sign, the no-standing policy, incredible drinks served by some of the city's best bartenders - really changed the way people thought about cocktails and service.
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Huge D.C. beer news:
@OtherHalfNYC
is opening its Ivy City brewery in October. Expect 20 draft lines; 12,500 square feet of taproom and patio (including a roof deck); and expanded space for barrel aging and lager tanks.
LOTS more on this as they get closer to opening.
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Breaking news: National Arboretum will reopen June 8 "on a limited basis": Open Mon, Wed, Fri from 1 to 5 p.m., with a limited number of visitors. Bonsai museum and Visitors Center will remain closed.
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The Watergate Hotel is opening a rooftop ice rink next week -- and there's a skate-up bar.
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On a sad note, Last Call near Union Market is closing indefinitely after tonight. They’re open until 10 pm. On Friday,
@PennSocialDC
announced that they were closing “for the foreseeable future.”
Said this so many times, but:
Support your local bars and restaurants.
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Just met a good friend for beers in a beer garden in D.C. for the first time in months and, as a reminder, it will do wonders for your mental health and wellbeing.
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One more time: If a bar has any of these:
A liquor license
A website
A publicist
An online reservation system
It is not a speakeasy.
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Official: The
@smithsonian
confirms it will be using prior-year funds to keep museums and the Zoo open "until at least Saturday, Oct. 7."
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Iraj Askarinam, the longtime Adams Morgan restaurateur behind Spaghetti Garden, Tom Tom and other neighborhood fixtures, died of covid-19. You will come away from this obit wishing there were more people like him:
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At 6 pm, the line for
@Aslin_BeerCo
on 14th was around the corner and down the block. Meanwhile, it was possible to walk into
@salazarbardc
and get a bar seat for happy hour on the roof.
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The lede on this
@TexasMonthly
story about wedding photographers stopped me cold. Make sure you read it to the end.
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Are you really a D.C. bar if your whiskey and ginger isn’t made with Rock Creek?
@SnappysDC
#RockCreekGreatValue
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A red-letter day for the degenerate drinkers of D.C. as Natty Boh is finally (finally!) back on the menu at
@thepugdc
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BTW. there is some major D.C. beer news dropping this afternoon.
Spoiler: I'm excited to see what happens next.
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This is easily the coolest and most on-brand D.C. bar/restaurant merch I've seen in a while.
We’re excited to announce we've partnered with
@Vans_66
and their Foot The Bill program to create this
#VansCustoms
Era. Net proceeds of every purchase will go to support the Black Cat ❤️
Limited to 500 pairs!
Shop:
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Feast at Yasmine in
@unionmarketdc
for less than $35: richly seasoned beef shawarma, a delicious lamb kebab, and a tray of seasoned fries with toum. Add martinis stuffed with dill ($14) and arak with watermelon and hibiscus ($12)? Perfect date night.
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It's summer in DC in the early 90s. You’ve got $5 in your pocket. Are you going to
@930club
to see:
• Ned’s Atomic Dustbin + Highback Chairs
• Too Much Joy + Velocity Girl
• '4 bands who are friends with Michael Stipe'
• Monkeyspank + Jade + Hole (yeah, THAT Hole)
(1/x)
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Wait, food Twitter/Instagram is just discovering the Spaghett? Didn’t Bon Appetit blow that jont up enough in the summer of 2019?
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Huge loss for the D.C. beer community. 3 Stars had been doing so much work to bring people together, from plant swaps to live music to game nights.
Thinking of all the brewers, taproom employees, and everyone else who put everything into one of D.C.'s longest-running breweries.
After almost 10 years, We're closing our doors this Sunday Night.
Thank you DMV for all of your support! Over the years you gave us the opportunity to Experiment, Help Build a Community of Beer Lovers, & Celebrate with you, and we will always have love for you!
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1 minute old, already outdated. SO:
Per a combo of Twitter, Reddit and the 9:30 board, it looks like these tickets are out (so far):
Bartees Strange
Clutch
Drive By Truckers
Hannibal Buress
Living Colour
Luna
Marc Roberge/OAR
Matt & Kim
Modern English
The Struts
The Walkmen
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For The Post's special pizza coverage, I wrote about local identity and the power of nostalgia, as shaped through square, sweet pizzas.
On Maryland-style pizza, which definitely is a thing:
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If you’re looking for a place to grab a few beers this weekend, I can recommend a brewery to support.
Someone must really dislike craft beer, queerness, or…just us. Either way, this is a frustrating way to start the day.
5 windows shattered on our M Street side.
#brokenglass
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Breaking: The Gibson is closing on Jan. 1. "Unfortunately, there are too many challenges to continue in its current form" says owner Eric Hilton in a release. He doesn't rule out continuing the cocktail program elsewhere or reopening in a new location in the future.
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I would seriously pay more for a beer festival that brought me beer and didn’t make me wait in line.
Just finished up the first round. This is very well done. I can see this format being used even in a “post-COVID” world. Festival goers post up at one table. Beers are brought to you. Each brewery rotates through every 15 min. Two hour limit. Haven’t noticed any drunk folks.
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DC bar owners/staff, please let us know when someone attempts to use one of these cards to justify not wearing a mask.
Here is one of the cards. It misspells "poses" and "The Americans with Disabilities Act."
@annamerlan
I apologize but I feel like this is something you'd be interested in.
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If there is ANY place in the whole of Washington that deserves a grandfather clause, it is Georgia and U, where people have been go-go crankin’ for decades.
I’m not a fan of gogo but the dudes down at Metro PCS on Georgia have stopped playing their music. Apparently, the new yt neighbors were complaining about the “noise”. Simply saying gentrification is sickening is an understatement.
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Cinco de Mayo credit card receipts set to become the hottest new trend in contact tracing.
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NEWS! The
@USBotanicGarden
Conservatory reopens to the public April 1. No reservations or timed tickets necessary. Will also include a
@rewild_dc
shop in the West Gallery.
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On a more serious note: Mary McLeod Bethune has been in the news this week. I'd strongly encourage folks to take a tour of her Logan Circle house AND the free, NPS Ranger-led walking tour of the neighborhood offered on Fri-Sat.
More info in Things to Do:
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Reports coming in that
@TheAtlantisDC
has added second shows by multiple bands, including Living Colour and Magnetic Fields, and that people who were unsuccessful in the lottery are being notified they got tickets. Check your email!
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The one difficult thing about the end of restrictions: Businesses that decide to ask customers to keep wearing masks are going to have to ask employees to shift back to Mask Police roles, which is not fun/easy to enforce. At least now they had the cover of "It's a city law."
Washington’s local mask mandate, one of the strictest in the nation since late July, will relax greatly beginning Monday, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) announced Tuesday.
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The Tune Inn has decided to close “until further notice” after the 23rd. “The city shutting down indoor dining leaves us no choice.”
There will be to-go specials on Xmas, NYE, and in January.
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Okay, Atlantis-wise, I *think* these are the only shows with no ticket confirmations yet:
Darius Rucker
Bastille
Foo Fighters
Gary Clark Jr.
Maggie Rogers
Pixies
Portugal. The Man.
Spoon
The Head and the Heart
But then they'll probably send an email 5 min after I post this.
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Walking past the
@930club
a minute ago and hearing
@thewalkmen
playing “The Rat,” the push-and-pull tension of that song blasting out of the club doors … just amazing and invigorating.
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The girl dressed as the Frederick Douglass Bridge tonight could have taken as much Halloween candy as she wanted.
Dad and son dressed as a toilet paper roll and toilet were great, too.
Final count was +/- 600 pieces of candy on the Hill.
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A quick Saturday thread for anyone newly vaxed or going out more now that the weather’s nicer and things are opening up: Reservations, reservations, reservations.
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Few breweries offered home delivery before the pandemic. Now, it's a lifeline. A look at new platforms, a CSA for beer, and how delivery orders differ from what people were buying in bars and shops:
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