17 Jul 2014

To Do

th (3)Are you sitting in a joyless cube? Stop. Go outside and enjoy this spectacular un-DC-in-July day. Praise be the polar vortex.

If you need suggestions on what to do, keep reading.

Tonight there is still space in chef Mark Haskell’s “Summer on the Chesapeake” class at the Hill Center. You can learn to prepare dishes using ingredients from the Carolinas that were pushed north by the Gulf Stream. We’re talking crab, shrimp, corn, okra, tomatoes and the legacy Fish Chiles which spawned the classic Baltimore fish broths & stews of the 1800’s. Great food and great stories of African, European & Native history will be shared. The class begins at 7pm and ends at 9pm. Tickets are $65 and are available here.

Friday night the cello and guitar duo Montana Skies returns to the Corner Store after a two year absence. The concert begins at 7 PM, with doors at 6:30. The requested donation is $20 with rsvp, or $25 walk-in.

Saturday DC Scoop returns to Union Market! From 1pm-4pm you can try tastes from lots of areas cold treat pushers and vote Edit Edit date and timefor your favorites. If you need more than a taste there will be larger sizes available for purchase. This year instead of sweating in the parking lot the even will be held in the indoor event space above the market, Dock 5 and the alley behind it. Ice cream and flip flops are without a doubt the best things about summer.

One of my favorite DC treats is Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens. If you have never been, now is the time. Saturday is their Annual Water Lily Festival. From 10am -4pm there will be performances and activities showcasing the lovely beauty of the place.
Fun fact: I learned about the gardens when I performed a puppet show at this same festival way back in the 90s. I once did puppet shows for a living.

Over at Congressional Cemetery is Graveyard Grub. The $10 entrance fee gets you food truck fare or a drink. Bring the pups on a leash and enjoy dining with the dead.

 

 

 

 

 

 


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One response to “To Do”

  1. IMGoph says:

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    fo’ sho’

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