Oh, what a welcome addition St. Arnold’s Mussel Bar is to Cleveland Park. The open air dining room, with all the windows pulled up in good weather, is sweet. There’s some outdoor seating as well, but who needs it with this little setup. My group … Read More →
If Maine Avenue Fish Market isn’t the most tourist-free attraction in all of DC, it’s got to rank right up there. I doubt most visitors on the Mall know that just a few blocks south, there exists this truly historic market (operating since 1805). It … Read More →
Bostonians avoid Faneuil Hall, San Franciscans mock Fisherman’s Wharf, and when was the last time a New Yorker hung out in Times Square? For Washingtonians, there’s Georgetown. Tourists flock there — case in point the line at Georgetown Cupcake — but most DC residents I … Read More →
The best kinds of runs are the ones that end in food. Let me amend that: food and drink. An example of a good run: head out with your Potomac River Running group, work up a sweat and appetite, then walk together across the street … Read More →
Pho DC: Confounded by Beef Meatballs
Before I touch on the peculiarity of Vietnamese beef meatballs, a quick question: When you tell someone you’re in the mood for pho, do you pronounce it the correct way (“fuh”) or the way it looks (“foh”)? Even though I know better, I often mumble … Read More →