Washington, DC

Knocking the doors of the National Mall of Washington in summer, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival gives birth to an international museum housing the live cultural legacies of the different nations across the globe. It is an extraordinary event of June-July, which tributes the diverse traditions on the planet through the daily storytelling, music and dance shows, demonstrations, crafts, cooking, and discussions on the different matters. All these forms of celebration tend to rotate around...Read Full Story

A screenshot of the Dino page on Real Time Farms If you like knowing where your food comes from, eating out can be very frustrating. Although many menus have token references to how the food is sourced, few have gone as far as Dino in Washington, DC. Using the website Real Time Farms , Dino has made transparent the source of its entire menu. Eight other DC restaurants–Dino is the only one in Cleveland Park–have joined the site. With over 70 eateries nationwide, the Real Time Farms seems to...Read Full Story

La Maialina ($8/$24 at Ripple) has a Wine Advocate score of 88. Could Ripple be the best wine bar in Washington, DC? Perhaps… The relatively new Cleveland Park business is a growing sensation, even making Washingtonian’s 100 very best restaurants . We are certainly not the first to approve of its wines (in fact, the Wall St. Journal did so back in November). Nevertheless, we feel it is only appropriate to add to the chorus of kudos. What’s most amazing to us is Ripple’s ability to offer...Read Full Story

Congratulations to Ruthanne Miller of Cleveland Park who is the new chairperson of the powerful Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, a part of Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration (ABRA). Miller has previously served the community as ANC 3C commissioner and on the Board of Zoning Administration (BZA). The Control Board is a seven member committee that “meets once per week to adjudicate, administer, and enforce the provisions of ABC laws.” Depending on your position, the Control Board...Read Full Story

Dreams of Snowpocalypse 2010 Snow lovers and random-day-off prayers have had a disappointing winter.  With just two dustings thus far (Halloween weekend and January 9th), we’ve avoided any significant accumulation.  Average snowfall in Washington, DC is around 15 inches, a number that seems to be ambitious for 2011-2012.  Last year’s total was 10.1 inches.  Most prognosticators predicted a rather moderate winter, including the Old Farmer’s Almanac which said “winter will be drier than...Read Full Story