Advance Notice: The Seventh DC Chocolate Festival Approaches
Readers of this blog know that chocolate is one of my favorite things, and so I am really looking forward to the seventh iteration of the DC Chocolate Festival this Saturday. Like so many other...
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A Day In Two Countries: Sakura Matsuri and The Blessing of the Fleet
Last year on the Day of Cherry Blossom Saturation we attended both the parade and the Sakura Matsuri. This year, just for a change, we skipped the parade but subbed in another event which,...
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Almost Too Much Chocolate: The DC Chocolate Festival
The 7th Annual DC Chocolate Festival was a chocolate lover’s dream. In the airy atrium of the French Cultural Institute, makers of bars, bonbons and assorted other products lined the walls, offering...
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Food and Roving in Scotland: Our Trip to Glasgow and Edinburgh Part 2: On To...
We did a day-trip to Edinburgh after our last Scottish Worldcon in 2005. It was not enough time in that town. We planned for three days on this trip, and it was still not enough (but considering the...
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Food and Roving in Scotland: Our Trip to Glasgow and Edinburgh Part 3: The...
While researching the Fringe, I discovered another event in Edinburgh that gave me a severe case of FOMO. The Edinburgh International Book Festival is billed as “the world-leading festival of words,...
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Interactions and Reactions: Two Exhibits, and a Welcome Development
Recently, the Washington Post ranked the top 20 major art museums in America. The National Gallery of Art was listed as #3. A complementary article ranked the top 10 small art museums; the Phillips...
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Review: What the Constitution Means To Me at Round House Theatre
Before I saw Round House’s production of What the Constitution Means To Me, I was only vaguely aware that this play was about a teenager debating the Constitution. I hoped that it would not be...
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Pie in the Sky: Review of “Waitress” at Olney Theatre Center
If the singing and acting weren’t so enthusiastic and entertaining, this play might be upstaged by the hydraulics. The Olney Theatre has a stage that moves up and down in pieces, and they’re not...
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Plaster on the Corn: Review of Shucked at the National Theatre
You want to do a musical comedy about corn? Are you worried about being accused of writing folksy, hokey humor and groaner puns? Here’s the answer: lean into it! Load that show with as many dad...
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Happy Pie Day! Celebrate With Not One But Two Contests
Yes, in honor of that unique mathematical relationship and MIT cheer (Cosine secant tangent sine, 3.14159), not to mention the tastiest of round desserts, we present: the Olney Theatre Center Pie...
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