DMV Summer Restaurant Week, Aug 15-21, 2016
Get out and about this Summer at your favorite restaurants Aug 15-21, 2016 with Restaurant Week and three-course fixed price menus at 250 venues in the DC area.
Author: Brian Gray
Capital Fringe Festival, July 7 – 31, 2016
Hi, meet Fringe next week! Filling the city with non-stop theater, dance, music, visual art and everything in-between, the Capital Fringe Festival will energize and excite audiences this year.
“Star Trek” TOS Enterprise at The Smithsonian
Neither Paramount Studios nor The Smithsonian couldn’t know the cultural impact Star Trek would have when they donated the original U.S.S. Enterprise model in 1974. After decades of neglect, it’s getting a proper restoration and display in the main hall.
Hoax vs. Truth. Bias? Confirmed!
While a lot of the sites dealing in satire and hoaxes are making it easier to detect the real news from the fake, it still turns out that people would rather believe the hoaxes than have them debunked.
Curly Q by John Getchel
Curly Q by John Getchel. A clever blend of light painting, night photography, long exposure and the right location results in a gorgeous shot.
long ambients1: calm. sleep. by moby
Moby has created an 11-track album of quiet ambient music, perfect for relaxing, sleeping, meditating, doing yoga, or whatever else you may just need to bring it down for. He’s also giving it away for free, because he is truly amazing like that.
Brunch: The Majestic, Old Town, Alexandria, VA
Brunch at a new place? Yes indeed! I was in Old Town Alexandria this past weekend and took advantage of The Majestic’s new brunch menu. It’s definitely worth the trip. Good cocktails, good food… I’ll be back again.
Alexandria Library Sit-In (1939)
On August 21, 1939, five citizens of the city walked into library and sat at one of its reading tables. Though surrounded by the wisdom of the ages, they were denied access to the thoughts on the shelves around them for a reason as implausible as the color of their skin. For merely being in the room, they were arrested.
“I can’t go home again.”
Talking about systemic racism is a hard conversation, even more so when you’re talking about its effects in a community that is already marginalized. Trying to point out the intersections is often met with resistance and constantly exhausting for those who it most affects.
Cleveland Park, Rainy Sunday
Cleveland Park is both cute and photogenic, even on grey and rainy days. Just a few pictures taken while wandering around and waiting for my brunch spot to open.