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Don’t laugh guys, but for this month’s 14th Street dinner we decided to go simple and casual. After last month’s dinner I noticed that Shake Shack had recently opened a location on 14th Street, so…..
I suggested we dine here for our May dinner. [Read more…]
HAPPY FRIDAY!
Who else is excited that it is Friday today? Some of our weekend plans include cheering on the Caps tonight and Sunday, taking a day trip to Fredericksburg, Virginia (a town south of D.C.) to visit a brewery, grab lunch, and walk around downtown, and sending some neighbors off to Cali at a farewell BBQ.
This past Wednesday the 14th Street Eating crew decided to trek up to the Columbia Heights section of 14th Street to eat at Thip Khao, a self-described sleek & modern eatery showcasing spicy Laotian dishes & classic cocktails with an exotic twist. [Read more…]
There were good things about last night’s monthly 14th Street dinner at Matchbox and not-so good things. [Read more…]
Happy Monday everyone! Hope your weekend was a good one. 🙂
One of my weekend highlights was enjoying a leisurely and delicious brunch at Farmers Fishers Bakers on Saturday with Tammy, Christina and MIKI! Miki was in town solo (minus hubby and son Zach) visiting colleagues and friends. [Read more…]
The 14th Street dinner gang veered off track for our monthly dinner this month. We decided to head over towards the Shaw-ish neighborhood and tried out Farmers & Distillers. [Read more…]
Happy Monday night friends!
Tonight my friends Tammy, Christina and I had our final 14th Street dinner of 2016! To celebrate another great year of eating and trying new restaurants on 14th Street, we decided to celebrate at a favorite of ours, Le Diplomate. We also had a special guest for this dinner – Tammy’s mom! [Read more…]
Happy Friday!
You may all remember that my cousin Lena (AKA Bottles) moved in with us for a few months (6) last year to help us take care of Ava once I went back to work after maternity leave. We loved having her, but she had to leave us to go back home and begin her new life with her boyfriend, Keru, (who recently moved from New York City to LA to be with her) last December…! [Read more…]
Happy Tuesday! (Also known as the day Ava turned 18 months old…so crazy to think she will be TWO soon). [Read more…]
So Tammy and I kind-of did our monthly 14th Street dinner tour on Monday night. Why kind of? Because we actually didn’t eat at a restaurant on 14th Street in DC, but at Hen Quarter in Old Town Alexandria. Let me explain – our gal Christina that makes up our now-trio (refer to Miki’s last dinner post) was seriously sick for the past several weeks (she had to be hospitalized), so while we wanted to honor our monthly dinner, we didn’t want to dine on 14th Street without Christina. So this was Tammy and my compromise, take it or leave it! 😉
I had actually never heard of Hen Quarter, but once I saw the restaurant on Monday night I realized I have driven past it several times. [Read more…]
On Tuesday night my 14th Street gals (minus Miki 🙁 ) and I dined at Sotto for the very first time.
The entrance to the restaurant reminded me of a club entrance, which makes a lot of sense since it is self- described as a speakeasy that has live jazz, blues and neo-soul music. Sotto sits atop Ghibellina (very apropos as “sotto” means “below” in Italian) and is neatly tucked in between Rice and Pearl Dive Oyster Place. I walked down a flight of stairs and once inside quickly forgot that it was sunny outside as the entire restaurant was very dark. [Read more…]
