Let’s be honest: Most dance clubs are the absolute worst. But here are some that aren’t awful.
Image courtesy of Phillyberg Dish of the Week: BLTs Where: Cafe Saint Ex, Market to Market Everyone is craving summer after the recent Arctic blasts. For me, a perfect BLT screams summer, with its ripe sun-warmed tomatoes, crisp lettuce, salty thick-cut applewood-smoked bacon, and a smattering of mayonnaise. It’s amazing how something so simple and easy to make can be so delicious. Food writer Michael Ruhlman even held a contest last summer to create…
>> Now fellas, we know circumcision is a serious issue, and everyone is pleased to learn that the procedure could protect millions from contracting HIV, but our inner ten-year-old also delighted in the Post’s coverage today. Speaking about the foreskin research on behalf of the World Health Organization was none other than Kevin De Cock. Seriously. We’re happy to see he has taken the problem firmly in hand and cut through social issues surrounding the…
We here at DCist love happy hours. After all, we’ve thrown a few ourselves (at The Reef, Big Hunt, Biddy Mulligan’s, and Chief Ike’s Mambo Room), and we try to emerge from behind our computers now and then to attend those put on by fellow bloggers, residents, and activists. Today DC Vote, the organization that has single-mindedly championed District voting rights since 1998, is sponsoring the first of what are to become monthly happy hours….
We realize that some of you may have taken an extended four-day weekend for the Veterans Day holiday, so here’s some of what you may have missed since your last visit. (DCist photo of Reflecting Pool at dusk Sunday by Mike Grass) >> Center for Science in the Public Interest classifies Cheesecake Factory no-carb cheesecake as “food porn.” >> The NTSB scolded WMATA back in 1996 about the possibility of train cars falling apart…
Last night, DCist met up with a few other bloggers at Cricklewood Massive’s iPod Jukebox night at Cafe Saint Ex’s Gate 54, which always hosts a great gathering of folks. While we heard that the bartender was giving some customers “attitude,” we all enjoyed the music selections for the evening, and give special thanks to the good soul who featured the Gotan Project in their lineup. But the best part of the night wasn’t the…
>> Flip Orley, self-proclaimed world’s funniest comic hypnotist, brings his show to DC Improv tonight. He’ll be here through Nov. 14. 8:30 p.m. >> The Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam makes a stop at the Lincoln Theater. Nine poets, melding hip hop and the spoken word, read from their works. 8 p.m., $36. >> Take your inner child out for a movie: The Polar Express, starring a vaguely creepy animated version of Tom Hanks, opens…