There’s a lot of holidays this month that won’t get you off work but does give restaurants an excuse for elaborate feasts.
Where to celebrate Chinese New Year through food. Plus: A charity chef dinner, classy Super Bowl snacks, and more.
It’s the Year of the Snake, which means you should be eating dumplings. Trust us, it all makes sense if you’re Chinese.
Several streets will close in and around Chinatown on Sunday for the annual Chinese New Year Festival and Parade. The parade itself will run from approximately 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., while the Festival — including the setting off of a Giant Firecracker at 3:45 p.m. — runs all afternoon.
Yesterday marked the first day of the Lunar New Year, known to most people as Chinese New Year. In China, it’s a time to wipe out the old with rituals such as extensive house cleaning and usher in the new with new clothes and the consumption of lucky foods. One of my favorites is a sweet “nian gao” or rice cake.
Consider this Kevin H.’s “Kid on Dad’s Shoulders” annex to the sights and sounds of Chinese New Year. It was a tight race, but the adorable joy (or is it fear?) beat the adorable coat by the slimmest of margins. EXIF….
Photos and videos by Martin Locraft Apologies, golf nerds and gossip mongers, but there aren’t any Tiger Woods photos in this post. No Tiger puns, either. (Alright — maybe just one, a taxonomy. Tiger: Lion Cheetah.) It’s the Year of the Tiger But Not That Tiger. Today in Chinatown, thousands of people partied like it’s 4708, throwing pops into the street and paper streamers in the air. And standing in large, milling crowds. DCist photographer…
Photo by mosley.brian The Mount Vernon Triangle Blog passes on some deets on the Chinese Lunar New Year parade. The parade will take place in Chinatown from 2 to 5 p.m. tomorrow, with an attempt to set off a five-story firecracker (!) at 3:45 p.m. Washington’s Chinese community officially celebrate the New Year last weekend, but tomorrow is the party observed for the Year of the Tiger — a truly badass animal year. Year…
Plenty of our Flickr contributors went down to enjoy the annual Chinese Lunar New Year Parade on Sunday afternoon. Unfortunately, a lot of folks ended up disappointed by the sudden cancellation of the traditional five-story firecracker display. The lighting of the giant firecracker was finally called off after being delayed for a full two hours due to a suspected gas leak. We’ve heard from a lot of parade spectators who stood by through the entire…
We don’t know about you, but it’s friggin cold out there. Well, not for some of you. It seems as though places that are supposed to be cold are warm and places that are supposed to be warm are cold. Or maybe that’s just us. Either way, we’re freezing. Austinist said goodbye to their co-editor (sell-out) and played rumor monger on the SXSW lineup. And when dozens of dead birds littered downtown Austin, it’s…
