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Jul 13, 2012

Aux Armes, Citoyens: How to Celebrate Bastille Day in D.C.

Tomorrow, it is the duty of Francophiles everywhere to rise up and make chaos. Porquois, you ask? It’s Bastille Day, of course. Here are the best ways to stick it to King Louis XVI.

Jul 15, 2010

Click Click: Bastille Day Block Party

Bastille Day was yesterday, and you know what that means: French maids. No, seriously. DCist staff photographer James Calder was on hand for L’Enfant Cafe and Bar’s Bastille Day Block Party on 18th Street NW, in which teams of “maids” — some with much higher hems than others — tried to move as much champagne from one end of a crowded space to another. With a spoon. There was even some controversy: two teams actually…

 
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