Dec 02, 2016
Garden District Wants to Liquor Up Your Christmas
Now through December 18th, the outdoor bar and barbecue joint is re-imagined as a Christmas beer garden.
Nov 25, 2016
How to Eat Your Way Through D.C. This Week
Kick your Thanksgiving hangover with these upcoming events.
May 28, 2015
The Best Barbecue In The D.C. Area, Part 2
Summertime. Time to eat some freakin’ barbecue.
Aug 15, 2006
Hosta La Vista, Third Day
According to the Bible, God created plants “and other green stuff” on the third day. But yesterday was a sad day for all green stuff when, as we mentioned earlier, the Post reported that one of the city’s only metropolitan garden shops and 35 year-old Dupont landmark has decided to close its doors in November. Third Day was a corner shop — in both physical location and quaint personality — with a reputation for selling…
Jun 15, 2006
Arts Agenda: Take A Walk
It’s going to be a beautiful weekend, folks. Don’t spend it inside watching some lame soccer game (yeah, I said it). Get some sun, some exercise, and – better than that – get some art this Saturday. Go ahead, grab your roommate, your sweetie-pie, or hey, subvert the Hallmark Establishment by bonding with Dad on your own time, and set off on an art walk to our local galleries. A number of shows are closing…
Apr 21, 2006
District Green Thumb Seeks New Location
It’s spring, the season for all those bare tree branches to sprout gorgeous green leaves, for daffodils to pop up along Dupont Circle, for those of us with a green thumb to try and flex it in any way we can. For the past few years, Joe Carmack’s Garden District store on 14th Street has been one of those places ready to help city gardeners get primed with perfect plants for the season. The store’s…
Dec 02, 2005
Shop for the Greater Good
Now that Black Friday and her bastard half-brother Cyber Monday are behind us, it’s time to ditch mall food court and Internet cafes in favor of shopping among a real, slightly more civilized crowd. On Saturday, several local businesses are partnering to host charity shopping events benefiting oh-so worthy organizations. As if that weren’t reason enough to break out the plastic, the D.C. tax holiday is still in full effect. Suddenly we’re feeling festive… Shopping…