Oct 10, 2007
Buyin’ Oeno: What’s For Dinner?
For some, finding that perfect wine and food pairing can be an overwhelming and intimidating task. Sure, you can always fall back on that “trusty” rule of white wine with white meat and red wine with red meat, but is that really the best that you can come up with? How about replacing those two thoughts with two new ones that are just as easy to remember? Next time you are trying to pick a…
May 30, 2007
Buyin’ Oeno: Summer Picks
As wine quickly edges out beer as the top alcoholic beverage of choice by Americans, depending on your source, it seemed only natural to add a wine column into our mix of other food and drink related topics. Every other Wednesday, to mirror Eating In, we will bring you information on wine trends, news, events in the area, and any other pertinent information to your ever-increasing wine consumption. For our first installment we want to…
Aug 27, 2006
Elsewhere in the Ist-a-verse
If it weren’t for our life as an -ist, we’re not sure we’d ever leave our apartment. Fortunately, to fully -ist, one must seek out the new, the fresh, and the unknown. Brand new, or just new to us, that’s what we’re all about this week. Phillyist keeps it fresh by getting a new motto, learning to prioritize, and taking in an experimental indie rock show. Torontoist does their first post in franglais, gets ready…
Mar 14, 2006
Come to Washington
Vince Scheuerman, eat your heart out. This morning, DCist’s inbox contained a press release announcing an upcoming party kicking off a campaign to adopt a city song for Washington. The effort calls itself, “Come to Washington: A Song for the City,” and it’s thrown its support behind “Come to Washington,” a treacly bit of civic pride penned by Lincoln Ross, a longtime D.C. musician whose past work has included stints with Count Basie and Donald…
Apr 12, 2005
New Wine, Good Deals at Charlie Palmer Steak
Charlie Palmer Steak has already received serious accolades from the Washington press (three stars from Tom Sietsema and one of the D.C. area’s 100 best restaurants from the Washingtonian, for example) but the “very expensive” price point can often put people off. The restaurant’s $20.05 lunch menu, which gives you a choice of an appetizer, an entrées (from a list of two), and a dessert at Restaurant Week prices is one easy way to enjoy…