The Anti-Diet Foodie
I wanted to take a few moments to give props to my 2019 DC Restaurant Week experience. Restaurant Week is one of my favorite times of the year. It actually happens a few times a year in various forms, so there are plenty of opportunities to enjoy these great deals. Quite a number of popular…
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On Thursday, I finished my last day of work at the law firm I’ve worked at for over four years. This was in preparation for my big move to Boston to start grad school. I’m just starting to adjust to life outside this law firm. Four years is a long time to be in a…
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I’ve continuously lived and/or worked in Bethesda for four and a half years. I have eaten at more Bethesda restaurants than I can count, but surprisingly I have not written about many of them. I suppose that could be because by the time I started this blog, I wasn’t having any “new” dining experiences in…
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Chef José Andrés is a bit of a local icon here in DC. He is a renowned Spanish chef who is often accredited for popularizing the Spanish tapas-style (small plates) dining in the United States. He has a number of restaurants throughout the country (find the full list here), but the highest concentration is in…
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This weekend was Mother’s Day weekend. I was lucky enough to get to see my mom this year, as she and my dad came to visit me. They were back home for actual Mother’s Day, but we got to spend a nice Friday and Saturday together. I always want to show my family some good…
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I swear that half of my friends were born in the last week of February. It is already a short month, and then I typically have all these birthday activities packed into that one week. That means I get in a ton of socializing, food, and booze into my schedule. My friend Andrew (not Andrew…
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Over the weekend, I had the opportunity to show some good friends one of my favorite DC restaurants, Founding Farmers. My friend Amy, who was one of my supervisors during my on-campus job in the community service office at Dickinson, was in town with her daughter, Meg, who was interviewing for grad school. Amy was…
Read MoreOh, how it has been such a crummy weekend. The dreary rain has been a damper on my spirit. On a Sunday like today, there is very little that will get me out of the house. One of those would be Indian food with all the warm spices and goodness in my stomach. Another one would…
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Since I started my blog, I have been searching for all things food-related to do in DC. I am no stranger to eating out in DC, but I wanted a more personal experience with food. I was scrolling through the “food” tab on Facebook events looking for inspiration for my blog. This is how I…
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Today, I attended the Around the World Cultural Food Festival in Freedom Plaza. I think it would have been better named ‘A Foodie Paradise.’ Local restaurants represented food from Argentina, Brazil, China, Colombia, El Salvador, Greece, Guam, Hawaii, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Lebanon, Nigeria, Peru, Trinidad & Tobago, New Orleans, and Vietnam. DC is an international…
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