What’s a summer weekend without good eats, great wines and an outdoor venue? Virginians love them a festival particularly when it involves the grand nectar of grapes and a fun daytime community-oriented experience. Get ready for Alexandria’s Food & Wine Festival, which will take place from noon-5pm (rain or shine) on Saturday, June 23rd at [...]
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The Most Important (and Influential) Meal of the Day
Recently, I had the pleasure of starting off my Friday (and my weekend) with a breakfast meeting at the Park Hyatt Washington’s Blue Duck Tavern. Now, I don’t know about you, but my standard first meal of the day, and yes, I actually break my fast eagerly, unlike some folks, consists of two pieces of [...]
Chris4Life Launches Changes4Life Series : FRESHFARM Markets Offers 14 Handy Tips on Making Your Way Around a Farmers Market
Summer (swimsuit season!) is for all intents and purposes HERE. However, every season offers us an invitation to make positive changes in our lifestyles, better decisions, and healthy living choices to look better and feel better. Think about it. January is the new year, spring is clean out the closet/out with the old in with [...]
P.O.V Summer Cocktail Party with Gilt City
By Punch Preview Correspondent Whitney Stringer On Tuesday night a posh group of Washingtonians gathered at P.O.V. Roof Terrace and Lounge, the stylish rooftop bar at W Hotel. P.O.V. partnered with Gilt City, the popular site from Gilt Groupe offering great insider prices for exclusive offers and adventures around town. To kick-off summer, the evening [...]
Hold the Fire! Lunch at Sixth Engine Restaurant
The whole world of “Mass Ave” and I mean the lower numbers, not Embassy Row, is not my stomping ground. Not even near it to be exact. However, since I’ve begun to feel like a hungry female version of Bill Murray in “Groundhog Day” as of late, that neighborhood is looking more and more attractive, [...]
Warm Spring Weather Welcomes the Patio @ J&G Steakhouse
By Punch Correspondent Karen Garnick Living in the Nation’s Capital, what is better than sipping on a martini with your besties, sitting around an outdoor fire pit on a warm summer night, with views of the most powerful block in America? Well, not much, and you can get all this and more at J&G Steakhouse’s [...]
The Wines of Lebanon at Kababji Grill in Dupont
By Punch Pep Correspondent Elizabeth Fischer When a wine event hits my inbox – I jump (literally and figuratively) at the chance to cover. I love wine and I love learning about wine. (Yes, I am a nerd because I love learning – period! :) – I once wondered how long the government would grant my [...]
Punch Pick : Park Hyatt Masters of Food & Wine Present a FRESHFARM Market Culinary Experience
When can we start this cloning of human beings business? Sigh. I will be at a wedding in Mexico when this event is scheduled, but friends, this is one Masters of Food & Wine you should not miss, especially because it involves a field trip. Field trips! Love them. And Megan McGrath, our Punch Palate [...]
Punch Pick: Shirlie’s Girls Night Out in Shirlington This Thursday
Shirlie’s Girls Night Out is back at the Village at Shirlington. Starting Thursday, April 5th from 5-10pm, the village’s best restaurants, shops, boutiques and salons will host trunk shows, cocktails, treats and special happy hour promotions once-a-month for a Shirlington-style girls night out (summer dates are May 3, June 7, July 5, and August 2). [...]
A Visit to a Common Threads Class at CulinAerie
I had the fortunate opportunity to stop by CulinAerie (1131 14th Street, NW) on Monday to visit a Common Threads cooking class. This particular class hailed from Bancroft Elementary, which also happens to be the first school in D.C. that had the Common Threads program. Currently, there are four schools in the nation’s capital that [...]
Save the Date for An Evening with Common Threads “Chefs Celebrating Children in the Kitchen” : April 26th
I’m a firm believer in things happening for a reason and timing is everything and things end up the way they are supposed to and people end up with whom they are supposed to be. Ok, perhaps that allows the universe to take a bit more control than some folks like to let it. But, [...]
Oyamel Cocina Mexicana Celebrates its Fifth-Annual Tequila & Mezcal Festival
By Punch Passport Correspondent Lori González Lazzarini Last week I attended a Complimentary Tequila & Mezcal Tasting at Oyamel with one of my best friends. We arrived at the restaurant located in Penn Quarter area and we were quickly escorted towards a back room which was filled with other bloggers holding a variety of crafty [...]
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