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08/11/2026

This is how I find where to go to see the Perseids meteor shower around DC. You do need to drive because of the light pollution, but it’s worth doing!

08/05/2026

DC Summer Restaurant Week is August 24-30, 2026 and there are 7 restaurants with Michelin Stars participating! Get your reservations while you can.

5 of them are doing Restaurant Week almost all month!

Details in the link in my bio, or check the comments

This list only includes Michelin Starred restaurants, not Michelin Bib Gourmand or Guide restaurants

Photos from a visit to Rooster & Owl

08/03/2026

How Clyde’s of Georgetown led to one of the most famous movie scenes in the past 20 years: Anchorman’s accapella version of Starland Vocal Band’d Afternoon Delight

08/01/2026

All I need is the smallest of affirmations to talk about old photos, so when the Smithsonian told me the fact that I had an old photo of my great grandmother in the old style bathing suits was amazing in a comment, I had to share.

Sea Isle did have a lighthouse but not as tall as the one in the photo to my knowledge. They lived in Philadelphia and would go to the Jersey shore, and at least by the time she had my grandfather, would go to Sea Isle

07/31/2026

Things to do in DC this weekend (July 31 through August 2, 2026)

Link is in the comments, or you can find the link in my bio

07/22/2026

not a cheap spot, i’d been wanting to go since i tried them at an event last year. here’s my honest review of everything my friend and i had. it’s in the conrad hotel

Estuary
10th & New York Ave NW

07/11/2026

kenilworth aquatic gardens in dc is my favorite place and it’s gotten more and more popular. here are my tips as someone who loves going every year

have you been before?

07/06/2026

Petworth Pretty Kitties Cat Crawl is back on October 3! I announced it to my newsletter a few weeks ago, but owed you all an update. Come admire cats with other DC cat lovers.

Link with more info is in the comments and my bio!

07/01/2026

A European summer, but with more water given freely and constantly please

06/25/2026

The baby spotted lantern flies you see littered around DC and the DMV aren’t bodies, they’re exoskeletons 😬

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