Wherein I establish my place in the food chain

All of my closest friends in DC are incredible cooks. Before I developed much of a social network here I was working on culinary skillz of my own, but my learning curve plateaued with the introduction of people who know a lot more about food than I do. (more…)

Saturday night is Canada night in DC.

Third weekend in the last…five featuring a Saturday night performance by a prominent Canadian indie rock band at the 9:30 club. I should be so lucky that it’d never end. Metric last month? Terrific, of course. Stars last week? Probably even better… but I don’t think I’d trade both those shows straight up for the one the New Pornographers put on this weekend. (more…)