Where We've Been Drinking: CopyCat Co. At our recent lunch with them, one of the Wigle people mentioned that her favorite place for cocktails in DC was Copycat; just a few days later, some friends of ours suggested a double date at a bar conveniently located...
Where We've Been Drinking: Rasika When we decided to move to DC, all of our kind friends with DC connections sent us their lists of favorite restaurants. Rasika was near the top of everyone's list. We can see why. It's a bustling, completely full downtown restaurant. We...
Where We've Been Drinking: Aqua al 2 We have a fun tradition that we don't get to employ all that often (and that's a good thing, trust me), but when we do it's awfully fun. Whenever one of us begins a new job, a celebratory first...
Where We've Been Drinking: Chaplin's Ramen. Cocktails. Silent Film Era decor. We don't usually think of these things as being particularly strongly related to one another. Chaplin's obviously disagrees. Each of these three elements is so prominently featured in the restaurant's presentation of itself that it's clear the combination...
Do you know what makes a rye a rye or that gin actually starts out as a vodka? We didn't either until we visited One Eight Distilleries--a local to DC small bath distillery. ...
I had sworn off champagne for good, but our trip to Osteria Morini made me completely second guess this decision. ...
Where we've been drinking: The Partisan We love cocktail establishments that have good cocktails. No surprise, right? We also love when the vibe is funky, decor is fun, and the staff are friendly. The Partisan did quite well on most of these fronts, and therefore...
Where we've been drinking: POV POV. It's the swanky rooftop bar at the W Hotel. Everything we have read told us we should go there. And, after going there we can unequivocally say two things: It was a great way to start the evening. We're so glad...
One of the marvels of our new home of Washington, DC, is this phenomenon called happy hour. In our former stomping grounds of Massachusetts, discounting liquor prices at bars and restaurants is illegal (wWHAat?) and happy hours are non-existent. Here in DC, happy hours are...