DC Area Nightlife, Entertainment and Recreation
Greetings from the front line of DC beer bars, Cinco de Maniacs! While you are chugging Coronitas and dodging margarita salt and lime wedge assaults like web blasts from Spiderman for Cinco de Mayo this month, please don’t forget to treat your palate to a few additional selections at your local craft beer bars. Sure,… read more »
Cue William Shatner’s cover of Pulp’s “Common People” ladies and gents and let’s get rocking! This month President Obama descended upon the common ordinary masses of my H Street/Capitol Hill neighborhood not once, but TWICE. First, he visited the highly-anticipated and hyped Boundary Road for dinner and then slugged back a pint of Guinness on… read more »
March in DC is a month of Cherry Blossoms, March Madness hoops and little green men – of the wannabe Irish leprechaun variety. For me, pizza and beer has always been an integral part of the Madness that is March. So whether your teams win or lose, or you’re into green beer or pink trees… read more »
Prepare to ROCK your socks off ladies and gentlemen! The 12th Annual ShamrockFest experience is coming back to the RFK Stadium Festival Grounds in DC Saturday, March 24 at 1p.m. for eight FULL hours of music, interactive Irish entertainment and carnival-like attractions and activities. Featuring over 50 bands and DJs, 10 massive stages, and 15… read more »
February is the month of love and my birthday, (coincidentally on Valentine’s Day), so this month treat you and that certain special someone or whoever you’re hooking up with to a tasty beer and let them know you care…or care enough to get them in the mood! God knows that in a month of Super… read more »
When most people romanticize about the holidays they think of presents, scrumptious pies, Christmas trees, jubilant houses beaming across the parkways with lights, menorahs and yes even inflatable statues of Santa and Jesus Christ, but I (Thee Ridiculous Nicholas) am also reminded of the epic quantities and palatial opportunities to drink good beer with friends… read more »
This past month, I had my first Golden Monkey by Victory Brewing at 9:30 Club. The staff tells me they call it the “trouble monkey” because of its high alcohol percentage (9.5% ABV) and adverse effects on concert goers who treat it it like a typical beer. My face actually got flush about half way… read more »
Just in case you haven’t heard—Pauly shore isn’t dead. In fact, in 2011 he’s back with a few feature length films, a Vegas variety show and a new comedy tour that’s ripping across the nation like a schizophrenic bull in a china shop. We caught up with him in California last week, and let me… read more »
I don’t know who coined the analogy “you’ve got to have your exes before your ohs,” but it certainly seems to apply to Fitz and the Tantrums, an indie-retro-soul group from California who got their start and their musical inspiration from a bad — make that a very bad — breakup. Singer Michael Fitzpatrick got… read more »
Move over Drew Brees. Madden 2011 has a rising all-star this year. Bill Madden, the mastermind and executive brewer at Mad Fox Brewery is trouncing the beer competition like Aaron Rodgers against the Steelers in the Super Bowl. Pint for pint, growler for growler, pizza for pizza, and even frickle for frickle (that’s a fried… read more »
