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Mini Itinerary: Romantic Valentine's Day Date (FREE download!) Looking for some creative, last minute ideas to spice up your date night for Valentine's Day? You're in luck!
With Valentine's Day just around the corner, we came up with a few unexpected and totally fun date night ideas. Check out all our unexpected date ideas below! P.S. These don’t have to be only for Valentine’s Day. You can also use this as a go-to list for excuses for a date night.
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Whether you're a couch potato or adventure seeker, we've got you covered  CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH Black History Month Activities in DC for February and Beyond February is the shortest month of the year (even in leap years, when it has 29 days instead of 28), but that doesn't mean there isn't lots to do in the city.
We've got a mix of virtual and in real life recommendations for every interest: There's skiing and tubing, virtual plays, hikes under the full moon, craft nights, Valentine's Day celebration ideas, ways to ring in the Chinese New Year, and more! Note: We've curated recommendations for ways to celebrate Black History Month in a separate post so be sure to check that out, too! Curious Caravan's Guide to Everything You Need for Your Biden-Harris Inauguration Watch Party1/18/2021  Two days! Just two more days until Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. The National Mall is closed and DC is practically on lock down for security reasons, but that doesn’t make the occasion any less a cause for celebration. We're curated a mix of virtual and IRL things to do, and local food and drink specials for you to throw the best at-home inauguration party ever, so don your best red, white, and blue loungewear and nestle up on the couch and get ready to celebrate! WHAT TO DO:
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Comfort Eat Your Way Through Inauguration Day: Biden-Harris Themed Menu Specials at DC Restaurants1/14/2021 Calories don't count for a historic event, right?  We've been comforting eating our way through the 2020 election and have no intentions of stopping in these final days until the main event--Inauguration Day. With emotions running so high, you're going to need some delicious food to binge eat and comfort you during this historical transition day. Luckily, DC's restaurants have come through with food and drink specials that honor soon-to-be-sworn-in President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, America's first female vice president.
If you're celebrating in your living room on Wednesday, local bars and restaurants have cooked up commemorative dishes, beers and cocktails to help make your sofa feel more festive, no matter how far you are from the Capitol. Here are few inauguration-themed offerings to whet your appetite. Bundle up, get out there and explore!  A new year is the perfect time to set new intentions and grab the opportunity to try new things!
Whether you plan to connect with nature, chill and watch a film festival, or checking out the latest event at Victura Park, we've curated a list of 20+ things to do (virtual and in-person) that will keep you busy all month long. Celebrate in-person or at home!  The great irony of New Year’s Eve 2020, though, is that there’s never been a year to which we’re more excited to bid farewell, and yet, we can’t celebrate its departure in the all-out, stay-up-until-sunrise, shutdown-the-dancefloor way we otherwise might.
But just as we adapted Halloween and Thanksgiving and Christmas, there are plenty of options for bidding good riddance to this crazy year. Here’s a mix of virtual and in-person ways to spend New Year’s Eve and, at last, welcome 2021. Huzzah! 
There’s so much to be thankful for this holiday season—family, home, and of course, food. As we dash around in a frenzy looking for recipes for family feasts or restaurants with dine-in or take-home menus, there's an unexpected culinary option that deserves to part of your meal planning this year.
Skip Bon Appetit and look to the U.S. Botanic Garden for holiday-inspired recipes and cooking demos this year. Yep, the botanic gardens ... surprise! Led by the Cook Sisters - Danielle and Adrienne are cooking writers and avid gardeners - each online class features seasonal produce and lessons on botanic and culinary connections. Classes are free. USBG and the Cook Sisters will take you from Thanksgiving leftovers to holiday cocktails and New Year's Day brunch in delicious, homemade style with fresh, seasonal ingredients. You'll have great meals and recipes to savor, a new appreciation of farm-to-table foods, and a whole new way of thinking about USBG, which celebrated its 200th anniversary last year and has a history dating back to founding fathers George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. This Election Has Been Stressful AF. Your Ultimate Guide to Coping with Election Day Anxiety10/30/2020  This has been a year like no other, and by all accounts, it will be an election night like no other. But first things first, you've got to make sure to VOTE on Election Day if you haven't already completed early voting or mailed in your ballot. It's the one thing you can control right now.
For some, the historic event is going to be an irresistible chance to scroll through Twitter, light up group chats and leave the news humming in the background on a TV. But for others, it’s the perfect opportunity to practice some self-care instead of stressing out for hours, or maybe even days. If you're part of the "wake me when it's over" crowd, we've compiled some suggestions that can hopefully help distract you from Election Day (or beyond) anxiety.  You really need only two things for a picnic: a tasty, portable snack and a place to eat it.
You can take the DIY approach and avail yourself of the myriad summery selections in local markets, but if you prefer to have a chef do the work, here’s a taste of the most portable to-go picnic basket menus for all of your summer celebrations. We've curated six places to pick-up the perfect prepared picnic grub! A continuing series about awesome social distance activities in DC to keep you entertained during the outbreak and inspired to keep daydreaming about your next adventure in the Nation's capital  It's still April isn't it? Or is it May already?
The weekdays are starting to run together in a foggy blur, but there are plenty of virtual and social-distance-safe weekend entertainment options out there to help keep your sanity and help support local DC businesses during the coronavirus shutdown. If you've almost out of virtual museums and exhibits to explore, we've put together an itinerary of things to try, DIY and buy this weekend. |
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