I don’t know if Kaira “Nikki” Johnson is positioning herself to be a curator, promoter, or impresario for a new generation of visual artists, including herself (graphic artist) but she’s pushing an exhibit of new work by women artists in DC titled “Art of the Soul.” Workshops are included presented by Words Beats & [...]
Those of us who are holed up indoors from the great blizzard of 2010 have been amusing ourselves on-line, sharing grocery store inventory, cravings, menus, DVD recommendations, weather updates, power outages, federal closings, and of course snow removal adventures. Call it “snocial media.” Jackie sent the ladies this picture of her son Randy’s [...]
This is one year I wish I was in New Orleans for Mardi Gras. The city’s already pumped about the Saints being in the Super Bowl. And as UndercoverBlackman told me “The city really needs this.”
But I’m working Fat Tuesday on another Mardi Gras celebration at Eatonville Restaurant for Food and [...]
Yesterday, I had the pleasure and opportunity to see White House social secretary Desiree Rogers and deputy social secretary Joe Reinstein at a meeting of NATCAP, the national society of government meeting professionals inside the National Archives building in downtown Washington. I have to give NATCAP credit, so far there has been no press [...]
My friend Clayton LeBouef sent me his latest: Political, social, cultural commentator Repetey Green (portrayed by Clayton LeBouef). Anyone who’s been around DC for a long while or saw the glaringly inaccurate, “Talk To Me,” based on, I suppose the posturing of the real Ralph Waldo “Petey” Greene (who never spun records in [...]
Here’s the next Food and Folklore event for January:
Here’s the menu:
Passed Hors D’ouevres
Mojito Marinated Grilled Chicken Skewers
Tostones topped with Black Bean Puree and Habanera-Lime Sour Cream
Shrimp and Scallop Ceviche
Empanadas de Queso
First Course
Avocado-Mango Salad with Jalapeno Lime Vinaigrette
Entrée
Grilled Pork Tenderloin or Red Snapper with Guava Glaze and Mojo Sauce
over Black Beans and Rice
Dessert
Coconut Caramel and Rum [...]
This is the last week of the Man Ray, African Art and the Modernist Lens exhibit at the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC. If you know DC, you know it’s tough for a native like me to shell out $12 to see an art exhibit with all the free Smithsonians in town. But [...]
As I said this week, I will do everything in my power to make sure our hard-working men and women in our intelligence, law enforcement and homeland security communities have the tools and resources they need to keep America safe. This includes making sure these communities-and the people in them-are coordinating effectively and are [...]
When I learned the Trapeze School New York was coming to DC, I was psyched. I just knew I was going to be flying through the air with the greatest of ease before the year was out. I remember hearing stories about circus school right outside the beltway; and yep, I did see [...]
National Geographic Travel blog features the first Food and Folklore at Eatonville Restaurant with special guest [Zora Neale] Hurston biographer Valerie Boyd. I guess it’s official. I’m a “Zorahead.”
