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One thing Washingtonians know is how to celebrate a holiday.

If you missed yesterday's festivities on the National Mall, be sure to visit one of the city's vibrant Mexican restaurants to throw back a tangy margarita and enjoy the salsa rhythms.

Cabanas
3050 K Street, NW
(202) 944-4242

Cactus Cantina
3300 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
(202) 686-7222

Cafe Citron
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On Saturday, April 12, immediately following the National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade, is the 48th Annual Japanese Street Festival Sakura Matsuri. It’s the largest one-day exhibition of Japanese culture in the country and stretches for six blocks from the White House to the FBI Headquarters.

From sushi to origami, from karate to sake, from Anime and manga to J-POP music, ...

If you haven’t had a chance to see the cherry blossoms, there are still lots of events planned to highlight DC’s thousands of cherry trees.

The annual National Cherry Blossom Festival commemorates the 1912 gift from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo to the city of Washington, DC. The first two trees were planted on ...

In addition to the DC Independent Film Festival, another show has come to town.

Movie lovers are in for a treat with the annual DC Environmental Film Festival. The festival showcases more than 115 documentary, feature, animated, archival, experimental and children’s films at 45 venues throughout the city, including museums, embassies, libraries, universities and local theaters. Most films are free ...

Over the next 11 days, Washingtonians will get the opportunity to view more than 100 provocative independent films. DC's answer to Sundance, the 10th Annual DC Independent Film Festival, 6 - 16 March 2008, kicks off tonight at 7pm in the Jack Morton Auditorium of George Washington University.

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For this blog posting, I'm not going to tell you about any of DC's gems or goings-on.  Instead, I'd like you to send me your favorite things to do and see in the Washington area, places to visit, eat, shop and sleep here, as well as any other local gems you've discovered in your peripatetic forays into our nation's capital.  I call this approach "Interactive Blogging."

This call for input is motivated not ...

With so many activity choices in Washington, DC, on any given day, it can be overwhelming to decide what to do, especially on the weekend.  Here are my Top Three picks for this coming Saturday, 29 September.  Since I'm into economizing, all the activities I've chosen are FREE.  Keep a sharp eye out and you just might see me at one, or all, of them!

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The Barns at Wolf Trap, a woodsy concert venue in Virginia, about 30 minutes west of downtown Washington, DC, recently announced their Fall-Winter '07-'08 lineup.  Wolf Trap, often associated with the NPR set, is known for its dedication to high-quality artists who uphold the inspiring musical legacies of jazz, folk, classical, and rock. 

If you're planning a trip to DC in October, mark your calendar to go see (among others):  folk-singer sisters the Nields ...

Don your kilts and tune your bagpipes lasses and laddies, as you prepare to be transported back to the land of heather and tartans through song.  This Friday, 21 September 2007, at 7:30 pm, gather at the National Geographic Society's Grosvenor Auditorium for what promises to be a lively and moving concert of Scottish music, featuring renowned Scottish fiddler Bonnie Rideout and Scotland's premier musicologist, Dr. John Purser.  The dynamic duo will ...

Calling all ye Lords and Ladies, knights, damsels, rogues, wenches, good sirs, and entertainers of all kinds!  Prepare thyselves for merriment at the annual Maryland Renaissance Festival in Crownsville, MD (just outside Annapolis).  This has been a favorite tradition of mine since moving to DC many years ago.  (Check out the photos, below!)

Put on your best medieval garb and prepare to laugh at jugglers ...