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Does DC Have a Signature Dish?
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Check out the beautiful section of the Capital Crescent Trail between Bethesda and Silver Spring - just a few blocks from the Bethesda Metro. There are beautiful cathedral arches of trees that are more than a hundred years old. Lovely Sycamore, Be...
My favorite oasis of nature in this region is the Potomac River Gorge, the 15-mile river corridor from Great Falls to Georgetown, which also happens to be one of the most biologically rich areas in the eastern United States. The Potomac Gorge is a...
My favorite walk is the small apron of greenspace surrounding the Takoma Park metro that WMATA has supposedly sold to developers to build 98 double-garaged townhouses. There are 200 trees on these few acres, which also include parking for about 10...
Thanks to everyone for sharing their favorite nature spots in the DC region! Just a heads-up: Metro Connection host David Furst and naturalist Mark Garland will be joining us for a live chat about this series today at 2 p.m. on The Conversation.
The Anacostia Metro stop on the green line is right across from Poplar Point--at this time still National Park Service land. It's right next to the Anacostia River with a view of the Capitol building--especially from the top of the parking garage....
Lynn Mobley said:
"Now, if they franchised all over the place... it would do for DC what Skyline Chili did for Ohio..."
With Ben's new(ish) location at National Park... that may already be happening!
Once there was no food scene here, and the big games in town were the Maison Blanche, the Gaslight, Phillips Flagship - THEN the rum buns at the Flagship might have qualified as a DC dish - bet they still serve them. But think - Cincinnati has chi...
I don't think there is a D.C. dish because most people who live here come from someplace else so the food is just a big smorgasborg. When I have a chance to sell people on having an authentic D.C. experience, I always tell them to cap of the sight...
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