A weekend in Washington, DC

It has been ten years since I last visited Washington, D.C., and to me it felt a lot different back then. The city seemed vastly more residential with small, concentrated pockets of hip commercial activity in neighborhoods like Adams Morgan, Dupont Circle, etc. Simply put, it just seemed real chill for a major metropolitan city. After spending this past weekend there, I no longer have that impression.

Commercial activity has seemed to really taken off in D.C., giving it an energetic pulse reminiscent of Lower Manhattan’s East Village. I also discovered that the hoopla over the city’s restaurant renaissance is certainly merited.

On my first

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