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Nibbles and Sips Around Town – May 18, 2015

Jordan Wright May 18, 2015

Robert Wiedmaier Opens Villain & Saint (You wish you had this bar in your neighborhood!); Lupo Verde Springs to Life with New Seasonal Menu; AC Hotel Brings Euro Vibe to National Harbor; Mastro’s Steakhouse Stakes Its Claim on 13th Street; Blue Duck Tavern Reveals Its Roots

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The Blood Quilt – Arena Stage

Jordan Wright May 11, 2015 Special to The Alexandria Times

L to R) Meeya Davis as Amber, Nikiya Mathis as Cassan, Caroline Clay as Gio, Afi Bijou as Zambia and Tonye Patano as Clementine in Katori Hall’s The Blood Quilt – Photo by C. Stanley Photography.

Earth, wind and fire blew into town […]

Nibbles and Sips Around Town – May 6, 2015

Jordan Wright May 6, 2015

Scanning the course

Whisk and Quill was delighted to accept an invitation to attend the 90th running of the Virginia Gold Cup last weekend in The Plains, Virginia, as a judge for their prestigious tailgate competition – – a hard-fought and entirely subjectively-judged contest pitting talented and sophisticated […]

Crave Satisfies With A Seasonally Evolving Menu

By Cary Pollak for Whisk and Quill Special to DC Metro Theater Arts

In January Crave American Kitchen and Sushi Bar, a Minnesota-based chain, opened its newest outpost in the Westfield Montgomery Mall in Bethesda. The restaurant is living up to the ambitious expectations set for it by its Twin Cities parent company, Kaskaid, […]

The Odd Couple – The Female Version

The Little Theatre of Alexandria Jordan Wright April 27, 2015 Special to The Alexandria Times

Brendan Quinn (Jesus), Jennifer Lyons Pagnard (Florence), Gayle Nichols-Grimes (Olive), and Philip Krzywicki (Manolo) – Photos by Keith Waters / Kx Photography

Neil Simon’s long-running, ever-popular play The Odd Couple has had more reincarnations than an Indian […]

A Weekend Getaway To Staunton, Virginia

Jordan Wright April 20, 2015 Special to The Alexandria Times

At The Shack

My plan to spend a weekend in Staunton (pronounced “Staan’-tun”, please and thank you) was hatched last year when I heard of a young chef who was gathering a national reputation for imaginative food served up in a tiny […]