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Cookbooks and More ~ Your Holiday Gift Giving Guide

Jordan Wright December 2018

Some new and notable books arrived this year, many of which surprised me by their diversity and flat-out culinary allure. All but one are food-related, and the authors have generously consented to share some of their best recipes. See below.

The following four writers are local to the DC and […]

Nibbles and Sips Around Town ~ December 2018

December 2018 Jordan Wright

Del Mar at The Wharf DC ~ Kith + Kin ~ Baba Presents New Fall/Winter Menu ~ Hay-Adams’ Deluxe Dining with New Chefs ~ Elegant Holiday Teas at the Mandarin Oriental and the Hay-Adams ~ Santa Visits The Fairmont Hotel ~ Taco Bamba Taqueria ~ Lupo Verde

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Holiday Happenings

Jordan Wright December 3, 2018 Special to The Alexandria Times

Christmas at the Old Bull & Bush – Originally staged in the Old Vat Room at Arena Stage, this delightful show harkens back to the famed Hampstead, England public house circa 1918. The 6-person variety show promises to jolly up your holidays with Vaudeville-era […]

Christmas at the Old Bull & Bush ~ MetroStage

Jordan WrightDecember 11, 2018 Special to The Alexandria Times

Katherine Riddle & Jimmy Mavrikes ~Photo credit ~ C. Stanley Photography

If visions of sugarplums are dancing in your head, then this probably isn’t the show for you. No, Virginia, this is for those that see Christmas as a time to carouse, occasionally reflect, […]

Indecent ~ Arena Stage

Jordan Wright December 1, 2018

Paula Vogel’s Indecent is not your typical holiday entertainment. It’s dark and foreboding. Opening during the season of Hanukkah, it strikes one as an unusual period to put on a tale about the travails of a group of Polish Jewish actors who meet a terrible end in Nazi Poland. […]

Beautiful ~ The Carole King Musical ~ National Theatre

Jordan Wright November 29, 2018

Carnegie Hall. Sarah Bockel (Carole King) ~ Photo credit: Joan Marcus

Where were you when you first heard The Righteous Brothers sing “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling” or “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” by The Shirelles? Maybe you were dancing to “Locomotion” by Little Eva or “Up […]