The Diner: Beer, omelets for late-night afterparties
WHAT Good diner cuisine on a relatively tight budget.
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WHAT Good diner cuisine on a relatively tight budget.
Every year autumn promises to bring crisp weather, pumpkin spice lattes at Starbucks and a stack of enjoyable reads to curl up in a wool blanket with. This fall, expect to find science fiction, politics, fantasy, crime and suspense hitting the bookshelves in several highly anticipated novels of 2010.
It’s hard to imagine that a town that offers great food, unique boutiques and an incredible waterfront is just several (OK, 15) Metro stops from AU, but Alexandria’s historic Old Town is just the place. Merely minutes away from the King Street blue line Metro stop, there is a bevy of quaint cafés and bakeries to satisfy the hungriest foodie and enough boutiques to fill the shopaholic’s fashion quota of the month. If you have a free Saturday before finals, be sure to check out these can’t-miss destinations in Old Town Alexandria:
Carl Paladino really wants you to try his sorbet. When AU students are hurrying to make their next class on Wednesday afternoons, Paladino, vice president of distribution at Micha’s Sorbet, calls out to anyone and everyone to try a free sample. To a texting passerby, Paladino exclaims, “You know what would go good with that phone? A free sample! Come and get your free sample of sorbet!”
The television sensation “Glee” premiered its five-months-in-the-making Madonna-centric episode last Tuesday to high expectations, and didn’t fail to deliver.
For Bethesda-Chevy Chase Restaurant Week, trendy tapas restaurant Jaleo whittled its detailed menu down to a five-course meal featuring the best of its traditional and modern Spanish fare. For a mere $30, diners were able to share generous portions of Jaleo’s most popular dishes, served on modern white flatware at a relatively speedy pace.
"New York, I Love You" Grade: B-