No other pizza
parlor in
Washington
DC
packs in as much
jollity as Comet
Ping Pong. This
retro retreat, where
the green tabletops
and round white
lights support a
Ping-Pong theme with
an igloo-shaped,
wood-fueled oven in
back that issues
pizza pies that are
as good for their
thin and yeasty
crusts as for their
out of the ordinary
toppings. Find out
more after the Jump:
Comet Ping
Pong Washington DC
DC's Comfort Food Diner
The Duplex Diner is the neighborhood gathering place
in Washington DC. From the beginning, the Duplex Diner filled a void that existed in DC – a fun and inviting bar and restaurant where you can
go and have drinks or dinner any night of the week and always feel welcome, whether you
are sitting at a booth with friends or solo at the bar.
The Duplex Diner offers deceptively simple fare—classic comfort foods like Mac and Cheese, Meatloaf, Tater Tots, Pork Chops, Brownie Sundaes, as well as Low Country favorites like Fried Green Tomatoes, Shrimp and Grits and seasonal Cobblers.
More after the Jump:
Duplex Diner
Washington DC
Capital Pride, the Gay Pride
of a Nation
Join over 200,000
people for
Washington DC's 37th
annual Capital Pride
on historic
Pennsylvania Ave.
This pioneering Gay
and Lesbian Pride
street festival
takes place between
the United States
Capital and the
White House, just
steps away from the
National Mall and in
the heart of the
nation's
governmental center.
The parade winds it
way through
Northwest Washington
DC's Gay Village in
the area surrounding
Dupont Circle.
Parking is always an
issue, so attendees
are encouraged to
use the Metro. As
always get all of
the details after
the Jump:
Capital
Pride, Washington DC
City Guide Columns
It was the summer of 1958.
Eisenhower was president. Federal
troops were ordered into Little
Rock, Arkansas to aid in the
integration of public schools.
Explorer I was launched, as was
NASA. The first-ever Grammy Awards
were given, Ella Fitzgerald won two
of them and...
Ben's Chili Bowl Opened
Fourteen years after the
founding of our nation in 1776,
Washington D.C.
rose from the Potomac wetlands
as a federal territory, separate
yet equal from the fledgling 15
states. Over two centuries
later, the emblematic Capitol
Building stands as the epicenter
of the United States’ waning
superpower status, international
mystique, and the dividing
point
of the federal district itself.
Our capitol’s politically
charged population spends day
and night immersed in the
intricacies that run our country
– formulating policy and
advocating change, lobbying on
Capitol Hill, networking during
happy hour, commemorating U.S.
history, tipping political
gridlock, and spending excessive
sums of government money on
absolutely anything and
absolutely nothing.
Capital Pride is the
annual LGBT pride
festival held in early
June each year in
Washington, D.C. The
festival is planned and
produced by
Whitman-Walker Clinic,
an AIDS medical service
organization.
While the daily grind in DC is
more subdued than New York City,
the lifestyle is equally
stimulating and even more
accessible. Despite 68 square
miles of land and water, the
majority of destination DC
radiates a mere few miles from
the Capitol Building. A highly
expedient Metro and MetroBus
system, pedestrian friendly
streets and inequitable flat
rate taxis allow visitors and
residents to easily master
Pierre Charles L’ Enfant’s urban
planning conundrum. Within the
small enclave of alphabet
streets and state-named avenues
lie the trimmed hedges, the
verdant squares, the exquisite
Victorian homes, the gayborhood
circles, and the concoction of
neoclassical, gothic, Georgian,
and contemporary architectural
styles that define the city’s
spectacular memorials.
point
of the federal district itself.
Our capitol’s politically
charged population spends day
and night immersed in the
intricacies that run our country
– formulating policy and
advocating change, lobbying on
Capitol Hill, networking during
happy hour, commemorating U.S.
history, tipping political
gridlock, and spending excessive
sums of government money on
absolutely anything and
absolutely nothing. 
