In between omnibus budget bills and fund-raisers for incoming freshmen, you’re going to have to get some holiday shopping done. That’s where we come in, with a few inspired ideas, most cheaper than a PAC check.
This horse-country farm sells entire sides of naturally raised beef and Gloucestershire Old Spot pigs. You’ll order the meat, then, post-slaughter, you’ll pick it up from a local butcher, who you’ll tell exactly how you’d like it chopped up. Because some pigs are more equal than others.
Your father has a cellar full of rare Burgundies. What he doesn’t have: a case of wine with his picture on it. This Old Town store lets you pick from 20-plus styles from around the world, which they then ferment and bottle to order, letting you design the labels in the process. Your patent is pending.
It’s a good time of year for gifting. Not such a good time for golf. Enter this DC-based company that installs HD golf simulators, indoor putting greens and multimedia rooms around the country. Which should give “home course” a new meaning.
This Alexandria shop specializes in silver shakers, hand-crafted muddlers and Draper-esque, silver-rimmed glassware—many from the mid-20th century and most one-of-a-kind. So get there before Duck Phillips beats you to it.
For those especially tough votes, these sterling silver or silver-and-gold links from the jeweler to the Georgetown establishment have an image of the Capitol on one side and a “Yea” or a “Nay” on the other. They’ll go well with your tie tack that says “Present.”
Until this year, Loudoun County hadn’t had a (legal) distillery since Prohibition. Well, happy days are here again, as this organic, kosher operation turns out well-crafted bottles of rye, white whiskey, gin and fruit brandy. None of which are produced in a bathtub.
