The weekend is dancing around the maypole. Okay, not really.
Your Perks: 1) Flowers grown from a volcano in South America. Good story, great Mother’s Day gift. 2) An engraved bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue. Say it with scotch. 3) Some boxing gloves... signed by Pacquiao and Mayweather. We know you know those two.
Out: Napoleon in Adams Morgan, with all its black paint and Frenchness.
In: Lapis, with its antique chairs, candlesticks on the tables and its menu of decades-old
Afghan family recipes, like beef stews, lamb-chop kebabs and dumplings that can be paired with the draft
beers.
Unchanged: The great patio on the side.
You’ll need some cotton and linen this summer. So here’s Vince, now open at CityCenterDC, with their iconic V-neck tees, henleys, supersoft sweatshirts and linen shirts. They’ve got a few curveballs, too, like a blue blazer made from windbreaker fabric and a suede hoodie. Remember your umbrella when you wear that one.
The Funk Parade is back, and this time it’s closing down U Street. Which means your day could go like
this:
Noon-5pm: Check out five performance stages, including one at a beer garden.
5-7pm: Join the parade, from Howard Theatre to Lincoln Theatre (sousaphone optional).
7-10pm: Soak up free shows at 16 venues.
10pm: See who’s showing the Pacquiao fight.
You won’t be short on julep options come Saturday, but here are a couple noteworthy ones. Barrel is serving three: one barrel-aged, one slushy and one on tap. Meanwhile, the Willard is hosting its annual “Bonnets & Bow-Ties” watch party, where you should totally max out on the seersucker.
The first Sunday of each month this summer, Cashion’s is inviting in bartenders to pay homage to a certain decade of cocktailing. First up: the ’50s. So you should expect new takes on Grasshoppers and Pink Ladies, plus bar bites like Cheez Whiz beef sliders. Cheez Whiz: that old.
