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Byline: Ellie Silverman, Fritz Hahn, Caitlin Gilbert âLove is Blindâ finally announced its cast for the upcoming D.C. season, and it already has people across the city talking, judging and [...]

Byline: Emily Heil, Fritz Hahn Unlike so many other storied cocktails, the Orange Crush's origins are undisputed. Without the fog of centuries obscuring which monocle-sporting bartender first coined the term [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn There's nothing like the Fourth of July in Washington, D.C. Every year, hundreds of thousands of red-white-and-blue-clad patriots pour into the heart of the nation's capital to [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn WASHINGTON - Before the pandemic, the National Air and Space Museum was one of the most popular museums in the world. It drew 6.2 million visitors in [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn WASHINGTON - John F. Kennedy is an outsize presence at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: the bronze bust by Robert Berks in the Grand Foyer, [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn After two years of streaming author conversations, podcasts and virtual Q&A sessions with readers, the National Book Festival is back in person at the Walter E. Washington [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn There is never a wrong time to drink a beer in an airport, and that's the beauty of it. Did you arrive 2 1/2 hours early and [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn WASHINGTON - Not long after the Metrobar beer garden opened last summer in Washington D.C., co-owner Jesse Rauch says, he noticed an unexpected trend: An increasing number [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn It started with two goodwill ambassadors named Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing, whose 1972 arrival in Washington included an official welcome from first lady Pat Nixon. Fifty years later, [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn Last summer was a difficult one at Delaware and Maryland beaches, as a combination of stay-at-home orders, social distancing requirements and occupancy limits hammered businesses that rely [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn WASHINGTON - The National Arboretum is a place full of contradictions. It was established by Congress in 1927 as part of the U.S. Agriculture Department 'for purposes [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn WASHINGTON - The National Cherry Blossom Festival is underway, the famous cherry trees around the Tidal Basin are getting closer to their peak bloom - and the [...]

Byline: Michael Brice-Saddler and Fritz Hahn Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser wants to expand street dining and allow public drinking in more parts of the nation's capital, offering a glimpse [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn Tourists usually pack into Washington's museums in the days leading up to inauguration, cooing over the first ladies' gowns at the National Museum of American History or [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn August 26 is the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the 19th Amendment, which affirmed that 'the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn The coronavirus pandemic continues to have a major impact on Washington's cultural institutions even as the region begins to reopen. The responses differ by institution: The Kennedy [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn Go-go music has been percolating in Washington, D.C.'s clubs since the 1970s, but D.C.'s homegrown style of syncopated funk has experienced a whirlwind 15 months. In April [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn WASHINGTON - When Denizens Brewing opened in 2014, it received a license allowing the delivery of growlers to customers within a five-mile radius from its site in [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn WASHINGTON - If you found yourself walking the side streets of Capitol Hill on a recent tranquil Sunday afternoon, past brick rowhouses and under flowering magnolia trees, [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn WASHINGTON - When visiting friends and family members ask you to take them to 'a real D.C. bar,' they're thinking of the archetypal political watering hole, where [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn Since the dawn of the craft beer era, the mantra has been 'Flavorful, complex beers are good. Fizzy, mass-produced yellow lagers are bad.' And yet the best-selling [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn Back at the turn of the millennium, the Washington, D.C., sound that seemed most likely to take over the world wasn't punk or go-go - it was [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn WASHINGTON - Millions of visitors descend on the National Mall every year, touring the U.S. Capitol, posing for photos in front of the memorials and picnicking on [...]

Byline: Fritz HahnIt's been a big month for 'Black Panther.' Last week, it became the first comic book-based film to earn an Academy Award nomination for best picture. On Sunday, [...]

Byline: Fritz HahnIt's late. You've had a few drinks. Your stomach is growling, and the only thing that can scratch the itch is a cheesy Crunchwrap Supreme with extra Fritos [...]

Byline: Fritz HahnWASHINGTON - The first time I voluntarily gave up alcohol for a few weeks after New Year's was in 2009, years before 'Dry January' began showing up on [...]

Byline: Fritz HahnWASHINGTON - Residents of D.C.'s Mount Pleasant neighborhood are accustomed to the roars of lions and cries of gibbons emanating from the National Zoo. And while they'll still [...]

Byline: Fritz HahnWASHINGTON - The city's wealth of free attractions are a harried Washingtonian's best friend this time of year, especially for those with visitors: Pack mom and dad off [...]

Byline: Fritz HahnThere are close to 200 embassies and diplomatic missions in the District of Columbia, though most Washingtonians don't think about them unless they're driving down Embassy Row or [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn This summer in Maryland, Baltimore's Union Craft Brewing saw an upswing in the number of unsupervised children running around its new, expanded beer garden and brewery. Speaking [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn WASHINGTON - With the film 'First Man' earning rave reviews, it's sure to spark a renewed interest in Neil Armstrong's one giant leap for mankind, especially with [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn Ask a bartender about their least-favorite customer behaviors, and you'll get a variety of answers: Boors who snap their fingers to get attention, 'gerbils' who nervously shred [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn WASHINGTON - For many Americans, the story of the American Revolution is about a ragged band of rebels who, through a combination of luck and fighting skill, [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn WASHINGTON - The undisputed king of D.C. cover bands draws on an all-'90s repertoire. At a recent concert at the Clarendon Ballroom, guys in button-down shirts and [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn WASHINGTON - Washington is known for its museums. But venture beyond the Mall, which is home to four of the 20 most-visited museums in the world, and [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn A traditional Cornish pasty is miners' food - a hand pie filled with beef, potatoes and onions, with a crust that could be used as a handle. [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn Is it time for the King of Beers to hand over its crown? Preliminary analysis of national 2017 beer sales indicates that, for the first time in [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn On Jan. 1, most people are cleaning up the champagne glasses, popping Advil and pouring themselves a big glass of Hair of the Dog. Meanwhile, I'm swapping [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn Anheuser-Busch InBev is the biggest brewing company in the world, but it has a problem it can't shake. While Bud Light accounts for at least 1 out [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn At some point over the next few weeks, kegs of Founders will kick at Pizzeria Paradiso, and bottles of Wicked Weed will run out of stock. And [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn Forget the summer solstice: Thanksgiving can seem like the longest day of the year, thanks to alcohol. There's sparkling wine or mimosas with brunch. Beer while you're [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn To a mainstream beer drinker, the list of featured beers at a recent Washington-area festival might sound like a truly weird beer geek's Christmas list: a crisp, [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn Sea salt goses and tropical IPAs can be fantastic, but once the leaves begin to change, many drinkers start looking for stronger beers aged in wood. That's [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn Oktoberfest officially begins Saturday in Munich when the mayor taps a ceremonial keg at noon. Over the next few weeks, bars and beer gardens around the world [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn Labor Day is on the horizon, which means it's time to sneak away to the beach for one last dip in the ocean, or have friends over [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn Brewers like to describe super-hoppy IPAs the way that they might talk about marijuana: 'dank,' 'resinous,' 'sticky.' It makes sense, after all: Both cannabis (pot) and Humulus [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn The annual hop harvest is just around the corner in Washington state's Yakima Valley, the agricultural area where 75 percent of America's hops are grown, according to [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn and Maura Judkis Bulleit, a Kentucky bourbon and whiskey distiller, is a family company. Even after the brand was bought by international beverage giant Diageo, founder Tom [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn The radler is designed for summertime imbibing: Half beer, half fruit soda and all refreshment, with a bright fruit taste and less alcohol. The creation of the [...]

Byline: Fritz Hahn Chalk up another victory for pointless '90s nostalgia: MillerCoors is bringing Zima back to stores for a limited time. The clear, sticky-sweet, chemically citrusy malt beverage - [...]