If you enjoyed the Penn Quarter Indian restaurant with modern cuisine, Rasika, you’ll love its new sibling! Rasika is known as a restaurant with a white-table cloth setting and putting a twist on centuries-old traditional dishes and creating innovative interpretations for Washingtonians who love to take their taste buds across the world. While the owner and chef will remain the same, Bindaas is entirely different. Rasika’s newest sibling opened last Wednesday in Cleveland Park (not far from the Woodley Park neighborhood), offering Indian street-eats. Ashok Bajaj, the owner of Rasika and the newest restaurant, Bindaas, stated that it is the ...

By thinking of innovative ways to increase storage space to reduce clutter, and using furniture and color schemes to make your space appear larger, you can have the best of urban living in a smaller space. Here are a few decoration and design ideas to make your small space appear larger and to create more space in general: Color: Add bright, vibrant colors to your bathroom and bedroom to make the impression that you have more floor and wall space. For living rooms and kitchens, add light colors such as crème or white with a vast amount of light coming ...

You’re looking for a new apartment, only a few things are likely on your mind: location, price and amenities. One such apartment feature to consider is kitchen size. All of the questions begin to roll through your mind as you look around the kitchen in your potentially new apartment: Do you really need that much space? How much counter space is too much? In answering these questions, you will begin to realize that you might be okay with a smaller kitchen. No one likes an overcrowded kitchen, and that’s what happens when you want to fill the space of a ...

The waterfront located in Georgetown is one of the best places in D.C. to hang out during the summertime. Besides the beautiful view of the waterfront, there are many things to experience from the many happy hours, retail stores and summer events, the waterfront has the best dining. If you’re a seafood lover, there are several restaurants where you can enjoy a delicious steamed lobster or some buttery crab legs! The waterfront is buzzing with beautiful restaurants to look out over the water while enjoying a nice meal and mingling with other patrons. Here are some restaurants to visit at ...

There are a bunch of unusual national holidays that we celebrate in the U.S. such as National Best Friends Day and National Tequila Day, but there is even one to celebrate one of the sweetest red fruits in the summertime. Yes, August 3rd is National Watermelon Day, and the best way to celebrate this unusual holiday is to, of course, enjoy a big, sweet watermelon or to do some watermelon-inspired activities! -Take a picture at the Watermelon House: This house located in Logan Circle is painted like a juicy watermelon! The house was first intended to be painted a nice ...

Georgetown is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the District and a place filled with history, but it’s also one of the liveliest and most fashionable. Georgetown is a hip, fun place with beautiful cobble-stone sidewalks and an upscale and modern charm, which makes it an attraction to tourists, but it is also an attraction to fashionable Washingtonians. Its wide-ranging retail scene is covered in high-end designers such as Rag & Bone and mainstream stores such as H&M, but it also has some great boutiques. If you’re a Washingtonian who loves unique, rare finds, here are four great boutiques to ...

Summer is all about soaking up the sun at the pool, beach, an outdoor concert or at a day party with a couple of friends at a bar with an outdoor patio. But, it's also a great time to enjoy a good theatrical performance as well. If you’re a D.C. resident, you know how amazing D.C. theatre can be. There are plenty of performance theatres around D.C. and their 2016-2017 seasons are quickly approaching, from the Studio Theatre to the Woolly Mammoth. If you love theatre and are hungry for some great performances before the full seasons come to D.C. in September, ...

Restaurant Week is quickly approaching, so get ready Washingtonians! Every summer, D.C. hosts its Metropolitan Washington Restaurant Week, which runs this year from August 15th to the 21st this year. Over 250 restaurants across the D.C. area will offer three-course meals for lunch priced at $22 per person and dinner is $35 per person for the week. This year, it’s all about lamb as Restaurant Week is promoting a chance to win a Summer Lamb Pack, which includes loin chops, racks and more. Here are just a few restaurants serving some amazing lamb dishes for Restaurant Week: Fogo de Chão ...

Pokemon Go is the new virtual reality mobile app game sweeping the nation. From California to New York, Millennials are fulfilling their childhood dreams and becoming Pokemon trainers by playing Pokemon Go, the newest game created by Nintendo and the Pokemon Company. Pokemon Go uses your phone’s GPS system to place Pokemon on the map wherever you roam. You swipe to throw pokeballs to catch Pokemon and can visit local areas such as museums, supermarkets and even churches, labeled by the game as Pokestops to receive special items. Players even train and fight Pokemon at gyms, which can be anything from a ...

Nothing says summertime like finding fun ways to enjoy the outdoors, and one of the best options in the city is to spend an evening under the stars unwinding with a great award-winning movie. Living in D.C., we have a lot of options to see outdoor films at various locations across the metro area. Screenings often take place in parks, soccer fields, at the riverfront, local amphitheaters, or just about any green space. This summer, you are guaranteed to find the perfect lineup no matter what kind of flick is your fave. If a summer blockbuster is what you crave, this summer’s ...