My Washington: Ad agency founder likes to visit Iwo Jima, retreat at Mandarin Oriental

Faves and raves by Anthony Pappas

Founder and president of local advertising agency Pappas Group

PERSONAL STATS

AGE: 39

NUMBER OF YEARS IN D.C. AREA: 13 on and off

NEIGHBORHOOD: Great Falls, Va.

– Hayley Peterson

1. FAVORITE LOCAL SPORTS EVENT

Caps games

2. BEST MODE OF TRANSPORTATION

Porsche Cayenne

3. BEST COFFEE SHOP

Buzz Bakery (901 Slaters Lane, Alexandria)

4. BEST PLACE FOR LIVE MUSIC

Hamilton Live (600 14th St. NW)

5. BEST PLACE FOR OUT-OF-TOWN VISITORS

Great Falls Park

6. FAVORITE MUSEUM

Corcoran Museum of Art

7. MOST ROMANTIC SPOT

Kennedy Center roof deck at sunset

8. FAVORITE WAY TO SPEND A LAZY SUNDAY

Cooking and eating a long, extended family meal

9. BEN’S CHILI BOWL, OLD EBBITT GRILL OR CAFE MILANO?

Old Ebbitt Grill

10. BEST OUT-OF-TOWN RETREAT

Foster Harris house in Little Washington

11. BEST INSIDE-THE-BELTWAY RETREAT

Mandarin Oriental

12. FAVORITE MONUMENT

Iwo Jima Memorial

13. PROUDEST PART OF LIVING IN THE D.C. REGION

This is the capital of the free world and the people who live here rankwithout peer as the most educated in the country.

14. EMBARRASSING PART OF LIVING IN D.C. REGION

The politicians

15. BEST BREAKFAST SPOT

Katie’s Coffee House (760 Walker Road, Great Falls, Va.)

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