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.)