Faves and raves by
David Baldacci
Best-selling author of 18 novels, including the up-and-coming “True Blue” about a D.C. cop
PERSONAL STATS
AGE: 49
NUMBER OF YEARS IN THE D.C. REGION: About 25
NEIGHBORHOOD: Fairfax County
1. FAVORITE NEIGHBORHOOD HANGOUT
Bazin’s in Vienna [111 Church St. NW]
2. BEST MODE OF TRANSPORTATION
Car and Amtrak Acela on Northeastern trips
3. FAVORITE LOCAL SPORTS EVENT
My kid’s sporting events
4. BEST PLACE FOR LIVE MUSIC
Wolf Trap
5. BEST PLACE FOR OUT-OF-TOWN VISITORS
Library of Congress, Jefferson Building
6. FAVORITE MUSEUM
Spy Museum
7. BEN’S CHILI BOWL, OLD EBBITT GRILL OR CAFE MILANO
Cafe Milano
8. MOST ROMANTIC SPOT
Anywhere my wife happens to be
9. FAVORITE WAY TO SPEND A LAZY SUNDAY
With the family on Smith Mountain Lake
10. BEST RETREAT OUTSIDE THE BELTWAY
The Greenbrier [in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.]
11. BEST RETREAT INSIDE THE BELTWAY
Mandarin Oriental Hotel [1330 Maryland Ave. SW]
12. BEST PLACE FOR LATE-NIGHT EATS
Wendy’s drive-through
13. BEST BOOKSTORE
I love all bookstores.
14. BEST PLACE TO PEOPLE WATCH
Union Station
15. MOST D.C. MOMENT
Sitting in traffic on the Beltway
16. PROUDEST PART OF LIVING NEAR D.C.
Seat of power for the nation
17. EMBARRASSING PART OF LIVING NEAR D.C.
The petty politics
