Faves and raves by
Reed Landry
Landry is co-founder of Late Night Shots, a Washington-area social networking Web site with more than 20,000 users. The site allows area residents to create profiles listing their favorite D.C. bars and restaurants, and to interact with other users.
OCCUPATION: Founder, LateNightShots.com
PERSONAL STATS
AGE: 29
NUMBER OF YEARS IN D.C.: 28
NEIGHBORHOOD: Georgetown
– Markham Heid
1. FAVORITE NEIGHBORHOOD HANGOUT
I prefer to hoof it to Town Hall (2218 Wisconsin Ave. NW) or Circa (1601 Connecticut Ave. NW)
2. BEST MODE OF TRANSPORTATION
Sport utility vehicle
3. FAVORITE LOCAL SPORTS EVENT
St. Albans Invitational Wrestling Tournament
4. BEST PLACE FOR LIVE MUSIC
Wolf Trap, preferably when Hall & Oates is playing
5. BEST PLACE FOR OUT-OF-TOWN VISITORS
Watching “To Fly!” in the IMAX Theater at the National Air and Space Museum
6. FAVORITE MUSEUM
Too many memories of being dragged kicking and screaming to museums as a little guy. My appetite for culture may come back in my 30s.
9. BEN’S CHILI BOWL, OLD EBBITT GRILL OR CAFE MILANO?
All D.C. institutions, but I’ve been to each of the three only once.
10. BEST OUT-OF-TOWN RETREAT
Capon Springs, W.Va.
11. BEST INSIDE-THE-BELTWAY RETREAT
The Volta Park tennis courts
12. BEST PLACE FOR LATE-NIGHT EATS
George’s King of Falafel (1205 28th St. NW)
13. PROUDEST PART OF LIVING IN THE NATION’S CAPITAL
Having yet to relent to frequent requests to spend an afternoon paddle boating in the Tidal Basin.
14. EMBARRASSING PART OF LIVING IN D.C.
The earnestness of people who play in kickball leagues
15. BEST PLACE TO PEOPLE WATCH
The chess tables at Dupont Circle
16. BEST LATE-NIGHT SPOT TO GRAB A DRINK
George (3251 Prospect St. NW)
17. FAVORITE LOCAL HIDDEN TREASURE
Chicken souvlaki platters at Moby Dick House of Kabob (1070 31st St. NW)
