Crystal City: No longer all work, no play

The Marriott’s electronic message board just outside the entrance to the Crystal City Metro station read 92 degrees but it felt even hotter on a sweltering early June day. Relief was found indoors, a few blocks away, at the Crystal City Sports Pub on 23rd Street. The happy hour crowd was the same mix of businesspeople just off work, travelers and locals that makes this Arlington County community so unique.

Tim Allen has lived here for six years. As he sat at the upstairs bar sipping a cold Miller Lite, he reflected on just how good he’s got it.