Faves and raves by Tomas Huntley
Washington regional director of Language Stars, a foreign language program for children that has five locations in the area.
PERSONAL STATS
AGE: 34
NUMBER OF YEARS IN D.C. AREA: 1.5
NEIGHBORHOOD: Reston
1. FAVORITE LOCAL SPORTS EVENT
Hiking and biking.
2. BEST MODE OF TRANSPORTATION
Bike.
3. BEST COFFEE SHOP
St. Elmo’s in Del Ray (2300 Mount Vernon Ave.).
4. BEST PLACE FOR LIVE MUSIC
The Kennedy Center.
5. BEST PLACE FOR OUT-OF-TOWN VISITORS
Library of Congress.
6. FAVORITE MUSEUM
Smithsonian Museum of Natural Sciences.
7. MOST ROMANTIC SPOT
Observation deck at Great Falls on the Virginia side.
8. FAVORITE WAY TO SPEND A LAZY SUNDAY
Biking the multitude of bike trails in and around D.C.
9. BEN’S CHILI BOWL, OLD EBBITT GRILL OR CAFE MILANO?
I’ll tell when I try them all!
10. BEST OUT-OF-TOWN RETREAT
Blue Ridge Mountains.
11. BEST INSIDE-THE-BELTWAY RETREAT
Theodore Roosevelt Island.
12. FAVORITE MONUMENT
Victor Kahill Maine Lobsterman Statue. (Maine Avenue and M Street SW, between Sixth and Seventh streets at the Waterfront).
13. PROUDEST PART OF LIVING IN THE D.C. REGION
The diversity of people.
14. EMBARRASSING PART OF LIVING IN D.C. REGION
Traffic.
15. BEST BREAKFAST SPOT
Open City in Woodley Park (2331 Calvert St. NW).
– Hayley Peterson
