My Washington
Faves and raves by Danielle Westphal
Jazz singer, producer of “An American Musical Landscape”
PERSONAL STATS
AGE: Oh my gosh, you have to know that?
NUMBER OF YEARS IN THE D.C. AREA: Most of my life
NEIGHBORHOOD: Old Town Alexandria
FAVORITE NEIGHBORHOOD HANGOUT
Joe Theismann’s (1800 Diagonal Road, Alexandria), when the weather’s nice.
BEST MODE OF TRANSPORTATION
My favorite is walking, but I don’t get to do that as much as I want.
FAVORITE LOCAL SPORTS EVENT
The Nationals
BEST PLACE FOR LIVE MUSIC
Blues Alley in Georgetown
BEST PLACE FOR OUT-OF-TOWN VISITORS
The top of the Hotel Washington, if it’s open. I really should have said “An American Musical Landscape” — at the Masonic Temple Theatre in Alexandria. I need to be better at self-promotion!
FAVORITE MUSEUM
Smithsonian, any of it.
MOST ROMANTIC SPOT
Sitting down next to the Potomac River, behind the Torpedo Factory.
FAVORITE WAY TO SPEND A LAZY SUNDAY
Actually, reading the paper on my front porch.
BEN’S CHILI BOWL, OLD EBBITT GRILL OR CAFE MILANO?
Oh wow, I have to say Cafe Milano.
BEST OUT-OF-TOWN RETREAT
New York City, that’s fun.
BEST INSIDE-THE-BELTWAY RETREAT
I guess my front porch again, I don’t get there very often.
BEST PLACE FOR LATE-NIGHT EATS
Chadwicks in Old Town (203 Strand St.)
PROUDEST PART OF LIVING IN THE NATION’S CAPITAL
Being able to share all that it has to offer with out-of-towners — friends and tourists.
EMBARRASSING PART OF LIVING IN D.C.
I guess the dirty politics.
