Faves and raves by
Michele Banks
Painter currently displaying her work at Artomatic.
PERSONAL STATS
AGE: 44
NUMBER OF YEARS IN D.C.: 18
NEIGHBORHOOD: Georgetown
FAVORITE NEIGHBORHOOD HANGOUT: Le Pain Quotidien (2815 M St., Georgetown). I don’t do nightspots. Also, Montrose Park (3099 R St., Georgetown).
BEST MODE OF TRANSPORTATION: My car.
BEST OUT-OF-TOWN RETREAT: Harpers Ferry, W.Va.
BEST INSIDE-THE-BELTWAY RETREAT: The National Arboretum.
FAVORITE MUSEUM: The Freer Gallery of Art (Jefferson Drive and 12th Street SW) and the Sackler Gallery (1050 Independence Ave. SW).
FAVORITE LOCAL SPORTS EVENT: Whenever the Steelers are in town.
BEST PLACE FOR LIVE MUSIC: I’m kind of old, I go to the Kennedy Center to see opera.
BEST PLACE FOR OUT-OF-TOWN VISITORS: The Kreeger Museum (2401 Foxhall Road NW). It’s just spectacular and it’s sort of like a secret.
FAVORITE WAY TO SPEND A LAZY SUNDAY: Just hanging out with my family, reading the paper, walking around Georgetown.
MOST ROMANTIC SPOT: Monuments after dark are kind of nice. But they’re not really that romantic. I don’t know, pass.
BEN’S CHILI BOWL, OLD EBBITT GRILL OR CAFE MILANO: Old Ebbitt Grill.
BEST PLACE FOR LATE-NIGHT EATS: I don’t do late-night eats. My house.
PROUDEST PART OF LIVING IN THE NATION’S CAPITAL: The proudest part, that we finally have a cool president and a cool mayor.
EMBARRASSING PART OF LIVING IN D.C.: Exploding manhole covers.
