Faves and raves by Shaun Dakin
Dakin is an entrepreneur and director of Dakin and Associates, a D.C. strategic marketing group. He is also CEO and founder of the nonprofit Citizens for Civil Discourse, which heads the National Political Do Not Contact Registry, a program that enables voters to block political campaigns’ robocalls.
PERSONAL STATS
AGE: 45
NUMBER OF YEARS IN D.C. AREA: 15
NEIGHBORHOOD: Falls Church
– Hayley Peterson
1. FAVORITE LOCAL SPORTS EVENT
The Nationals with my 7-year-old son and my father, his grandfather
2. BEST MODE OF TRANSPORTATION
Metro
3. BEST COFFEE SHOP
Peregrine Espresso near Eastern Market (660 Pennsylvania Ave. SE)
4. BEST PLACE FOR LIVE MUSIC
Kennedy Center
5. BEST PLACE FOR OUT-OF-TOWN VISITORS
The National Zoo
6. FAVORITE MUSEUM
Newseum
7. MOST ROMANTIC SPOT
Lincoln Memorial at night
8. FAVORITE WAY TO SPEND A LAZY SUNDAY
The National Mall
9. BEN’S CHILI BOWL, OLD EBBITT GRILL OR CAFE MILANO?
Old Ebbitt Grill
10. BEST OUT-OF-TOWN RETREAT
Eastern Shore, Maryland
11. BEST INSIDE-THE-BELTWAY RETREAT
Lake Barcroft in Falls Church
12. FAVORITE MONUMENT
The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
13. PROUDEST PART OF LIVING IN THE D.C. REGION
The amazing diversity of people, ideas and food!
14. EMBARRASSING PART OF LIVING IN D.C. REGION
The members of Congress
15. BEST BREAKFAST SPOT
IHOP
