FAVORITE RESTAURANT
Obelisk
WHERE: 2029 P St. NW #101
My partner, Carla Cohen, and I always go there on our birthdays because we love Peter Pastan’s cooking.
BEST MODE OF TRANSPORTATION
Our sidewalks are so broad and underpopulated, which makes walking the best way to get around.
BEST SEASON TO BE IN WASHINGTON
Nobody in their lifetime should miss spring in Washington. The azaleas, in particular, but the cherry blossoms and other flowering shrubs and trees put on a display that I have never seen matched anywhere else.
BEST VIEW OF THE CITY
The Washington Cathedral grounds is the best place to be on the Fourth of July.
BEST HOLIDAY SHOPPING
Politics and Prose
WHERE: 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW
I buy all my presents at Politics and Prose because I can think of no better presents than books for all my family and friends.
BEST PLACE FOR OUT-OF-TOWN VISITORS
I like to take out-of-town visitors to Georgetown, including Dumbarton Oaks, because it is the oldest historic part of our city.
FAVORITE MUSEUM
The National Portrait Gallery.
FAVORITE WAY TO SPEND A LAZY SUNDAY
Lying in bed with a good book.
BEST INSIDE-THE-BELTWAY RETREAT
Augustus Saint-Gaudens’s memorial to Clover Adams, “Grief,” in Rock Creek Cemetery. Both the statue and its natural setting are wonderful to contemplate.
BEST PLACE FOR BRUNCH
Modern Times Coffeehouse
Where: 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW
Modern Times Coffeehouse is a great place to read the Sunday papers and sip an espresso.
MOST ‘D.C.’ MOMENT
Drop-ins to browse books by President Clinton and Mayor Fenty.
PROUDEST PART OF LIVING IN THE NATION’S CAPITAL
Despite our current low esteem in the eyes of the world, we still remain the capital of the freest country on earth.
EMBARRASSING PART OF LIVING IN WASHINGTON
George Bush
