The weekend is always careful with its quotes.
This week, Perks is bringing you 55% off a private table and bottle of champagne at Soccer Mansion for the World Cup finals. We're also taking you and three friends to meet none other than Joel McHale on the set of The Soup. Assuming all that comic genius can fit in one studio.
Turns out, Dennis Hopper didn't just star in some great pictures—he took some great ones too, as you can see at the Dupont Hotel. You'll be treated to his mid-'60s shots of James Brown, Martin Luther King Jr. and Jane Fonda. You've been waiting for her to have that drink with you...
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BETTYE RECOGNIZE A Little Soul at 9:30 Club Soul music and British rock have more in common than you'd think. Which is why soul singer Bettye LaVette's reinterpretations of some of Britain's finest musical acts—the Who, the Stones and Elton, to name a few—feel surprisingly spot-on. That's British for "pleasing to the ear." |
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The Dupont dining room with the big tree in the middle has started serving Saturday brunch, so they're dealing you gratis Bloody Marys with your orange-vanilla French toast. And in following weeks, they'll be only $3. Just don't climb the tree.
The World Cup knockout rounds start on Saturday, and as you may have heard, the United States squares off against the fearsome side from Ghana. Trek down to Old Town to take in the match on the big screen at the 95-year-old former vaudeville theater. It's also a great venue to debut your song-and-dance tribute to Landon Donovan.
The cocktail lords here are turning you loose on a crazy array of spirits, mixers, juices, bitters and even a spice or two. While they dispense advice as you create the city's next cocktail sensation—something with 50-year-old scotch, we're guessing—you'll feast on black truffle popcorn, chicharrones, bison jerky and dry-aged burgers. We'll assume they'll leave you a tip.
The H Street Belgian outpost is rolling out five courses of twisted bar food, from lamb sliders to spicy frog legs. You'll be washing it down with six Belgian ales, including one making its DC debut—the city's biggest premiere since Strasburg.
