The weekend is your grand finale.
The Donovan House has long been your summer go-to for rooftop poolside shenanigans. But now, they're bringing their restaurant upstairs to meet you, grilling up skewers of curried shrimp, teriyaki pork belly and Korean skirt steak. Warning: your meat is not waterproof.
This weekend calls for taking in some old-fashioned Americana in between cookouts and watching things blow up. Norman Rockwell paintings, for instance. In particular, ones owned by Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, going up at the Smithsonian. Feel free to tuck your script for Indiana Jones 5 behind one of the canvases.
You've got your favorite spot picked out for Sunday's display. What you don't have picked out: the menu. Equinox's Todd Gray will be BBQing on the joint's front patio and boxing up pulled pork sandwiches, burgers and tomato-mozzarella paninis to go. Jefferson wouldn't have it any other way.
You like to stay above the fray. Especially when it involves an open bar and an enviable view of the fireworks on the Mall. Adrian Grenier's band, The Honey Brothers, will play beforehand, and DJ Sky Nellor spins afterward. And then after that, Turtle's on cleanup duty.
With all this talk about the American Revolution, it's time to obsess over the Civil War for a bit—inasmuch as it relates to beer. Blue & Gray Brewing Co. has unveiled its new brewpub. And as you sup on brat-stuffed pretzels, sloppy joes and stout, they'll fill up any growlers you bring in. Or milk jugs.
With Independence Day nearly here, that other independence day—Bastille Day—is right around the corner. So make like a disgruntled French artiste as you taste your way through four absinthes, plus two absinthe cocktails. Otherwise known as Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité…
