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Things to do for February 17, 2011
The Weekender
Bottomless Spaghetti, Lots of Scotch and Brunching
The weekend may get out of this winter yet.
Thursday
![The Swimsuit Issue. For a Dollar.](https://static.urbandaddy.com/uploads/assets/image/articles/weekender/64322ntlperk.jpg)
![All This Talk of Pork Belly Rice Balls...](https://static.urbandaddy.com/uploads/assets/image/articles/weekender/60307dcriceball.jpg)
All This Talk of Pork Belly Rice Balls...
Your happy hour obstacle course just got a bit longer. In addition to its usual Japanese takes on the Negroni and the Dark and Stormy, Kushi is now hawking bar food like Pork Belly Filled Rice Balls, squid legs and Japanese pickles. Yes, you should bow when you meet them.
![Mad Rose Open in Clarendon](https://static.urbandaddy.com/uploads/assets/image/articles/weekender/57067whisk.jpg)
Mad Rose Open in Clarendon
This weekend might even be long enough for you to cross a bridge. Some extra incentive for you to do so: dozens of scotches and Irish whiskeys, along with eats like bratwurst pigs in a blanket and wild boar chili. Which is exactly what they’re eating in Glasgow right now.
Saturday
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Eating Italian at the National Gallery
We’ve heard your thoughts on Italian art. Most of all: it makes you hungry. Problem solved, as top DC chef Fabio Trabocchi has unveiled a new Venetian menu in the gallery’s Garden Café. Think San Daniele prosciutto with aged balsamic, and basil tortellini with buffalo mozzarella. And great use of light and shadow.
Sunday
![Brunch Debuts at the Atlas Room](https://static.urbandaddy.com/uploads/assets/image/articles/weekender/13745bostoast.jpg)
Brunch Debuts at the Atlas Room
This small watering hole is serving up some of the best food on H Street, and now they’re doing it on weekends. On the menu: Grand Marnier French Toast, lamb meat pies, and steak and eggs. Oh, and classic drinks like Rickeys and Vespers. It’s your toast to an extra day off.
Monday
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Bottomless Spaghetti and Meatballs
Come Monday night, you’ll need to replenish some of that energy you expended (it’s a marathon, not a sprint). Enter this bottomless feast of spaghetti, meatballs, Caesar salad and cannoli. If you get full, you can... wait for it... take the cannoli.