Larry’s Ice Cream and Cupcakes is an ice cream shop in Dupont Circle, a few blocks from our Washington DC inn. They provide gourmet desserts, ice cream, beverages, and food at a fair price. Their ingredients are sourced from local markets around the district and Alexandria. Larry’s Homemade also has shops in Arlington and Crystal city. …
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Posts Categorized: About American Guest House
A Guide to the Perfect Dinner Party
Get your notepad and huddle in close. I want to tell you about the perfect dinner party. If you’re anything like me you’re ill-behaved, easily bothered, crass, silly, and judgmental about food, and dinner parties can offer a unique opportunity to alienate people. But no worries. I got you. As Kant tells us, the purpose …
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2015 BWW Winter Conference
Organizing an effective meeting requires knowledge of psychology, social networking, and primarily people skills – particularly for managers who are expected to produce beneficial outcomes through their employees. Many corporations tap into services offered by motivational speakers in order to offer insight into how people are driven to succeed in their careers. Any employee can …
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“Food Hacks” are Obnoxious
Don’t get me wrong; I’m a sucker for clickbait. Yes, I want to see thirty-three dogs who “literally just can’t right now.” But as recently as a year ago a genre of clickbait has emerged that offends my conventional (though reliable) sensibilities; it’s “food hacks,” and they’re the stupidest thing ever. Food hacks are presented as shortcuts …
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A Miraculous Day at the Bed and Breakfast
Today I left the bnb for a short while intending to pick up some sausages to cook for lunch and then I stumbled upon a pleasant surprise. A group of Peruvian Americans were gathered in the southern tip of Kalorama park (just a short walk from our D.C. Inn) to get lunch at a pop-up …
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KALORAMA, DUPONT CIRCLE AND ADAMS MORGAN AREAS OF DC
Our Washington DC bed and breakfast is located in the mixed residential/commercial side of this one of a kind neighborhood and one of the top areas in DC. The Kalorama neighborhood is known for its majestic historical homes and buildings and of course high priced mansions and high end apartment buildings. A neighborhood full of …
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(Kinda) Fun Facts about Travel Visas!
In addition to cooking at the American Guest House and slumming it around D.C. like an itinerant wastrel, I also work part-time at a visa agency near embassy row. I had zero experience with travel documents and embassy work, and my responsibilities as a courier have been relatively slight; however, after a few months in the …
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The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in Georgetown
Last week I discovered that the canal in Georgetown isn’t called the “Georgetown Canal,” as I just blindly assumed it was. During the day I deliver passports to various consulates around the district, including the consulates of South Sudan and Venezuela on 31st street and 30th, respectively. The last few locks (large basins that compensate …
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