Caramelized onions are julienned onions cooked in oil over low heat for about forty minutes. If you don’t have forty minutes to spare, don’t make caramelized onions. Additionally, if you want cooked onions on a pizza and you don’t have caramelized onions, don’t make pizza with cooked onions on it. To caramelize something means to …
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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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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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This August 7th to the 10th, the American Psychological Association, the largest scientific and professional organization of psychologists in the United States and Canada, will hold its annual meeting at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, close to our DC hotel. “The American Psychological Association is the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in …
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) will be hosting their fifth annual Worldwide Public Sector Summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in DC this June 24-26. This free event, a healthy walk from our Washington DC accommodation, caters to developers, technical personnel, and those eager to take on leadership roles. So, what exactly is AWS?! “Amazon Web …
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Ever go through those “what if…” regrets over lost dreams in you day-to-day life? Everything that seemed possible as a child: firefighter, president, ballet dancer, zoo keeper; all those careers decomposed into the hot, sticky place of our souls where we ruminate over what could have been. What about a singer? Well, now is your chance …
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On June 10th – 13th educators from across the nation will convene in Washington D.C. at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park for an annual conference held by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE). Our Washington DC Inn is about 10 minutes away by foot from this hotel. The three day event is …
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Sororities are an important part of many student careers, as well as their later professional networks. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority is among one of the most active and prominent sororities in the nation. Alpha Kappa Alpha has launched a wide variety of socially orientated initiatives aimed at helping communities both local and global as the …
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