Expert Opionion: CAPITALizing on a Public Interest Budget this Summer in DC
By Jamie Bence and Lauren Forbes
Our last post focused on free things you can do in the District. These activities aren’t free, per se, but they can accommodate the summer public interest intern budget. At the bottom, you can find our list of the best Happy Hours, as well as suggestions from The Washington Post.
Sunday at Eastern Market: By far, one of the best places to eat great food, people-watch and sample local arts and crafts in DC on a Sunday. The market first opened in 1873 and is on Capitol Hill. Plan to spend the whole morning as there is plenty to enjoy.
Take in a show at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company: Keep your wallet full with Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company’s “Pay-What-You-Can” tickets for the first two performances (usually Monday and Tuesday) of every main stage subscription series production. Tickets are sold at the theatre 90 minutes prior to showtime. Two per person, cash or check only. Check the individual show calendars for specific dates, times and locations.
Farmer’s Markets: The DC area has several excellent options for locally grown, fresh produce. The White House Farmer’s Market is located at 810 Vermont Avenue, NW (between H St, NW and I St, NW), Thursdays from 3 to 7pm. Another large and popular market is located in Dupont Circle on 20th Street, Sundays from 8:30am to 1pm. If you’re looking the get out of the city, the nation’s oldest farmer’s market (and the one where George Washington’s vegetables were sold) takes place at 301 King Street, Alexandria, on Saturdays from 5:30 to 11am.
Kennedy Center: If you’re going to take in a show, you might as well go all out and see it where presidents do. Even if Wicked is outside your price range, the Kennedy Center has plenty of free events, and discounted young adult tickets. The theater is a beautiful monument in itself- with a rooftop view that can’t be beat!
Happy Hour Roundup:
Farragut North/Dupont
Café Citron, 1343 Connecticut Ave., NW:Check out this Dupont Circle hotspot for a tropical-flavored happy hour. The fried plantains and mini crab cakes are delicious. Fruity drinks like mojitos ($4) and tropical rum lemonade ($4), and bottled beers like Corona ($3) and Portuguese Sagres ($3) are discounted. Happy hours: Monday through Friday, 5 to 7 PM.
Capitol Hill
Capitol Lounge 229 Pennsylvania Ave., SE: After a fire ripped through this popular Hill bar in August 2005, it reopened with a fresher look, the same quirky political posters, and the same good happy-hour deals. Suit- and khaki-clad Hill staffers talk politics and sip on $2.50 beers and $3.50 rail drinks.
Georgetown
Rhino Bar & Pumphouse 3295 M Street, NW: A great sports bar with specials every night of the week!
Check out The Washington Post‘s Guide to Intern Happy Hours for additional suggestions!
