Will you be ready when the Big One strikes? According to a computer program that FEMA uses to evaluate danger in the event of a disaster, probably not. more ›

WORDS WITH FRIENDS: except, in real life! Remember playing games in real life? The folks at Skylark Cafe & Pub do, and they're letting you play too. Monday is scrabble night, and for $5, you can enter a tournament and get your game on. Better yet, the entry fee goes to Community Harvest. more ›

It's been almost a year since Kerry Sear closed Cascadia and returned to the hand-laundered and crisply-folded fold of the upscale Four Seasons hotel chain, taking along his patented miniburgers and a majority of the staff (notably chef de cuisine James Dimeling). The burgers are on the bar menu at ART, the hotel's restaurant, 3 for $5 between 5 and 7, $3 apiece from 2 to midnight, but the delightful miniburgers.com website is no more. more ›

Cascadia's high-ceilinged space has been painted a golden shade of yellow in anticipation of the opening this Saturday of Taberna del Alabardero. (That's sommelier Jaime Anasagasti from Madrid, ready to welcome you.) There's been an Alabardero in "the other Washington" since 1989, a fancy spot that caters to diplomats and nearby K-Street lobbyists. But the history goes back even further: to the Palace Honor Guard in Madrid, who wielded ceremonial "halberds"--those fearsome pole-axe blades on pikes. more ›

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Chefs William Belickis of Mistral, Scott Carsberg of Lampreia, Kerry Sear of Cascadia more ›

We’ve been watching the price of Cascadia’s happy hour hamburgers climb steadily. They were the best bargain at a buck each, but then doubled to two and are now, what, like ten bucks each? (Sadness obscures sanity.) more ›