I’ve found the key to a relaxed evening at the Kennedy Center! Actually there are two keys: where to park and where to eat. First, parking: We drive to the Kennedy Center. We could take a crowded subway and then a more crowded shuttle and arrive late. Or we could Uber and then join a few hundred other people waiting for their demand-priced Uber home. … Continue reading The Key to Enjoying the Kennedy Center: Tazza Cafe, The Watergate Complex, Washington, DC

Our next foray in our exploration of St. Mary’s County restaurants led Nancy and me to Chiefs, Your Neighborhood Bar. Chief’s isn’t in our neighborhood and we aren’t surveying bars, as such, but Chief’s is next to — and connected with WJ Dent and Sons. No less than Paul of St. Mary’s reports that WJ Dent’s is the leading purveyor of that delicacy, Maryland stuffed … Continue reading Chief’s, Your Neighborhood Bar, Tall Timbers, Maryland

On our way back from Stoney’s at Clarke’s Landing, Nancy and I stopped for some of our ongoing scientific research into ice cream, gelato, and frozen custard venues. Bruster’s is a chain with some 200 locations, but I don’t recall ever having seen another. Of course, the 200 are spread across 22 states, Guyana, and South Korea. I gather that there are at least two … Continue reading Bruster’s Ice Cream, Hollywood, Maryland

Fresh seafood prepared just about perfectly: that was our experience at Stoney’s Clarke’s Landing. Hollywood, Maryland, is right next to California, Maryland, just across the bridge from Solomons Island. My son-in-law Michael Boyd and I went down to see how much damage a storm and an extraordinarily high tide driven by persistent southerly winds had done on Cove Point. For us, the answer was “not … Continue reading Stoney’s Seafood House Clarke’s Landing, Hollywood, Maryland

I heard that there was a Persian restaurant in the neighborhood, up in Tenleytown. That piqued my interest so I arranged to meet my good and, by now, long-time friend, Ken DeCell, there for lunch. You can find more about Ken here. Beyond teeing one up for his wife, Florri, to knock out of the park (check that link you just skipped), Ken is a … Continue reading Maman Joon, Tenleytown, Washington, DC

As part of our St. Mary’s County riverside restaurant research, Nancy identified Fitzie’s as a place to check, so we decided to swing by and take a look one morning after buying some plants at a Loveville Amish farm. Our scouting expedition resulted in a big, if wary, thumbs up. We got there well before it opened, so we left and had lunch as Sweetbay … Continue reading Fitzie’s Marina Restaurant and Pub, Leonardtown, Maryland

Wow! What a great place! Nancy and I had learned of The Reluctant Navigator from local food guru, St. Mary’s Paul, also the tipster for the Drift Inn and Captain Leonard’s. St. Mary’s Paul reported that The Reluctant Navigator had “good food and the best Bloody Marys and Irish coffee in St. Mary’s County.” So much we knew, but what we didn’t know was that … Continue reading The Reluctant Navigator, Tall Timbers, Maryland