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Top Blog Posts of the Week

Miss out on some of our blog posts from this week? Worry not—we're here to fill you in on what the most popular blog posts were from the past seven days. See below for our top five.

A Night Out: Caron Butler’s Birthday Bash
The Washington Wizards’ All-Star forward dishes out some serious cash for an exclusive party at the Park at Fourteenth.

Easter Dining Guide
Too busy to roast and glaze a holiday ham yourself? We’ve got you covered. Here’s what’s happening this Easter Sunday at restaurants all across the area.

Where & When: What To Do This Weekend
This weekend, check out some bunny bar crawls. Then there’s one of DC’s best new bands playing, a politically charged poetry festival, and a great lounge act on H Street.

A Former Marcel’s Cook Opens the Black Squirrel
Sandwiched between Amsterdam Falafelshop and La Fourchette on Adams Morgan’s kamikaze-shot-fueled 18th Street is the Black Squirrel, a new eatery that seeks to bring civilized food and offbeat brews to a neighborhood saturated with jumbo slices and Miller Lights.

Kitchen Favorites: Tom and Derek Brown
Brothers Tom and Derek Brown are fixtures on DC’s drink scene. Tom spent a few years running the bar at Corduroy and is now recommending wines and mixing original cocktails at the new, perennially packed Logan Circle wine bar Cork. Meanwhile, Derek has spent the past several years handling wine and cocktails at some of the area’s finest restaurants—Palena, Citronelle, and now Komi.