This weekend Boo at the Zoo returns, showcasing costumes, decorations and tasty treats along with the usual creatures! It’s at the National Zoo from 530-830pm, but if you don’t get $30 tickets, you’ll miss out! (via WaPo). If you like costumes as much as me, you can also wear them any time this month to the Spy Museum, to get $5 off. But of course, a certain bit of clothing must be worn to get the discount… or buy a DISGUISE KIT or ‘budget ninja costume’!
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Joining Oktoberfest (more places here), there will be a Beer Festival at Bar Dupont which offers $20 pitchers (though the selection is only from four beers) and German food. Alternatively, if you care for a ‘sophisticated’ drink you can attend this weekend’s Wine Riot at DAR Constitution Hall. Tickets are $60 or less, and I have heard that it is a fun way to try over 250 wines with the younger crowd.
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Also, you have 2 days left to enjoy Bacon week at 3 Bar & Grill in Clarendon; and this is the final weekend for the RennFest. Also this weekend are:
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October 21
6pm
The Belly Horror Show will be at the Birchmere. This is described as a cabaret showcasing a “sinisterly sensual smorgasbord of modern belly dance, vaudeville and burlesque, inspired by things that go bump in the night.” Tickets start at $29.50. [WTOP]
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7-11pm
Wine Riot is a wine tasting geared toward beginners, and it comes with its own iPhone app so you can remember which ones you liked. Better yet, the wines are paired with foods from places like Luke’s Lobster, Cabot cheese and Taza Chocolate. [WaPo]
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October 22
3-7pm
I can’t say I ‘endorse’ this, because there are no regulations on such things, but the DC Grey Market is back, and selling homemade tasty food products once more! According to DCist, “growing in popularity, the allure of these foodie bazaars seems to be the fact that they operate under nebulous food licensing rules.” It will be ‘hidden’ in an apartment building located at 1365 Kennedy Street NW. The entrance fee is $2, but tickets can be purchased online to bypass predicted lines.
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I’ll hopefully be participating in Run for Your Lives, a 5k, 12-obstacle race that includes zombies that eat your brains (ok, your flag belt). Survive, and be rewarded, make it to the end with no brains, and you turn into a zombie. Fail to go through all the obstacles and… well you fail, and are totally nommed. Spectator passes may still be for sale, but registration for the event closed long ago.
730pm
For the undead lovers out there, one of many zombie walk / lurch things will be held in Silver Spring. Dress up as the worst zombie, and scare innocent bystanders! Afterward AFI Silver Theatre will have a special screening of “Dead Snow” at 945pm, followed by Shaun of the Dead! [Metromix]
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October 23
It’s Mole Day! (Well, it’s the alternate to 6.10 since we didn’t have school in June). Celebrate the creature and the measure of unit by doing something geeky, like baking.
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The Tough Mudder race will also be held, since I seem to be on the fitness kick this week. It’s known as a brutal 9 mile course that goes up a ski slope (1250 feet), greased hills, tunnels and deep water to name a few. It claims to “test toughness, fitness, strength, stamina, and mental grit all in one place and all in one day.” My co-workers have said they trained years for this thing. It makes the Zombie run seem tame… but then again, they aren’t worried about losing their brains.
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11am-5pm
Arlington’s Artisphere will be host to the semiannual DC Record Fair. It’s $5 if you want to get in early, or $2 from noon until close.
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1-5pm, 7-11pm
Wine Riot continues!
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3-6pm
The 2nd annual Home Brew Harvest will be held at American Ice Co. and will showcase DC-only beers! A $10 donation is requested, and there is a homebrew workshop 3-4, with tastings beginning at 4. [PoP]
