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Day trips, local events and everyday life in Washington, with places to eat along the way.

5 stories · Updated October 23, 2026Explore the Top 50

Veterans in unit ball caps marching west along Constitution Avenue in Washington on a clear November day, the Washington Monument behind them and spectators with small American flags on the kerb

Veterans Day in DC: the parade is on the 8th, the free meals, and where to eat after

By Marguerite Pryor · September 18, 2026 Read the story

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A model of the U.S. Capitol made from plant parts surrounded by red and white poinsettias in the conservatory

OCT 23, 2026Gardens

Season's Greenings at the U.S. Botanic Garden, Brookside's Garden of Lights, and where to eat in DC

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The long Chesapeake Bay Bridge stretching across grey water behind a curving beach dusted with snow, with rocks along the shore

OCT 22, 2026Day trip

Three state parks within 35 miles of Washington, and where to eat after

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Costumed visitors waiting at night at the entrance to a haunted trail between a cornfield and a dark stand of trees, fog and orange firelight across the field

SEP 15, 2026Halloween

Haunted houses and Halloween nights in Washington, DC, and where to eat after

An angler in a wooden rowboat on the Potomac at Fletcher's Cove at sunrise, rod out, the wooded Virginia palisades across the river and Chain Bridge upstream

SEP 12, 2026Day trip

Fishing Fletcher's Cove on the Potomac, and where to eat after