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Day trips, seasons, game nights: what Washington does when it is not at the table. Written by the people who do the thing, and every piece ends at a restaurant from The List.

3 pieces · Updated September 18, 2026 · The List these pieces end at →

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

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

By Marguerite Pryor · September 18, 2026 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

By Mr. Fear → 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

By Ray Dodson →