“I was born in D.C. and elevated in Arlington, and I feel having that variety of framework has been seriously beneficial for a lot of my followers to know and understand about the metropolis,” says Womack, who now lives in Adams Morgan.
Womack is the founder of Clockout DC, a nightlife site that spun off into a well-liked Instagram account with additional than 24,000 followers. The D.C. location indigenous introduced her venture in 2019 when moonlighting as a bartender who was in lookup of items to do following hrs. Soon after working a lengthy change, the bar was the previous area she required to find herself.
Womack typically scours dozens of internet sites just before whittling down her final lists, which she generally turns into aesthetically satisfying graphics for her Instagram web page. In amongst Clockout and her day occupation as an energy economist, Womack also writes Washingtonian’s weekly Issues to Do publication, further creating her D.C. nightlife empire. Naturally, she has no scarcity of locations to go on her aspiration working day.
I would wake up and acquire a shower, and because it’s my desire day, all my laundry would have been folded. I’d then go on a really long stroll with my canine and escape the area. On my way to Dumbarton Oaks I like to go via Rock Creek Park. What my dog loves is seeing the creek as we go by — [Dumbarton Oaks] has a wonderful creek route and has stunning tall trees. They have these nice minimal benches the place you can just sit and examine a book all day and it’s not as traversed as Rock Creek Park. We’d stroll all around there on our way to Georgetown.
When we got out of Dumbarton Oaks, we’d walk down the hill previous the International British Faculty [of Washington] and go to Foxtrot and get a espresso. If I’m hungry for some speedy lunch, I’d get the Pig and Fig — it is their prosciutto and fig jam sandwich. It’s truly just heaven on Earth.
I love investing time with my canine and going for walks around window procuring, and 1 matter that I really don’t imagine persons know is that there are a whole lot of canine-welcoming retailers in Georgetown. I would window store at Anthropologie and items would be like 90 percent on sale. We’d also halt by Lush and for some purpose, I’d want soap, which would also be on sale.
On my way home, if I had been to consider P Road NW, I would cease at Emissary and get a cocktail, Kicking and Screaming. It is a jalapeno-infused aguardiente, pineapple and ginger. Everybody really should buy a single. And if I’m however hungry, I would get the arugula herb salad — and incorporate the salmon filet.
If I did not go to Emissary, then I would go to Tatte in Dupont Circle, but it would be my desire working day so no person would be there and I would not have to wait around in a long line and any individual would observe my puppy whilst I went inside and purchased meals. They have this potato, mushroom and bacon shakshuka. It is like a baked potato soup but far better. It is a garlicky potato and it has a pleasant sourdough bread to dip them in.
I’d then walk toward my home to Misplaced Town Guides. They have a terrific assortment of textbooks and I really delight in how they emphasize tons of not recognised authors. It is one particular of people areas in which you truly feel like you are a neighbor.
I’d probably start my night at an artwork opening. What I genuinely like about Homme DC is that Amir [Browder] seriously selects the artists he chooses for his perspectives. And DC Arts Center and Arena Social Arts, too. For another person who’s grown up here, you sort of have memorized the long-lasting assortment of every key museum at this level. So it’s often awesome to see new new artwork.
I really don’t consider lots of men and women know this, but the MyTix method at the Kennedy Middle, if you are underneath 30 you get greatly discounted tickets to the opera or nearly anything really. And you can buy two tickets — the [other] particular person does not need to be under 30. On my aspiration working day, I would have gotten the very best tickets to see “Carmen.”
The Mexican Cultural Institute commonly has these magnificent lectures and tastings. I usually love going there — it’s one of the most attractive structures in D.C. Or, I would go following door to the Former Home of the Ambassadors of Spain. They host some intriguing artwork occasions, reveals, performances and film festivals.
Somehow all my pals would occur into city, and we magically descend on our evening out. I would go to Tiki on 18th, which is run by this person named Jo-Jo [Valenzuela]. I’m Chinese Filipino, and they have the ideal pancit, I think, in the town.
I really really like the food items at Anju, so we would get evening meal or just drinks there. Then afterward, we would go bar hopping. Very last Get in touch with is a bar where by you can meet persons. It is a bar where by you wouldn’t experience bizarre to go up to persons and meet them. I would go to the Environmentally friendly Zone. Eco-friendly Zone has astounding cocktails, but really do not slumber on the za’atar pita chips.
Then I would go the Gibson, Jane Jane or the Passenger. If my good friends determined to disperse, and there are only 1 or two men and women, go to the Gibson and get a good cocktail. Passenger, that’s extra a rowdy bar exactly where if you have a large team you could fully just go in there. But the cocktails are good and the decor is wild. And then, bought to go to Jane Jane for the Cheez-Its and decor.