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I just got back from a weekend in Washington Dc. It was my sisters graduation and in between her ceremonies and family dinners I managed to catch a decent snapshot of the city. So the next few posts are a combination of the sights, sounds and meals that I had whilst over there.

First of all, Friday night. It’s around 11.30pm people are strolling up and down U street trying to find the best bar for the night. And you stumble across five dudes rhyming outside of a hip hop bar. The whole city has this interesting musical subplot. Duke Ellington grew up in DC. You walk past bars who play live jazz and go–go whilst downstairs they are bumping ludacris, loud. Dafna (aka Lady Glock aka Dc’s premiere tastemaker) showed me the vast soundscape of DC in that one night. U street is intriguing it’s like brick lane without the pretentiousness and the middle aged banker tourists. Real people of diverse ethnicities and economic situations gathered together for a night out. Plus any place that has two people playing a violin and a tambourine to the instrumental of Big Poppa is a winner in my book.