Visit a Farm and Buy Local

On July 25 and 26 from 10-4 take part in the Montgomery County Farm Tour.

This is a great chance to visit local farms and buy fresh, local produce.

In addition, several participating farms will feature pony rides, music, and more fun times besides the food!

www.montgomerycountymd.gov/farmtour

Participating Farms

BLUE RIBBON ALPACA BREEDING CO.
4320 Damascus Rd.
Laytonsville, MD
301-570-0009

BUTLER’S ORCHARD
22222 Davis Mill Rd.
Germantown, MD
301-972-3299

BUTTON FARM LIVING HISTORY CENTER
16820 Black Rock Rd.
Germantown, MD
301-916-7090

FOX HOLLOW FARM
21804 Woodfi eld Rd., Route 124
Gaithersburg, MD
301-330-0165

HOMESTEAD FARM
15604 Sugarland Rd.
Poolesville, MD
301-977-3761

LEWIS ORCHARDS
18901 Peach Tree Rd.
Dickerson, MD
301-349-4101

ROCK HILL ORCHARD
28600 Ridge Rd.
Mount Airy, MD
301-831-7427

STAR GAZING FARM
16760 Whites Store Road
Boyds, MD
301-349-0802

SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN VINEYARD
8125 Comus Rd.
Dickerson, MD
301-605-0130

CAMP OLYMPIA
5511 Muncaster Mill Rd.
Rockville, MD
301-926-9281
Saturday ONLY

HEYSER FARMS, INC.
14526 New Hampshire Ave.
Silver Spring, MD
301-384-7859
Saturday ONLY

POPLAR SPRING ANIMAL SANCTUARY
15200 Mt. Nebo Rd.
Poolesville, MD
301-428-8128
Saturday ONLY

RED WIGGLER COMMUNITY FARM
23400 Ridge Rd.
Germantown, MD
301-916-2216
Saturday ONLY

Spring Cleaning and "New" Clothing

This Saturday from 12-5 at the Renaissance Mayflower's Cabinet Room there will be a fashion swap event. Bring in your old clothing and pick out something new from what others bring. Anything left over at the end will be donated.

To RSVP, e-mail rsvp@fashionfightspoverty.org.

Coupons for DC Restaurants

I just discovered the Washington Post has a deals and discounts website where you can print coupons for local restaurants, travel, home services, and more! Check it out here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/dealsdiscount/restaurants/.

Newseum Discount

Normally $21, for the month of July tickets have been discounted to $17.76. Sometimes Express (the free newspaper given out at metro stations) has $3 off coupons but if you have been wanting to visit this museum now is a great time!

Here is their website: http://www.newseum.org/tickets/about.aspx?item=tickets_splash&style=a

In addition, during Apollo weekend July 18-20, kids under 18 can go for free. 3 kids can get in with purchase of one adult ticket. Read more here: http://www.newseum.org/events_edu/apollo/.

Source of Free Goods!!

I recently learned about freecycle.com, a network where people are giving away free items to prevent waste and encouraging reusing goods. This is like the free section of craigslist amplified. There are over 17k members in Washington, DC. The thing is to join you need to either work or live in city limits. To join visit freecycle.com and type Washington, DC.

FREE Slurpees today!!

Who doesn't love a Seven Eleven slurpee? My personal fav is coke mixed with cherry. mmm. Anyway today, it is 7/11 so that means free slurpees from 7 AM until 11 PM. Enjoy the day, free cake, free slurpee, and free corcoran!

Read more here:
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20090709005312&newsLang=en

Visit the Corcoran for FREE

Through the end of August, you can visit the Corcoran Art Museum for free!! Take advantage of the special made possible due to a generous donation.

It's open 10-5 Saturdays and usually costs $10.

Corcoran Gallery of Art
500 Seventeenth Street NW
Washington, DC 20006

For more information, click here: http://www.corcoran.org/freesummersaturdays/

Happy Birthday Old Town

Today is Alexandria's 260th birthday so from 4-10 PM at Oronoco Bay Park at 100 Madison St there will be much festivity including exhibitors, fireworks, and birthday cake!;:

For more information visit Alexandria's website at:http://alexandriava.gov/recreation/info/default.aspx?id=12678&linkidentifier=id#birthday

More info is pasted below.

233rd USA/ 260th Alexandria Birthday Celebration
Oronoco Bay Park, 100 Madison St. from 4-10 pm
(Rain Date for fireworks only July 12)
Sponsor: City of Alexandria

4-7:30 pm 6 pm 7:30 pm 8 pm 8:30 pm 9:30 pm

Community Exhibitors, Children’s Activities, and Food & Beverage Sales Performance by the Alexandria Singers (Pops Chorus) Town Crier announces William D. Euille, Mayor Presentation of Park and Recreation Commission’s CIVIC Awards Poetry Reading by Mary McElveen, Alexandria’s Poet Laureate Distribution of Birthday Cake by the Mayor and members of City Council "Big Band Sound," with the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra Kim Allen Kluge, Music Director Grand Finale fireworks display, featuring Tchaikovsky's “1812 Overture” Cannon support by the United States Marine Corps, Basic Training School, Quantico, VA

Oronoco Bay Park has lawn seating, and participants are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets. Food, such as ice cream, hot dogs, hamburgers, shaved ice and kettle korn are available for purchase, but everyone is welcome to pack a picnic supper.

Visit Artomatic- it's free and the last weekend

http://artomatic.org/about/front

Artomatic is a month-long art festival in DC that is free to the general public celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. Monument Realty and the Capitol Riverfront BID have provided a brand-new 275,000 square foot building to host Artomatic, right next to the Nationals Stadium. The event features nine floors of visual and installation art, theater performances, dance and comedy, three music stages, street performances such as fire dancing and drum troupes, and a film screening theater. Workshops and seminars are held all month long and special events such as the Washington Post's Peeps diorama finalists, the Zombie Prom, Box Racing, body paint shows, and a no-holds-barred Art in Fashion Show.

With four stages, four bars and a lounge on each floor, the 10th Anniversary Artomatic is bigger than ever. 52,500 people attended Artomatic last year, and 70,000 are expected this year. Over 1,000 visual artists and 600 performing artists are exhibiting this year.

Where:
55 M Street, S.E.
(at the corner with Half Street)
Washington, DC 20003
Metro stop: Green Line, Navy Yard, Ballpark exit
Free admission. Donations accepted.


May 29 – July 5, 2009

Early close on July 4, at 10:30pm

Fridays and Saturdays: Noon – 1 a.m.
(except for special events. See calendar).
Sun, Wed & Thu: Noon – 10 p.m.
Closed Mondays and Tuesdays