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Here's your plan for creating a personalized Turkish mosaic lamp with colors, tiles, and beads. Watch the video 👇

mosaic art studio offers workshops where you can create a customized turkish style mosaic lamp! customize everything from the color, mosaic design, and base of your lamp! 

DIY turkish lamp workshop🧿 

At Mosaic Art Studio in North Bethesda, customize and create your own Turkish mosaic lamp while enjoying Turkish tea.

Mosaic Lamp Making

✅ Before you go
• book your workshop rsvp here: 
https://mosaicartstudio.us/products/virginia-chantilly

💪 Pro tips
• come solo or with a group! 
• get creative and choose a wide variety of colors, tiles, and beads to include in your design 
• the different lamp styles are different price points

head to mosaic art studio 

Illuminate your day. As you create a customized mosaic lamp,

a gateway to a cozy Turkish retreat for the day.

The workshop booking will include all the

supplies required for your lamp creation,

unleash your creativity by choosing the colors and shapes

of tiles you want to include in your mosaic.

Start by gluing your core design in place.

This workshop requires no experience that is perfect for beginners.

You'll even get to experience Turkish hospitality by enjoying freshly brewed tea.

The last step is to fill in the gaps with the smaller beads.

I'm so lit at how pretty my lamp turned out.

This was the perfect indoor activity to help me shine during D C's brutal winter.

Visit DC’s newest baby elephant, Linh Mai, for free at the national zoo! 

DC’s Newest Baby Elephant Resident 🐘❤️

Meet Linh Mai, DC’s adorable baby elephant, at the Smithsonian National Zoo. Watch her play with the elephant herd—entry is free, but reserve tickets online.

See Baby Elephant

✅ Before you go
Reserve your tickets https://nationalzoo.si.edu/passes/entry

💪 Pro tips
Go on a weekday to avoid crowds!

Visit DC’s newest baby elephant, Linh Mai, for free at the national zoo!

DC's cutest 500 pound resident has arrived and she's absolutely adorable.

Reserve your free ticket for the Smithsonian Zoo in DC.

So I wanted to see her as soon as possible because they grow up so fast.

You'll also get to see the entire elephant herd while you're here.

They are always such a fun animal to observe,

and it's always completely free at the zoo.

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Here's your plan for enjoying wine, live jazz, fondue, and happy hour specials at a cozy DC spot. Watch the video 👇

This DC restaurant has absolutely everything you need for your next night out. Moody vibes, amazing wine selection, live jazz, fondue, and delicious food. They have so many different specials and happy hour deals throughout the week that I’ll include below, so you can have this experience for less! 

Happy Hour + Live Jazz in a Wine Garden🍷🧀🎷

Enjoy happy hour, live jazz, wine, charcuterie, and fondue in a cozy indoor-outdoor garden setting at St. Vincent Wine in DC's Columbia Heights.

Wine & Live Jazz

✅ Before you go
• Make a reservation: https://resy.com/cities/washington-dc/venues/st-vincent-wine?seats=2&date=2026-05-01

💪 Pro tips
• St. Vincent Wine features top local jazz talent four times a week. All jazz is indoors during the winter months. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings from 7 - 9 PM, Sunday afternoons from 3- 5 PM https://www.stvincentwine.com/live-music
• In the fall and winter months, you’ll love getting cozy with their cheesy and chocolate fondue! 🫕 You can enjoy fondue for half-off on Mondays. 
• Hours and specials are below and on their website! https://www.stvincentwine.com
• Monday 5pm - 10pm  happy hour 5-7, 25% off Magnums, 1/2 price pre-built charcuterie & cheese
• Wednesday & Thursday 5pm - 10pm, happy hour 5 PM-7PM (THURS ONLY)
• Friday 5pm - Midnight
• Saturday 12pm - Midnight
• Sunday 12pm - 8pm  25% off ALL wines by the bottle 
• Follow @stvincentwine on Instagram for more updates and info https://www.instagram.com/stvincentwine

Visit St. Vincent Wine in Washington, DC. It’s the perfect blend of an outdoor garden, wine shop, restaurant, and music venue in one.

This DC restaurant has absolutely everything you need for your next night out.

They have so many different specials and happy hour deals throughout the week that

I'll include in the caption below so you can have this experience for less.

It's the perfect blend of an outdoor garden,

Vincent Wine also features free live jazz music 4 times a week.

I loved hearing the music playing in the background during dinner.

Their menu is full of great options from creamy pastas to

fried chicken to truffle mac and cheese to charcuterie boards.

St. Vincent wine is also perfect for the fall and winter months.

They have this amazing cheese and chocolate fondue,

so you can definitely visit them and stay cozy.

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Here's your plan for exploring global cultures with food, dance, and unique embassy tours in DC. Watch the video 👇

Roam the world one embassy at a time this May.
DC's Embassy weekends are coming up and it's truly one of the most exciting free events in DC.
It is so interactive! You'll get to try unique cuisines, learn about so many different cultures, view dance performances, and so much more.
Each embassy opens their doors to DC and they truly go all out these weekends to show the pride in their cultures.

FREE DC Embassy Weekends + EU Open House🌏✈️

Experience global cultures, food, performances, and embassy tours for free during DC's Embassy Weekends on May 2nd and 9th along Embassy Row.

Embassy Open House

✅ Before you go
• First is Passport DC's Around the World embassy tours on May 2nd, where non-EU countries open their doors to the public: https:// eventsdc.com/passportdc
• The EU Open House is May 9th: https:// www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/united-states-america/eu-open-house-2026_en

💪 Pro tips
• Arrive early before the start of the day to the embassies you want to see the most!
• Bring lots of patience, water, and snacks for the lines.
• At the Embassy of Denmark, you'll get to go behind the scenes with an exclusive tour of the Ambassador's residence, bike through Copenhagen using VR technology, try an authentic Danish hotdog, and build with LEGOS 🇩🇰

Explore all the embassies on May 2nd and 9th at the FREE embassy weekend events!

DC's embassy weekends are coming up and it's truly

one of the most exciting free events in DC.

Each embassy truly goes all out to show the pride in their cultures.

On May 2nd is the World Embassy Tours where non-EU countries open their doors.

is the EU open house where you can catch a

glimpse of European cultures without having to cross the Atlantic.

I got a preview of the Denmark Embassy event where you'll get to tour the

ambassador's residence and even see where the

ambassador hosts diplomats and other notable people.

and you can purchase some authentic Danish

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I spy with my little eye a recently opened exhibit at DC’s International Spy Museum. Journey through four immersive galleries exploring deception from its origin in animal mimicry and disguise to its evolution from WWII battlefields to today's digital warfare, where the art of hiding in plain sight has never been more critical

NEW Immersive Camouflage Exhibit @ Spy Museum

Explore the new immersive Camouflage exhibit at DC's International Spy Museum to discover the art and evolution of deception from nature to digital warfare.

Camouflage Exhibit Visit

✅ Before you go
• Check out all the information: https://www.spymuseum.org/camouflage/

💪 Pro tips
• Combo Ticket (Camouflage + Spy Museum) — Receive a $2 discount to Camouflage: Designed to Deceive when purchased together with admission to the Spy Museum.
• Camouflage Ticket (Exhibit Only) — $15.00 / person

Visit the camouflage designed to deceive exhibit at the spy museum, which opened just a few weeks ago

I spy with my little eye a recently opened exhibit at DC's International Spy Museum.

Visit the camouflage designed to deceive exhibit at the Spy Museum,

Journey through 4 immersive galleries exploring deception

II battlefields to today's digital warfare.

This exhibit proves that the art of hiding in plain sight has never been more.

I thought this new exhibit is super unique.

I loved looking at the historic artifacts and all the camouflage uniforms.

There's unique facial recognition technology that shows

I thought this section was funny about how easy it

Definitely add it on to your next spy museum visit soon.

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