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The 14 Best Cocktail Bars in DC: the Instagrammers Guide
Beer is to Portland, Denver, Asheville, and Grand Rapids as cocktails are to Washington, D.C. Even as more breweries and distilleries emerge throughout the city, Washingtonians still like their cocktails. Whether it’s the bars on Capitol Hill catering to politicians or the outdoor patios on U Street for young professionals, both worlds center menus around…
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Photos from ZooFari: Bite Night
One evening, every spring the National Zoo turns into a culinary wonderland for their biggest fundraiser of the year. IGDC had the pleasure of attending Zoofari: Bite Nite for the second year in a row on May 16th. The annual fundraiser features dozens of DC restaurants and local beer and regional wines add to the…
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Spy Museum Expands to a New Building (Photos)
A week before it debuted the new Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners building in L’Enfant Plaza, The International Spy Museum invited us to sneak a peek at the redesigned, bigger and bolder museum. The museum is the first and only public museum in the United States solely dedicated to espionage. Interactive displays, videos and artifacts…
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Cherry Blossom Sunrise Instameet
When @IGDC was asked to help participate in a secret press event to announce that The Trust for Historic Preservation was identifying the Tidal Basin a National Treasure, we immediately said “Hell, yes!” We love the Tidal Basin, we adore the cherry trees and we thought it was our duty to rally the community for…
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Photos of the Cherry Blossom Pop Up Bar in DC
DC’s hottest pop up bar is back! just in time for cherry blossom season. Drink Company‘s latest pop up bar is a festive cherry blossom themed bar. With creative cherry blossom themed cocktails and ramen in the back you’ll want to check out this unique bar. Note: These photos are from 2019 and the bar…
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The 18 Most Instagrammable Places in Washington DC
We all know how hard it can be to fill your Instagram feed with beautiful photos. 📷 After years of featuring photos on Instagram via IGDC we’ve found some of the best places to photograph in DC. From typical places like the Tidal Basin and Washington Monument to less travelled spots like Blind Whino and Blagden Alley…
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The 13 Best Coffee Shops in DC: | The Instagrammers Guide
If you excluded Starbucks, Washington, D.C. was a coffee shop desert when I first moved here in 2007. Fast forward to 2021, there’s a plethora of quality coffee shops, most of which are independent. In fact, there’s so many good coffee shops that writing a blog of the top 13 is bound to be controversial.…
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SAAM Do Ho Suh & Burning Man Instameets
IGDC has been fortunate to collaborate with Smithsonian American Art Museum on two of their recent, and very instagrammable, exhibition openings: “Do Ho Suh: Almost Home” and “No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man”. Check out information for both exhibitions and some of our favorite images from the events below. Do Ho Suh’s immersive architectural installations,…
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In Bloom: A Photographic Celebration of the National Cherry Blossom Festival
Every year, the National Cherry Blossom Festival ushers in spring by commemorating the 1912 gift of 3,000 cherry blossom trees from Japan to the United States of America. The festival celebrates the enduring friendship and close relationship between our two countries with a diverse and creative program which promotes traditional and contemporary arts and culture,…
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Best of IGDC 2017 Exhibition
In partnership with Blind Whino SW Arts Club and with support from The Pink Line Project, IGDC’s first show will highlight the photography of local artists. Our community of photographers show the best sides of the DMV every day through #igdc and we are excited to share those images that represent our cities, neighborhoods, people…
