DC Weekend September 12-13 | KidFriendly DC

Five Things for Today: September 12, 2020

1. Fruits and veggies aren’t the only things to PYO at local farms and orchards. Flowers are also available for picking, too. Gather a bouquet at Butler’s Orchard. It’s the final weekend of the Sunflower Festival at Summers Farm in Frederick, and you can bring some brightness home with you, too. Larriland Farm in Woodbine, MD, has many different colorful flowers. And you can see where else to select some stems in this round-up of pick-your-own places around the area. Of course, plan to harvest some produce, too, while you’re there!

2. COVID hasn’t canceled the annual Old Town Alexandria Art Festival. In its 18th year, the event is on today and tomorrow, though in a new location at John Carlyle Square and with designated time slots to encourage social distancing. Follow the link to register.

3. Plan a fall road trip!

4. If you are looking for book recs, check out the comments from this Cup of Jo post about readers’ top 3 books. I just added a bunch to my “Want to Read” list.

5. A guaranteed smile (maybe even giggle) inducer.

Five Things for Today: September 11, 2020

“Murals that Matter” outside the National Building Museum

1. We can’t go in the National Building Museum right now, but you can stop by the west lawn (5th Street NW, between F and G streets) to see Murals That Matter: Activism Through Public Art, an exhibition featuring DC street art created earlier this summer in response to social justice protests in the nation’s capital and elsewhere. It will be on display from now through November.

2. Catch an outdoor flick and pay tribute to Chadwick Boseman at the Union Market Drive-In tonight. The weekly series is featuring the late actor’s films all month, this week showing the James Brown biopic Get On Up. The lot opens at 7:15pm, and the movie starts at 8:30pm. Parking fee is $20 — book in advance here. And see what else is playing at more drive-in movie series around the area this weekend.

3. The Interfaith Council of Metropolitan Washington is hosting its annual Unity Walk on Sunday. Although virtual this year, the walk will offer an opportunity to visit houses of worship and faith centers from Baha’i to Zoroastrian, participate in meaningful dialogue, learn a new recipe from a local chef, and partake in service projects. Learn more and register for it here.

4. In case you missed it yesterday, there’s a new post on the blog with a round-up of places to go in DC if you just want to chill out in a lovely locale: Serenity Now: 10 Places to Find Peace and Calm in DC.

5. Scenes from San Francisco… and how you can help victims of the west coast wildfires. (Update: See the comments below on why I opted to highlight this today.)

PS: As you’re making weekend plans, an easy way to find things to do… hover over the ADVENTURES tab at the top of the blog for a drop down of all kinds of ideas.