Candy Cane Crawl

The Candy Cane Crawl is a holiday season themed bar crawl based in Arlington on Saturday December 19 1-9pm. Thousands of participants will quench their thirst on exclusive drink deals as they explore Clarendon and celebrate the holiday season one bar at a time. Tickets are $20 which includes a refillable Santa mug, other drink specials, and a raffle. You can also donate unwrapped toys for Toys for Tots.  Festive dress and costumes are encouraged. Bars that are feeling festive this year include:
Mad Rose
Clarendon Grill
Clarendon Ballroom
Whitlows
Iota
Mister Days
Sobe
American Tap Room
Spider Kellys
Hard Times
Hunan Number One

Car Free Day in Clarendon

Drop by Revolution Cycles on Wilson Blvd this Wednesday to participate in Car Free Day. Sadly, this does not mean they are giving away a free car like I thought at first. But they are raffling off a free Trek bike and a $100 gift card to Morton's Steakhouse!

More Updates on Clarendon Center

Northern Virginia Magazine gave a brief write up of a few of the new restaurants coming to the now under construction Clarendon Center, as well as a few rumors of possible tenets. Thanks to Paul for the link. Here is my updated tally:

Restaurants:

• Burapa Thai Restaurant
• Circa
• Red Velvet Cupcakery
• Pete's New Haven APizza
• BGR Burger Joint
• Crumbs Bake Shop
  

Commercial:

• Members Cleaners
• Burke & Herbert Bank

Residential:

• Lyon Place

Rumors:

• Trader Joe's
• Hookah Lounge
• Mad Rose Tavern
• Matchbox Pizza

Reni Lane @ Iota

The lively and charismatic Reni Lane opened for Civil Twilight tonight at Iota to a decent sized crowd for a chilly Monday night. Sadly I missed her performance, which I'm sure was fun since last time I caught her show she had spunky stage presence and catchy pop/rock beats.

Reni just released her new album Ready, of which the lead song Place For Us is pleasantly stuck in my head. I'm looking forward to getting a hold of her themed t-shirts!

First time for me to watch Civil Twilight in action, and I was very impressed. Their energetic and polished sound took over the small venue by force. I also liked how Andrew McKellar used a bow to accent his guitar strumming ala violin style, and how the lead singer and brother Steve also played bass.