Mad Fox in Falls Church

If you are a beer fan, you should head down Route 7 to try Mad Fox for happy hour or dinner. The new restaurant located in Falls Church welcomes you with its large stainless steel brewing tanks has an amble selection of home brewed beer, meade, and root beer.

The venue also offers pizzas that can rival Fireworks' pies. The soup of the day was mashed potato, which was very creamy and accented with chives and bacon bits.

The main draw is their tasty beer menu, of which there is a good selection and they offer a four glass beer sampler which was very popular. Pictured here is the Stir-About Oatmeal Stout and Ginger-Apricot Meade. I've never had meade before and imagined it as being the drink of sloppy and vicious vikings, but this wine like beverage was sweet and refreshing.

Fashion, Food, Music for a Cure on Friday

This Friday April 30 the Caribbean Breeze Restaurant is rolling out the red carpet – literally – for Washingtonians at the 3rd Annual Spring-Summer Fashion Show. Former Washington Redskin LaVar Arrington and his wife, Trish, will host the event, with proceeds benefiting the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Against Breast Cancer.

9:00 PM – Doors open to the public
9:30 PM – Media interviews with LaVar Arrington, Mike Cordero, Ellie Aguilar, and Anna Tavongsa
10:00 PM – Seating for show begins
10:30 PM – Musical performances by D.C.’s Jason Cerda and Jewels followed by the start of the runway show

The public is invited to purchase tickets at http://caribbeanbreezeva.com/html/fashion_show.html or by calling (703) 812-7997 for $15 in advance and $20 at the door. Proceeds will benefit Race for the Cure.

Thanks to Stacy Viera for the tip!

Halloween Party @ Velocity 5 in Falls Church

Tonight Velocity 5 in Falls Church (not the one close by in Court House unfortunately) is hosting a "Freaks Come Out at Night" Halloween party. $5 cover gets you in and drink specials include:

$2 velocity draft
$4 vodka (42 below)
$4 bacardi (any flavor)
$5 mini bombs

Falls Church Standoff Update

The recent local drama of a man shooting his ex-girlfriend in Falls Church did not end peacefully today:

John T. Valentini, 44, who police believe shot his ex-girlfriend on Tuesday night in his Pimmit Hills neighborhood in the Falls Church area, died at 4:12 a.m. today at Inova Fairfax Hospital, police spokeswoman Lucy Caldwell said.

The man died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after more than a day of police standoff in the residential neighborhood.

Thanks to DCFemella for the heads up!

Hostage Situation in Falls Church

According to a witness I talked to, a man on Fisher Ave in Falls Church shot a woman at point blank range on the street corner last night. The man then entered a home and police have been surrounding the location since.

Police have the area blocked off and are waiting, hoping for a peaceful ending. Apparently there are other people inside the home along with the shooter, so this is technically a hostage situation.

Fisher Ave is still closed, so its a good idea to avoid that area on your commute home.

This is the second shooting this month a normally very safe Northern Virginia suburban area, as it reminds me of the Mac store robbery recently.

Flippin Pizza in Falls Church

A nice local find is Flippin Pizza that just opened recently in Falls Church. The cozy modern neighborhood pizzeria offers decent New York style slices. With deals like two slices and a drink for $5.50, its hard to pass up and a good alternative to Z-Pizza.

It is tucked away in the corner of the atrociously decorated "Flower Building" on Route 7 and very easy to miss. They don't deliver, but they have a call-ahead-and-pickup service available.

Local blogger Blueweeds did an excellent review of this pizzeria recently too. Its getting good reviews on Yelp too.