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Shopping | Old Town Alexandria
By:
Jenny Thornhill
January 30th, 2012
Set your alarm early this Saturday for the Old Town Boutique District's 8th annual Warehouse Sale, where over 20 Old Town boutiques will offer select wares at 70 to 80 percent off retail prices. Goods include clothes, shoes, jewelry, housewares, gifts, and baby items.
Shopping | Old Town Alexandria
By:
Jenny Thornhill
January 18th, 2012
Nancy Pollard, owner of La Cuisine in Old Town Alexandria, is your go-to-woman when it comes to green cleaning products (as well as high-quality cookware and other kitchen necessities, but we'll save that for another post). She carries a heavily edited selection from small and large, American and international companies. All products are tested by Nancy and her customers before she'll start stocking them on her shelves. Here are some of her favorites.
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Dining | Recreation | Old Town Alexandria
By:
Jenny Thornhill
December 19th, 2011
Most of Old Town's holiday-inspired arts events, parades and city traditions have already passed, but the strong restaurant scene is keeping things going through this week. All events below are within walking distance of Old Town Commons, but be sure to put a scarf on, as it seems Mother Nature has decided it's winter!
Dining | Recreation | Old Town Alexandria
By:
Jenny Thornhill
November 18th, 2011
Give thanks by doing something local this Thanksgiving! Here are three uniquely different Thanksgiving days that we'd plan if we lived at EYA's newest communities.
Recreation | Shopping | Old Town Alexandria
By:
Jenny Thornhill
November 16th, 2011
If you've spent any time leisurely strolling through Old Town Alexandria, you'll understand when we say Helen Olivia is quintessentially "Old Town." The floral shop owned by husband and wife Craig Noah and Marianne Raub at 128 N. Pitt Street is quaint, friendly and charmingly down-to-earth.
EYA Foundation | Old Town Alexandria
By:
Jenny Thornhill
November 7th, 2011
Look no further for a way to help local families in need this Thanksgiving! Our intern, Monique Currie of the Washington Mystics, tipped us off to Food 4 Families and our food drive was born.