The Value of a Good Meal
Just like language, food is an expression of culture. You learn so much about families, communities, and people by the food they make and serve.
Posts Tagged: DC
Packets of Free Seeds: Innocuous or Insidious?
DC’s Seeds of State is a free packet of perennial flowers that you may not want to plant.
Restaurant Week in DC January 19-25
This is my twice yearly public service blog about Restaurant Week in DC (January 19-25). Do you take advantage of this? Restaurant Week takes place twice a year, once in the frigid cold of the post-holidays and then again in the dog days of August. Times when diners are likely to be few. For all theRead… Read more »
Top 5 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Time in Washington, D.C.
It’s summertime in D.C. and the energy is great. New internships or fellows have started at exciting internships in Washington, D.C., while many of you who have recently graduated are embarking on your first jobs. Here at GovLoop, we’ve been fortunate enough to have a rotating cast of excellent interns and fellows, so we knowRead… Read more »
Parody Site for DC Metro Riders Launches
There’s a multitude of great websites out there that we all secretly have bookmarked and that we find ourselves drawn to for a quick laugh or to waste away some hours of unmitigated boredom. Indeed, such sites can become the bane of our existence and an outlet for procrastination when there’s work to be done,Read… Read more »
Cafritz Awards for DC employees: Deadline November 8, 2013
Help us celebrate the best in public service! Nominate yourself or someone you know for The 13th Annual Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Awards for Distinguished DC Government Employees. Established in 2000 and now in its 13th year, the Cafritz Awards program recognizes the extraordinary service and commitment of public servants who – often workingRead… Read more »
The Cafritz Awards Reward DC Government Employees! The Deadline is coming up this Friday(11/8)
Help us celebrate the best in public service! Nominate yourself or someone you know for The 13th Annual Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Awards for Distinguished DC Government Employees. Established in 2000 and now in its 13th year, the Cafritz Awards program recognizes the extraordinary service and commitment of public servants who – often workingRead… Read more »
Cafritz Awards: Deadline November 8, 2013
Help us celebrate the best in public service! Nominate yourself or someone you know for The 13th Annual Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Awards for Distinguished DC Government Employees. Established in 2000 and now in its 13th year, the Cafritz Awards program recognizes the extraordinary service and commitment of public servants who – often workingRead… Read more »
Witty Ts for Government Worker Bees at NextGen!
Last year I teamed up with a brilliant designer here in Ottawa to found a company that aims to bring a little more fun into the public service. Together we’re redefining private-public partnerships by delivering a witty set of designer Ts that are either positively encouraging, derisively subversive, and perfectly ironic to office workers acrossRead… Read more »
4th Annual FAI National Small Business Event: Washington Days Conference 2013
Dear Colleagues, Federal Allies Institute’s next national conference for small business federal contractors and federal agencies seeking to achieve set-aside goals are encouraged to participate in this very successful annual event, which includes a free year round ombudsman service for small businesses that are located outside the Washington, D.C. area that need “boots on theRead… Read more »