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Deets: Modan, an upscale, chic Japanese fine dining restaurant, will open its doors on November 8th in McLean. Inspired by traditional Japanese izakaya culture, this modern, 7,000 square-foot restaurant invites guests to experience Executive Chef Micheole “Chico” Dator’s exquisitely-crafted menu.

Merging the spirit of casual dining with the elegance of modern cuisine, Modan’s food and beverage selections are a reflection of Japan’s rich culinary heritage. The menu boasts an array of contemporary plates designed for sharing – from fresh sashimi, innovative sushi rolls and robata-grilled skewers to Modan’s spin on traditional dishes like Wagyu Dumplings, Teba (chicken wings) and Modan Tacos, featuring crispy nori (seaweed) taco shells topped with sweet onion salsa, complete with your choice of wagyu, lobster, tuna, salmon or cauliflower.  

Hint for the Average Socialite: Starting November 8th, Modan will be open for dinner, Monday through Saturday, from 5pm to 10pm. A lunch and brunch service will be offered at a later date.

What’s Trending: @modanrestaurantva

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Deets: Immigrant Food Ballston will be hosting a Love Is Blind Meet & Greet conversation with several Love is Blind cast members on Wednesday, 11/6 at 7pm!

Married couples Ashley and Tyler, and likely Garrett and Taylor, will be joining for a conversation and Q&A in their private dining room.

Hint for the Average Socialite: Throughout the meet and greet, all bottles of wine will be 50% off. Immigrant Food has sold out their Love Is Blind watch parties each week, so guests are highly encouraged to book their spots in advance.

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Deets: Top area restaurants are slated to participate in the 15th Annual Taste of Del Ray! The event, named one of Virginia Living Magazine's top food festivals in the state, will take place on Sunday, June 2 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Mount Vernon Recreation Center fields.

PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS: Bella Napoli, Benny’s, Cheesetique, Del Ray Café, Dreampt, District Biscuit Company, Evening Star Cafe, Hops N Shine, Junction Bakery, Bistro & Bar, La’Baik, Pork Barrel BBQ, Swings Coffee Roasters, Taqueria Poblano, Spice Kraft Indian Bistro, St. Elmo's Coffee Pub/Market 2 Market, and Zuki Moon.

Hint for the Average Socialite: Ticket holders will enjoy a wide range of tastes from top Del Ray restaurants and can cast their votes for the People's Choice award.

A VIP ticket option will also be offered, giving foodies the first bites! A VIP wine tasting will take place at the Del Ray Artisans gallery from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., with early admission to the food festival starting at 12 p.m. Note: The VIP reception is for individuals 21 and older, IDs will be checked upon entry. PLEASE BRING YOUR ID to the event -- no exceptions will be made.

Taste of Del Ray is sponsored by the Del Ray Business Association. For more information, visit visitdelray.com.

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Deets: The Boro, Tysons’ premier destination for luxury urban living in the heart of Northern Virginia, invites all Bravo fans out for an evening watch party of the Summer House season finale! 

Watch the dramatic end to this explosive season while sipping a complimentary Loverboy hard tea or spritz or grab a themed cocktail from a participating Boro restaurant to enjoy on the lawn! 

For a touch of sparkle, pick your favorite glitter tattoo and grab some party accessories at our "SEND IT Glowbar.” One lucky guest will win an ultimate summer prize pack, including gift cards to Boro retailers and beach essentials from brands like Vacation and Summer Fridays.

Bring all your friends and join us as we toast to Summer Being Fun!

Hint for the Average Socialite: This is a free event for guests 21+. Guests must check in to receive a complimentary drink ticket.

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Deets: Celebrate the season with a spectacular evening under the blossoms at Water Park, accompanied by the vibrant tunes of local talents. Enjoy the vibes of D.C.'s own rock n' soul ensemble, Oh He Dead, sway to the world-inspired rhythms of Gordan Daniels, get swept away by the musical fusion of The Experience Band & Show, jam with the Wrizzards a Filipino multi-genre musical collective, or get down to the Broke Royals, a D.C. based rock & roll band. Likewise, indulge in specials offered by Water Park’s locally acclaimed food kiosks, and quench your thirst with refreshing beverages available at Water Bar.

Hint for the Average Socialite: This event is free and open to the public, and guests can register via Eventbrite for updates. 

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Deets: Step into the bloom of creativity at Pink in the Park's Art of Pink event! Art of Pink is a vivid celebration of local talent from the DMV area, including artists, makers and small businesses. The event will feature the Sari Sari Pop-Up Market by SAMASAMA, showcasing a vibrant selection of over 20 creatives, art activities from The Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, and live artists creating murals inspired by cherry blossoms and, of course, all things pink.

In addition to Art of Pink, guests can stop by from 9-1 p.m. to enjoy a Farmers Market produced by EatLoco, featuring local farmers and businesses offering fresh organic fruits and veggies, hot food prepared onsite and local crafters. 

Hint for the Average Socialite: This event is free and open to the public, and guests can register via Eventbrite for updates. 

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WHAT: Bring your kids and join us for a splash of fun and culture at Pink in the Pool! Enjoy complimentary entry to the aquatics center, now playfully decked with pink pool toys. Discover the elegance of Japanese customs with our origami workshops and tea-tasting sessions offered by the Study Japanese in Arlington Initiative. Treat yourself to freshly spun cotton candy and cherry blossom-inspired sweets, and gather around for storytime sessions surrounded by delightful cherry blossom-themed decor. 

Hint for the Average Socialite: This event is free and open to the public, and guests can register via Eventbrite for updates. 

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Deets: The Boro, Tysons’ premier destination for luxury urban living in the heart of Northern Virginia, invites the whole family to get into the holiday spirit at its annual holiday celebration, Santa's Workshop Holiday Extravaganza at The Boro!

Santa is coming to town all the way from the North Pole, so come enjoy a magical day with plenty of holly jolly fun! Create signature holiday kids' crafts, jingle-jive at a DJ dance party, and of course, visit Santa’s Workshop to capture precious moments with the man himself.

Sip cocoa from a delectable hot chocolate bar garnished with toppings from Bluestone Lane, slide down a gingerbread slide and craft custom ornaments for your loved ones with the help of a professional calligrapher. You don’t have to go all the way to the North Pole to bring a little magic to your holidays, just stop by The Boro on December 9th!

Hint for the Average Socialite: The event is free and fun for all ages but registration is encouraged. Santa will be in his workshop from 11:30am to 1:00pm.

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Deets: The Ballston BID, in partnership with Piedmont Office Realty Trust, will host its second annual holiday celebration on Wednesday, December 6 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The event will feature a tech-enabled Singing Tree alongside a performance by the Arlington Children's Chorus. The Singing Tree, which will be on display in Welburn Square throughout the month, is a voice activated Christmas tree that lights up when it hears music. 

What’s Trending: Instagram @BallstonBID, Facebook @BallstonVA, #SingingTree

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Deets: Guests are invited to Buena Vida Gastrolounge to celebrate Halloween and Mexico’s Day of The Dead, complete with ghostly decorations, and a costume party on Sunday, October 29.  The festivities will kick off at 5 p.m. and patrons will enjoy the eerie decor, special cocktails, and a costume contest. 

Marcos3000 will spin a mix of R&B, hip hop and pop tracks from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Buena Vida’s third-floor rooftop, which offers wonderful views on the city. 

Additionally, one winner of the costume contest will be awarded a $100 gift certificate to dine at Buena Vida Gastrolounge, or one of Street Guys Hospitality’s sister restaurants.  Attendees will be encouraged to cast their vote for Best Costume using a QR code, which will be provided. 

Hint for the Average Socialite: This event is free and open to the public, but guests are encouraged to register online.

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Deets: Arrive in costume for some Halloween fun aboard Tall Ship Providence! Little ghosts and goblins will be taking over the floating maritime center for some Halloween fun as they rotate through stations of story time, crafts and activities…and step aboard Providence with the Legendary John Paul Jones.

Hint for the Average Socialite: Tickets for children ages 1-13 are $20. Recommended for children 1-13 years old. Accompanying guardians join for free. Providence remains docked for this event.

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When: Saturday, September 23 from 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Rain date: Saturday, September 30) 

Deets: The Boro, Tysons’ premier destination for luxury urban living in the heart of Northern Virginia, invites the whole family to get festive at its annual Oktoberfest celebration!

Fuel up with specialty German food from local food trucks and sip back and relax at The Boro’s biergarten, located at The Sandlot Tysons, featuring a variety of brews including Oktoberfest, pumpkin and weissbier styles.

Show off your strength during our beer stein-holding competition! Winners get bragging rights and a gift certificate to a Boro retailer. Get grooving to a live polka band that promises classic tunes with a modern twist!

Little ones will enjoy glitter tattoos, face painting, crafts, giveaways and more at our kids’ celebration area.

September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and The Boro is proud to host a local chapter of Alex’s Lemonade Stand during Oktoberfest to raise funds and awareness.

Hint for the Average Socialite: The event is free and fun for all ages but registration is encouraged. The first 150 people to arrive will receive a custom-branded beer mug.

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Deets: Village at Leesburg (located on Route 7 just east of Leesburg, Va.,) will hold its annual Pet Festival on Saturday, September 16 from noon until 4 p.m. The event takes place on the Village at Leesburg plaza (in front of 1602 Village Market Blvd. SE, Leesburg, Va.) Well-mannered pets on leashes are not only welcome but encouraged.

Enjoy a day full of tail-wagging, live music, and a wide array of pet exhibitors, rescue adoption organizations, a lure course, doggy ball pit, balloon artist, caricaturist and more.

The Leesburg’s Got Talent Pet Addition, sponsored by Wiggle Butt and Whiskers (a great pet supply retailer at Village at Leesburg), is free and features three levels and even a round of musical sits. The levels including Beginner: sit, stay, down, paw; intermediate with tricks and talents and pro for trainers. For more information and to register, please call 757-522-7155 or direct message Wiggle Butt and Whiskers on Facebook or Instagram.

Hint for the Average Socialite: The first 250 guests to stop by the Village at Leesburg tent will receive a free branded pet item.

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Deets: Halley Rise, Northern Virginia’s largest, most exciting new neighborhood, is hosting its first Beer in the Garden event in partnership with Lost Rhino Brewing Company!  Located in Reston on the Silver Line, Halley Rise contains a pop-up urban farm that offers educational community events. Savor the beauty of the Farm at Halley Rise while sipping delicious beer from Ashburn’s Lost Rhino Brewing Company, whose creative brewmasters have crafted two specialty blends incorporating jalapenos and berries grown at The Farm. 

Guests will also enjoy:

• Live music: Handpainted Swinger will perform covers from artists ranging from The Foo Fighters to Bruno Mars.

• Free bouquet-making: An Up Top Acres farmer will help you craft a beautiful bouquet to bring home!

• Food: The Little Miner food truck will offer delicious street tacos, burritos and more available for purchase.

• Games: Get ready to play cornhole, jumbo Jenga and giant Connect 4.

Hint for the Average Socialite: For guests 21 and up, tickets are $10 and include:

• An exclusive Beer in the Garden pint glass

• Flower bouquet (while supplies last)

• Lost Rhino root beer (while supplies last)

• $5 donation to Cornerstones

Lost Rhino beer, food and other beverages will be available for purchase.

Guests under 21 are free but require registration.  All attendees will need to check in and show proof of ticket at the entrance. 21+ attendees will need to show ID.  

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Deets: The Kitchen Collective, also known as TKC Food Hall, is adding two more concepts to its virtual food hall with curated selection of DC and national based concepts. The Kitchen Collective serves highly acclaimed fast casual brands with the newest additions being Soul Rebel and Franki’s, which join Yasmine and Pizza Serata as part of the food hall. The multi-branded virtual food hall allows guests a convenient way to enjoy chef-driven meals from multiple brands under one check. 

See below for a brief description of each concept with more to be announced later this year:

• Soul Rebel: an on-the-go, health-conscious cafe that originated in Palm Beach County, FL. The cafe provides healthy meal and snack options while maintaining the exotic fresh flavors of fruits, greens, and protein. Seasonal meals range from a variety of superfood smoothies, acai bowls, wraps, salads, toasts, specialty coffee drinks and more.

• Franki’s: a brand new cookie and brownie concept named after Chef Chris Morgan’s two year old daughter. Serving a variety of large cookies with a soft fresh out of the oven texture and flavors ranging from "the cookie monster" (brown butter chocolate chip, marshmallow, and heath bar) to a blueberry cream cheese white chocolate and many more. 

• Yasmine is an iconic Lebanese kebab shop that offers sandwiches of perfectly grilled marinated meats and their fresh herb packed falafel dressed with delicious spreads like their labne, hummus, and toum, and finished with fresh local herbs and sumac marinated onions.

• Pizza Serata, known for being one of America’s best pizzeria, offers unique flavors of Sicilian inspired cuisine. Guests can indulge in housemade stracciatella spread along grilled house-made focaccia bread made from dough sourced locally from Virginia’s Wades Mills or can try their famous pan pizzas topped with sauces made from scratch. 

Hint for the Average Socialite: The official grand opening will be held on Friday, August 25th at 11:30AM and the first 50 customers in line to order will receive a $20 gift card to use at their next purchase. 

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Deets: He sees you when you’re drinking, so you better watch out because The Bad Santa Bar Crawl is coming to town! Put on your Santa suit, zip up your Christmas onesies, throw on your ugly sweaters, or lace up your reindeer tights and let’s get elfed up at the most lit Christmas bar crawl in the city on Saturday, December 17th!

Party it up with all day food and drink specials, DJs and bands, souvenir mugs, raffles, giveaways, costume contests and entry to the most popular bars in Clarendon.

It’s Christmas cheer like you’ve never seen before - it’s bad Santa, baby! Get on the naughty list by signing up today.

What you get:

• Entry to All Participating Bars

• Branded Bad Santa Mug

• Drink Specials ($4 beers, $5 shooters, $6 mixed drinks, $8 miracle punch)

• Food specials

• A chance to dress in outrageous holiday gear!

Participating bars & themes:

• Jingle Bell Rock @ B Live

• Miracle on Wilson @ Clarendon Ballroom (main floor)

• A Very Tiki Christmas @ Clarendon Ballroom (rooftop)

• Grinch's Layer @ Underground

• Winter Wonderland @ Pamplona

Hint for the Average Socialite: Price: Ticket prices are $15-20. Tickets are non-refundable, however, tickets are transferable and not refundable. You can give your ticket to a friend to use if you cannot attend the event.

FAQs:

REGISTRATION: Registration is from 3PM-6PM. You'll receive your Bad Santa Mug (for the first few hundred crawlers) and wristband. If you can't make it by 7pm, have a friend present your ticket and pick everything up for you.

ROUTE: You’re able to go to any of the participating bars at your leisure after you register.

SPECIALS: $4 Modelo, $4 Two Lanes, $5 Grinch Shooters, $6 rails. $8 Miracle Punch. Look for specialty drinks & specials at each bar.

DRESS CODE: Santa suits, ugly sweaters, elf costumes OR whatever gets you in the holiday spirit. Once on, get ready to crawl!

ID: Government issued ID is required! It will be checked at every participating bar that you choose to go to. All participants must be 21 years old or older.

WEATHER: Event goes on rain, snow or shine!

STILL HAVE QUESTIONS: Reach out to info@bsocialevents.com

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Deets: Get your groove on with friends, families and neighbors at this holiday-themed dance party featuring a live DJ. Move and sing to your favorite seasonal tunes while sipping hot cocoa, doing arts and crafts and capturing memories (with Santa photo ops!) for your holiday card. Take part in a special scavenger hunt and compete in reindeer games like freeze dance, red light green light and limbo!

Hint for the Average Socialite: Event is free and open to the public

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Deets: Join us for the ultimate Halloween costume party, featuring live music, spooky golf, pumpkin and face painting, adoptable dogs, seasonal beverages, pumpkin pie eating contests, Hocus Pocus and more!

Capital One Center is hosting a big Halloween costume party at The Perch – a 2.5 acre sky high gathering place adjacent to Capital One’s headquarters in Tysons. During Halloweekend at The Perch, guests are encouraged to bring their furry besties and participate in dog and human costume contests at Starr Hill Biergarten and meet Lucky Dog Animal Rescue’s adoptable pups in costumes.

Family activities will be held from 12pm-6pm (everything from spooky golf at Perch Putt to face painting, pumpkin painting, inflatable bounce houses, live music, Wegmans-sponsored pumpkin pie eating contests, Halloween arts & crafts and more!). Once the sun sets the ghostly vibes and spooky characters come out! College gameday watch parties and Hocus Pocus will be featured on the big screen, along with a bocce tournament hosted by DC Bocce and a pop-up box office hosted by Capital One Hall.

Hint for the Average Socialite: This free event is open to the public. Registration is recommended as guests will receive event notifications.

• Dogs and costumes are encouraged, with great prizes for our costume contest winners

• Arrive early!

• This event is outdoors and weather permitting

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Deets: From live music by the Alte Kumpel Band and crisp German Lagers to a variety of games to entertain all ages, this event has a little something for everyone. So, break out your lederhosen and come enjoy the fall weather to celebrate Oktoberfest in National Landing! 

Guests can then show their steins at participating restaurants, including Los Tios, Beauty Champagne & Sugar Boutique, Crystal City Sports Pub, Freddie’s Beach Bar and Portofino for Oktoberfest-inspired food and drink specials. 

Show Your Stein Specials from Participating Restaurants

• Crystal City Sports Pub: $3.25 refills on select beers from 12:00-4:00 PM; Marinated meatballs ($5), pretzels ($5), cheeseburger sliders $5), and crab cake sandwiches ($12)

• Enjeera: TBA

• Freddie's Beach Bar: $3.25 refills on Bud Light, Miller Lite or Sam Adams Oktoberfest (drafts) from 12:00-7:00 PM

• Los Tios: $3.25 refills on select beers from 12:00-4:00 PM

• Beauty Champagne & Sugar Boutique: TBA

Hint for the Average Socialite: Food and drinks, including beer and cider, are available for purchase throughout the celebration located on the patio and terrace space between 22nd and 23rd Street. Registered guest’s first beer will come with a complimentary stein while supplies last.