Route One Fun

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Archives for 2018

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Glassblowing at DC GlassWorks and Sculpture Studio, Edmonston

At last year’s Hyattsville Arts & Ales Festival, I struck up a conversation with local glassblower Beth Hess at her Wunder Around booth, stocked full of colorful, beautiful pieces of blown glass. I was so curious about the glassblowing process that I kept asking Beth a bunch of questions like; how do these different colors appear and not bleed into each other? How are the shapes are made, etc. What is your sign? (Just to mix it up. 😉) All was going well until I noticed I was holding up the line, so we parted ways with so many questions left unanswered. I’ve been empty ever since, which is why I was elated when Beth reached out recently to let me know that DC GlassWorks and Sculpture Studio was having an open house. Glassblowing demonstrations and more opps for my questions-a-plenty? SO. THERE.

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Kids’ Weekend Guide: Feb. 9th-11th

Shrinky Dink Fun at Brentwood Arts Exchange this weekend!  Care to Live Like a Star (of course!), Children’s Choice Smile Party, A First Tooth Yoga Inspired Class, Puppet Show, Kid Koders, African Drumming & Storytime, Valentine’s Origami, Unshrink My Heart….& even more!! Below! FRIDAY  Family Fun: Who was here?  Winter is a great time to […]

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Adults’ Weekend Guide: Feb. 8th- 11th

Catch a glassblowing demo at DC Glasswork’s Open Studio is this Saturday! Sumthin, sumthin for everyone this weekend! 👏 Essential Oils workshop, Album Release Party, Heartfest, DC Glassworks Open House, Seoul to Soul, maybe some opera, perchance? All this and more in Route One Fun’s Adults’ Weekend Guide! *Due to tricky weather, don’t forget to […]

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Kenyan-style Samosas at Bowie’s Samosa Supreme!

After attending a kiddo’s birthday party in Bowie this past weekend, I grew hungry and decided that no amount of last week’s leftover goldfish retrieved from the nearest car seat was going to be enough for me. A quick search on Google Maps listed Samosa Supreme as being the nearest restaurant to Silver Star Gymnastics. […]

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Will you help? School Supplies for Puerto Rico

Marco Sanchez School in Puerto Rico; 📷 by Global Solace Students at our local University Park Elementary School (UPES) are working to collect basic school supplies for students at the Marco Sanchez Elementary School in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico – and they’d love your help! There’s more information below but in a nutshell, donations of the following […]