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In a city known for its happy hour society, summer can be an even better time to take advantage of post-work drink and eat deals. Interns are in town, summer Fridays are in full swing, and patios and rooftops are aplenty. Here are a not many prime, non-comprehensive spots for an afternoon deal with besties, colleagues, and modern connections.
Alfreda. Dupont’s Alfreda, a tribute to the chef’s grandmother, offers relaxed pizza and traditional Italian eats. The happy hour runs Monday-Friday 4-6 p.m., featuring $8 spritzes and BOGO pizzas. Few do spritzes like the Italians, and Alfreda leans in on five kinds plus one N/A spritz; our go-to is the rose and mezcal with grapefruit or the locally made Don Ciccio limoncello spritz with basil.
Lyle’s. Especially leaning into the spritz side of summer is at Lyle’s, fully embracing the fizzy ephemera of the season with the Summer of Spritz. The Dupont Circle hotel restaurant imagines cocktails from France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Spritzes main attraction limoncello and vinho verde. For those that punch Lyle’s every week during the spritz special—and earn a literal stam
Carly Rae Jepsen is calling — and no, not maybe. Addison Rae Easterling, a 21-year-old TikToker from Louisiana, has faced backlash for a wildly long list of offenses: blackfishing, not knowing where Korea is, partying during COVID, and most recently, wearing a bikini with references to Christianity. She’s been clowned on for her outfits and her awkward celebrity mingling — but she’s got over 88 million TikTok followers and was the platform’s highest-earning creator in 2020. Like many of the straight, light, middle-class, privileged teenagers that the TikTok algorithm favored, Rae assumed a role at the flawless intersection of privilege, celebrity internet culture, and cringe. It was easy to pile on. Winning the internet’s favor is an elusive and formidable game, but the positive response to her upcoming music actually worked. More specifically: “she is pandering to the girls and the gays and it’s working 😌 🎶,” as one TikTok user put it. “There is a history of this fandom, the affinity between same-sex attracted men and female performers, that has become a stereotype,” Eve Ng, a professor of media studies at Ohio University, told BuzzFeed News. “I think it stems from the heteronormativity of masculinity — and the spectacular female perfo It starts with a classic story: a young player drops out of college, makes a living waiting tables in New York City, sings at open mic shows and dreams of performing for thousands. But Sammy Rae is not just anyone: she and her band, Sammy Rae & The Friends, have succeeded spectacularly where so many others have failed. They reach fans through their lyrics that explore deeper sentiments about animation and love. “From a musician, as a person who appreciates live music, she’s probably one of those once-in-a-generation talents that we’ll be talking about for future years to come,” said Jon Singngam, drummer for the Funky Dawgz Brass Band, who opened for Sammy Rae & The Friends at their sold-out Royale Boston show March 26. This is a shared sentiment among those who have seen Rae perform. She seems to own it all: an incredible voice, the ability to compose influential music, a presence that sparkles on stage and the self-assurance to know when to let the other members of her band shine. After all, Sammy Rae & The Friends is a collection of seven talented musicians, each with
This is a real-life phone go out (pegged, of course, to the unleash of her latest synth-pop concoction, E•MO•TION) wherein the 29-year-old is bubbly over, well, just about everything: Her career. The gays. Marriage equality. Being “the little mermaid.” And that time Justin Bieber changed her life.
Dallas Voice: Growing up in Mission, British Columbia, what was your introduction to the queer community? Jepsen: In Canada, I had tons of friends who I grew up with who are gay or lesbian. I had one friend in particular, and I saw just how hard it was for him when his family initiate out he was gay — they shunned him, actually. He thought he was gonna own to make it on his retain and move out — it was heartbreaking for all of us. We didn’t really grasp it, and that’s probably when I began to really get angry about the pain that was caused for what I consideration was no reason. Moving to the U.S. and seeing how big of an issue it is made me to want to help and fetch awareness to the subject.
As a dependable ally, that’s exactly what you’ve done. Though the group has since adjusted its policies on both fron
More than a band: Sammy Rae & The Friends creates community for homosexual youth