THE WASHINGTON POST.
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My D.C. Dream DayBefore leaving, ending on a high note
I
would want to go back in time to
- There used to be a venue in
Georgetown called the Cellar
Door. A lot of my favorite musi-
cal influences played there when
they were on the rise: Joni Mitchell,
Neil Young, Carole King, Gram Par-
sons. Linda Ronstadt, Jackson
Browne, Miles Davis. Music was dif-
ferent back then. I feel like the ideal
was to be creative and look for your
artistic truth. On my D.C. Dream Day,
I’d definitely play a show there, and
see all my favorite artists perform,
too.
Back in the present day, I’d prob-
ably want to go to the Renwick
Gallery. I like that it’s more interest-
ing and modern. It’s not the Portrait
Gallery — it’s a little hipper, a little
more unique and kind of showy.
I might go see the dinosaurs at the
National Museum of Natural His-
tory too, if I could find a way to get
around those lines.
I’d go to Old Town Alexandria for
lunch. I like the energy down there —
it’s old school. You can take a wooden
trolley to get to the waterfront, and
there’s a lady who wears Renaissance
garb and sings and plays a lyre. There
are lots of buskers there — there’s
usually a trumpet player and a magi-
cian, which I like to watch because
there’s so much audience interaction
in a magic show.
For dinner, there’s an Italian place
in Georgetown called Il Canale. It’s
legit; they get their ingredients from
Italy. I got a great calzone there when
we went for my brother’s birthday.
They have posters from Italian towns
they’ve visited and a poster of Steve
Tyler, too, from when he visited the
restaurant.
Another thing I’d do is go to the E
Street Cinema and see one of their
more niche films. I like that they have
more of the documentaries. and the
artier things that don’t play in your
usual AMC.
I might go shopping at South
Moon Under. It’s where I get a lot of
my clothes. It’s got the kind of
boho-type ’70s stuff that I find really
cool.
Maybe after the Cellar Door, I’d
play a Sofar Sounds show. They put
shows in alternative venues and you
don’t find out where you’re going to
go until that day, so it’s exciting and
mysterious. It’s a good way to find out
about cool spots in Washington. I’ve
played shows for them on rooftops,
workspaces and weird art spaces.
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In D.C. Dream Day, we ask our favorite people in the area to tell us
how they would spend a perfect day in the District.
When Calista Garcia’s audition for “The Voice” aired in March,
the country watched as all four celebrity judges passed on inviting her
to join their teams.
“There’s nothing as scary as singing on national TV, in front of a
panel of judges,” Garcia, 18, says of the nerve-racking experience,
which proved helpful in the end. “I never get stage fright anymore.”
Garcia, who recently graduated from the H-B WoodlawnSecondary Program in Arlington, continues to pursue a career in
music. In April, she headlined shows at Strathmore Mansion and
released her debut EP, “Wild Woman,” and earlier this month she
played a “goodbye for now” show at Songbyrd Music House. “D.C. is
an artsy city. I’m going to miss it a lot,” says Garcia, who’s relocating
to Nashville.
Here, Garcia maps out everything she’d like to do on her last day in
town.
— as told to Sadie DingfelderMARVIN JOSEPH/THE WASHINGTON POSTOn her D.C. Dream Day, singer Calista Garcia would visit the Nation’s T. Rex and other dinosaur relics at the National Museum of
Natural History’s Hall of Fossils. Garcia, who recently graduated from a liberal arts high school in Arlington, is moving to Nashville.AMANDA VOISARD FOR THE WASHINGTON POSTGarcia would catch a film at Landmark’s E Street Cinema. “I like that they have
more of the documentaries and the artier things that don’t play in your usual
AMC,” she says. She would also head to the Renwick Gallery, which is “a little
hipper, a little more unique and kind of showy” compared with other galleries. MARVIN JOSEPH/THE WASHINGTON POST