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Christine Cube’ is an explorer. She’s covered DC tourism and hospitality for 10 years. She searches endlessly for interesting exhibits and cultural offerings, and she’s a big fan of the unplanned and spontaneous outing.

  

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Take a tour of Del Ray

November 21, 5:51 PM
 
There’s a fig jam in Del Ray – located many miles from my house – that’s worth the trek every time I run out of the stuff.
 
I’m sure similar jams can be found in other specialty grocers. But the kind at Cheesetique is absolutely superb. And, see, I’d tell you its name, but I’m afraid it’ll go away.
 
Recently, I had to stock up again.
 
Cheesetique sits in this pocket of Alexandria that’s trendy and loaded with great food and boutique shops.
 
My favorite taco salad can be found at Taqueria Poblano. The cebollitas (charcoal-grilled baby onions) there are out of this world.  
 
When I’m in the neighborhood, and I’m dying for ice cream, I go to The Dairy Godmother.
 
Chocolate? The ACKC (Artfully Chocolate Kingsbury Confections).
 
Comfort food? Del Merei Grille.
 
Meat? As a vegetarian, there’s little chance I’d visit the local butcher on my own. However, because Boyfriend eats the meaty stuff, I plan to soon visit Let’s Meat on the Avenue.
 
There are so many places I could name. It’s just a great neighborhood.
 
A favorite local run is the five-mile Turkey Trot from the Cora Kelly Recreation Center on Thanksgiving morning. I ran it with my family a couple of years ago and was smoked to the finish line by former Virginia governor Mark Warner.
 
It was a pleasant surprise to find Warner chatting with my siblings in the rain when I completed the race.
 
If you haven’t been to Del Ray in a while, I definitely suggest the trip. Del Ray also is a hop from Arlandria, another part of Alexandria that’s got tremendous international flair.
 
For more information, visit the Alexandria Convention & Visitors Association at http://visitalexandriava.com/.
Where am I headed to this weekend? There’s a good chance I may stop at the newly renovated National Museum of American History.
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