Before this review is over
You'll know everything about NOVA
But if you go by car
You won't get very far
In a jam behind some dude's Land Rover
Easily some of the worst traffic I've ever experienced, though DC proper and Maryland are not better.
I went to school in Fairfax, those were simpler times. I loved it, although I would recommend other schools to those wanting a true college experience. My Uncle lives around here and I know it well. He lives out in the bougie parts of Manassas, and that's just too far away, although it's beautiful.
I recommend Falls Church, specifically the Eden Center, the Viet capital of the East Coast really.
Even though Annandale is famous for being the Korean heart of perhaps the whole of East Coast (only K-town in Los Angeles is more Korean, of any place in the US I've been), it has a lot of other great things too. Such as Indo-Pakistani, Peruvian, and many more. Not to mention The Block which is one of the hottest places to hang out, with the snocream and poke place inside.
DC food in general - Falafel Inc in Georgetown. Burger Shack in Centreville. In MD burbs, Sardi's (Peruvian Chicken), Silk Road Choyhona (chicken kebab), hot pretzel and banana shake at Sadieanne's inside Dutch Village Farmer's Market in Upper Marlboro. Gyros at Yia Yia and Plaka. Late night, these 3: Kabob Palace, Amsterdam Falafel, Hard Times (Alexandria - Terlingua Red). La Casita for Salvadoran. Mazadar for Afghan.
Dessert at SnoCream in Annandale. Also District Doughnuts in Georgetown, York Castle - crazy tropical flavors.
If I had to pick one suburb to hang out, in all of the DMV, I would pick Annandale. The tragedy is that I used to live in Annandale and I never understood how wonderful it was until I had to move away. Youth is definitely wasted on the young.
Yes Annandale is amazing for culture and food, such as The Block, a cool dance club/indoor food hall full of mostly Asian treats. This is absolutely the cool hip place to hang out in the DMV. All the cool kids are here from many different ethnic backgrounds, which is awesome. I can't really list the highlights of the place because I only come here for sno-cream. So far anyway. I loved it but I loved it more when it was on the bus and was a novelty and had the feeling and the decor of something truly unique and special, whereas it is now just your typical hipster spot.
I even wrote a rap about The Block to finish this review.
I love K-Pop but I don't like ROCK
I love Molly Ringwald and Kelly Le BROCK
Like Robin Thicke I have a big C**K
Like the Chilli Peppers I keep it in a SOCK
Actually, everything I said is a CROCK
Trying to find my pee-pee's like the search for SPOCK
It's skinnier than the second hand on a CLOCK
It's the reason girls always laugh and MOCK
It's why my little row boat never can DOCK
It's a key so small it could never fit a LOCK
I'm starting to believe I'd be better in a FROCK
Or in an old gulag in the Eastern BLOC
Anyway, come on in, you don't have to KNOCK
I won't take off my pants (you'd faint from SHOCK)
Instead you and I can run (not WALK)
To the place where more than Seagulls FLOCK
It is to NOVA teens what soy sauce is to the WOK
It is to Yelp what Nessie is to the LOCH
Yeah let's all go and get dessert at The BLOCK
WHOCK
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