Good Wednesday morning, Alexandria!
☀️ Today’s weather: Sunny, with a high near 79. Northeast wind around 6 mph. At night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. East wind 3 to 6 mph.
🚨 You need to know
Lily’s Chocolate & Coffee, a shop with everything from smoothies and juices to an Iraqui pastry called Lockma, is now open in the heart of Old Town, Patch reported.
The owners, Iraqi siblings who came to the United States in 2009, opened their second location this week at 631 King Street. The first location opened in 2021 on Maple Avenue in Vienna.
The new location at the corner of King and Washington Street was formerly a Francesca’s until it closed in 2020.
Photo via Lily’s Chocolate & Coffee/Facebook
📈 Tuesday’s most read
The following are the most-read ALXnow articles for May 30, 2023.
- JUST IN: Driver crashes car into Bradlee Shopping Center store (4755 views)
- UPDATED: Power mostly restored after widespread outage (4555 views)
- Pump the brakes: new speed cameras issuing tickets starting today (2983 views)
- Notes: Alexandria ranked as sixth wealthiest Virginia locality | ALXnow (1302 views)
🗞 Other local coverage
- UPDATE: Man Caught Poisoning Dogs in Del Ray Sentenced
Zebra (Tuesday @ 3:15 pm)
- Del Ray Photographer Finds Passion In Home Organizing
Patch (Tuesday @ 3:12 pm)
- New Alexandria Speed Cameras To Begin Issuing Warnings
Patch (Tuesday @ 11:55 am)
- Alexandria Chamber of Commerce Announces Its 40 Under 40 List for 2023
Zebra (Tuesday @ 10:23 am)
- Lily’s Chocolate & Coffee Opens In Old Town Alexandria
Patch (Tuesday @ 10:06 am)
- Hurricane Season Starts June 1
Alexandria Living (Tuesday @ 7:48 am)
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on today in Alexandria, from our event calendar.
- 5:00 pm: Live Music
- 8:30 pm: Late Night Trivia
- 8:30 pm: Late Night Trivia
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Monarch Montessori School is now enrolling infants, toddlers and three year-olds for its full-time Montessori program. We offer a seamless enrollment process which involves submitting an application for review, paying the enrollment fee and submitting the remaining enrollment materials before your proposed start date.
At Monarch Montessori School, we aim to provide an authentic Montessori learning experience. At our Alexandria location, we currently have 8 openings in our Primary classroom (ages 3-6), and 6 openings in our Toddler classroom. Additionally, there are 3 infant openings at this time.
Our first floor space is an open concept. Infants and toddlers share the same large classroom. Children ages 3-6 are in two classrooms on our second floor. Each classroom has one lead and assistant guide. We offer a year-round program, with intermittent breaks for Spring Break and Winter Break.
Scholarship Fund of Alexandria Annual Gala & Auction
Do good while having a good time at the Scholarship Fund of Alexandria’s 38th Annual Gala and Auction at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center. The fun begins with a 2-hour open bar reception while mingling with 499 other Alexandrians who
