Good Monday morning, Alexandria!
🌤️ Today’s weather: The upcoming forecast shows partly sunny weather with a high temperature close to 95 degrees. Expect a calm wind shifting to the north at around 6 mph during the morning hours. For Monday night, skies will be mostly cloudy and temperatures will drop to around 71 degrees, accompanied by a north wind ranging from 3 to 7 mph.
🚨 You need to know
Across Alexandria, roughly 75 restaurants are offering prix fixe — a term I learned from WTOP — meals as part of Alexandria Restaurant Week.
The biannual event sees restaurants offering $25, $35 and $45 per person dinners around the city.
Alexandria’s restaurant week runs through Sunday, Aug. 17. A full menu across all the locations is available online.
Meanwhile, across the Potomac, D.C.’s restaurant week is scheduled to kick off on Monday, Aug. 28 and run through Sunday, Sept. 3.
Image via Two Nineteen Restaurant/Facebook
📈 Friday’s most read
The following are the most-read ALXnow articles for Aug 18, 2023.
- ACHS Principal says students will face disciplinary action for skipping school to go to nearby shopping centers (11112 views)
- Alexandria cuts ribbon on new Douglas MacArthur Elementary School (11112 views)
🐦 Tweets of note
Congratulations Debra Collins, Deputy City Manager, on 20 years of extraordinary leadership and service in #AlexandriaVA. Debra is an innovative leader and instrumental in ACT’s founding and success. We wish Debra continued joy and success in her next adventure! pic.twitter.com/h5n3uujomB
— ACT for Alexandria (@ACTforAlex) August 18, 2023
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on today in Alexandria, from our event calendar.
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