Weekend To-Do’s

Sheesh! Washington Post’s Going Out Guide has my head spinning. TMTD. These are my boiled-down picks:

* Saturday

10 a.m.-5 p.m.: The National Book Festival continues without Laura B, but promises yet another line up of all-star authors: Junot Diaz, Steven Kellogg, and John Irving, to name a few. (Full author list posted here.) This annual festival that “celebrates the joys of reading and lifelong literacy” draws about 120,000 people, so don’t plan on an intimate tête-à-tête with Mr. Grisham. However, should you be so lucky, please tweet about it for us with the hashtag #nbf.

2 p.m.-8 p.m.: OR, swap books for beer and head to DAS Best Oktoberfest at the National Harbor. Your $30 entry ticket gets you a souvenir tasting mug, 6 beer tokens (or more, if you’re dressed in Leiderhosen), and access to lots of Weiner Schnitzel.

* Sunday

11 a.m.-7 p.m.: If their website is an indicator, Mount Pleasant’s Fiesta DC looks like a blast. A parade, food, dancing, and a little girl doing push-ups with a pot on her head… Um, yeah. I’m there.