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D.C.'s Best Kept Secrets

BY Keith brooks

H Street Country Club – 1335 H Street, NE
If you’re looking for somewhere to loosen up, have good food, drink a tasty beverage, and play some exciting games, H Street Country Club is the place to go. H Street Country Club, features Mexican food in good portions.

Appetizers range between $3 to $10 and main courses range from $12 to $19. Additionally, a variety of specials are available to customers depending on the day you visit. According to its website, the club serves award winning margaritas and many other tasty drinks.

The games available at the H Street Country Club make it stand out from other restaurants and bars. Boasting the only indoor miniature golf course in Washington, D.C., and on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday it is FREE with dinner and $7 at all other times. Table games, skeeball, and Xbox Kinect are also offered in the bar area. This is a great spot to come, have a fun-filled night, and let loose after a long day at work.

Dangerously Delicious – 1339 H Street, NE
Have a sweet tooth? Dangerously Delicious is the place for you. It offers sweet and savory baked goods made from scratch. Dangerous Delicious is open Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. until midnight, and Friday and Saturday 9 a.m. until 3:30 a.m. Dangerously It is pricey. Pies cost up to $30 each. This is a nice place to try if you have a late night craving for a dessert.

Rue 14 – 1803A 14th Street, NW
If you’re looking for modern fashion, you should give Rue 14 a try. The clothing boutique opened by Jiwon Paik-Nguyen, features styles made famous in Soho, a fashionable community in New York City. Open everyday of the week except Monday, Rue 14 offers many diverse clothing brands at reasonable prices.

MOVIES

BY RADAKA LIGHTFOOT

Flight  Nov. 2, 2012
Starring: Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Don Cheadle

The movie is about an airline pilot who saves a commercial airline from crashing.

The Man with the Iron Fists  Nov. 2, 2012
Starring: Russell Crowe, Lucy Liu, Pam Grier
The movie takes place in China, where a blacksmith who makes weapons for a small village, finds himself standing up for himself and for an entire village. If you are interested in action movies with martial arts, this is the film for you.

Lincoln Nov. 16, 2012
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones
This film is based on President Lincoln. Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones. The film features a country divided by slavery and in a need of change.

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 Nov. 16, 2012
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner
The most awaited film to be released this year makes it’s debut. This film will end the trilogy that fans fell in love with. After Renesmee’s birth, the Cullens join forces with other vampire clans to protect the child from a false allegation that puts the family in conflict with the Volturi.

Rise of the Guardians Nov. 21, 2012
Starring: Chris Pine, Alec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman, Isla Fisher, Jude Law
This is an animated film featuring all of your childhood favorites, destined to be a winner for a family outing. Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, Jack Frost and the Sandman join forces to fight against the Bogeyman.

Life of Pi Nov. 21, 2012
Starring: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Adil Hussain
Based on the best selling novel by Yann Martel, a ship sinks and only one lifeboat remained drifting in the Pacific Ocean. An Indian boy named Pi, a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan and a Bengal tiger, are the only survivors of the wreck. This is a story about surviving and maintaining hope.

Hitchcock Nov. 23, 2012
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson
This movie tells the love story between filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and wife Alma Reville while filming the movie Psycho; a horror movie in 1959.

Rapper Turns Author

BY AVA WEST

Growing up in the Washington DC area, Wendell Juggins, who is mainly known as “REAL LIVE” in his work, and in the streets, he grew accustomed to “gangster” life.

Familiar with the sometimes, vicious cycle of African-American men trapped in the gritty realities of urban culture and the women who love them, Live has depicted these struggles in his novels. 

Incarcerated on a murder charge in 2005, Live began writing in the months before going to trial. Using life experiences to fuel his passion and words, he was also influenced by reading other books and so crafted a story, but things didn’t go as planned.

He wrote 75 pages of his first book Money, Sex and Murder, a story of two young men from S.E. D.C. who are deeply rooted into the world of the “streets,” before beating his case. Returning home, he planned on finishing the book in his spare time, but other interests took priority.

He was back in prison six weeks later after being shot in the leg and his close friend killed. This time he moved forward, publishing his book through a print on-demand company while still in jail, however the book didn’t do as well as he’d hoped.

When Live returned home he established his own company Top Echelon, a film, music, and publishing firm and published Money, Sex and Murder again. This time there was a complete turn around. Real Live’s brilliant move of incorporating his music into his book when the characters listened to his songs was a winner.

The connection that he has with his fans has opened many doors. Live said he uses his books as a ‘stepping stone’ for his music. “I had a plan from day one, I love to write books and I’m good at it! People like it, and not just people who like me. When I was in jail, a lot of prisoners from different states liked it."

Live believes his books will help him expand the audience for his music. “It will be that much easier to start to release music, and I already have amassed a small fan base already.”

Meanwhile Live believes it is easier to make money from his book at the moment than from music. “A book is something you buy, it’s not like a mix-tape, like a give-away."

Seeming to be a jack-of-all-trades he’s still a master of one, being a businessman! “I want to make and break deals and be in control of whatever product I throw into a market,” he said.

Lives books can be found on the top l0 list of TLJ books store located in Forestville Md or on Amazon straight to your Kindle for just $5.99. He can also be contacted through Twitter @Livest_1 or FACEBOOK RealLiveScoop.