Name: Tony Powell
From: Washington, D.C.
Neighborhood: Silver Spring, MD
IG: @tonypowell1
Business: Tony Powell Images 📸
Q: Do you consider yourself booze-free?
A: Heck yes and it's totally the best!
Q: How long have you been off the sauce? What does this lifestyle mean to you?
A: 12 years!
Q: How has COVID-19 affected you (and your business, if applicable) and the way you relate to DC?
A: I really miss the nightlife -- the galas, live events and the performing arts.
Q: What do you love most about DC?
A: It’s not only the seat of power for the nation it’s also home to some of the most important art in the world!! creating
Top 3 restaurants in DC
 (takeout/delivery/outdoor seating)
Into sweets? If so, fave ice/cream gelato shop?
Top three places to get zero-proof cocktails
 Fancy Radish
 Elizabeth's Gone Raw
Fave coffee and/or tea shops
Fave juice/smoothie spots?
Fave music venue
 The Kennedy Center
Best booze-free date idea
 Couples massage followed by a vegan a dinner and then an overnight stay in a DC hotel to support tourism.
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Top museum or art gallery pick
 The Hirshhorn
The Phillips Collection
 National Portrait Gallery
Fave #madeinDC small biz/brand
 Hero Heads
 Secretly Gifting
 Little Olin Boutique
Most quintessential DC pastime
Museum-hopping on the Mall
Fave nature spot in the DC area
 Rock Creek Park
Fave nature getaway within 2 hours of DC
 Luray, VA
Fave fitness option
 Yoga at Down Dog and Aerial Yoga at Flying Buddha Studio
Fave wellness/woo/substance-free community or thing to do
 Spa World
What are the causes that matter most to you in the DC area? How can others help?
Supporting young artists by providing affordable studio space - STABLE Arts.
What is the one thing you hope this strange time in history will do for DC -- and for humanity?
My hope is that this time will give people the opportunity to recalibrate -- to realize we’re all more alike than different and to come together in a bond of unity.