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Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Kenwood Club fireworks 2016 this Thursday night
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The best fireworks display in the D.C. area will once again be held by the Kenwood Golf and Country Club on River Road in Bethesda tomorrow night, Thursday, June 30, 2016 after dark (usually around 9:15 PM or thereafter, but it wouldn't hurt to be ready as early as 8:45, even though they've never gone off that soon). As always, the club and the event are private and not open to the general public. But for those who live nearby or in a high-rise facing the club's direction, or who scout out a nearby parking lot, one can still enjoy the spectacle for free.
Smart residents know the drill: Plan a backyard party modest or grand, and then gain the cachet of The Great Gatsby himself when an expensive fireworks display suddenly erupts in the sky above, and caps off the evening.
Savvy Bethesdans (a.k.a. readers of this blog) who aren't part of the landed class can still partake of the fireworks - if they know where to go. The smart spot is in the church parking lot across River Road from the club, where those-in-the-know converge on foot or by car.
I haven't bothered to go into D.C. or out to Rockville for fireworks since Kenwood began their fireworks displays over a decade ago. The Kenwood display is superior, and gets better each year.
Impress your friends, avoid getting your pocket picked or purse snatched downtown, and take in the best fireworks in the D.C. area. Gracious toast and "I'm Gatsby" line are optional.
Let's build more high-rises in Westbard, so that all will get a great view of these fireworks!
ReplyDeleteA nice little article about fireworks.
ReplyDeleteIt gets harder each year to find those little niches to watch fireworks. When you find them, they're gold.
"avoid getting your pocket picked or purse snatched downtown" - you clearly haven't been downtown in a very long time.
ReplyDelete7:00: You clearly haven't examined a Metro crime report in a very long time.
DeleteBethesdan
ReplyDeleteWestbard is the Valley of Ashes
ReplyDeleteThe intolerant ones are you. You are negative and miserable all the time.
ReplyDeleteWhy do you choose to be that way? No matter, it's your life to bollix.
"I'm Gasbag!" says Dyer as he toasts with the Long Island Iced Tea that he just stole from the lady at the next table.
ReplyDeleteWhen are Columbia CC fireworks?
ReplyDeleteAmerican, born and bred.
ReplyDeleteBollix. It means to bungle.Screw up.
We'll try a new word tomorrow. K?
Columbia's are tonight
ReplyDeleteIs there a window in Mommy's basement that will allow you to see them Robbie?
ReplyDeleteThank you Robert, great info! Kenwood CC fireworks, also Columbia CC and Chevy Chase CC (I think it's Chevy Chase CC fireworks tonight)...all great fireworks!
ReplyDelete7:56: Not to confuse your tiny brain but put your tin foil hat on and listen to "Never Mind the Bullocks". (Look it up.) Maybe you'll get it but I doubt it. Now take your meds and watch some fireworks, K?
ReplyDelete4:50 PM - Sex Pistols. England. Foreign country*. That word is not used on this side of the Atlantic.
ReplyDelete*Soon to be moribund thanks to Brexit.
Yeah! Let's not use any words that come from the other side of the Atlantic!
ReplyDeleteWait...I can't use "word" or "Atlantic" or "other" or
Damn..bollix it is.
Anonymous said @ 5:54 AM
ReplyDeleteThis comment is off-topic and will be deleted.
6:31AM You are off-topic and should be deleted.
ReplyDeleteWhat is wrong with you people attacking someone for providing helpful information? The fireworks at Kenwood are awesome and I appreciate you passing along the date!
ReplyDeleteTo the person who mentioned building high-rises in Westbard..... no one living here wants the suburb turned into a city. Development is inevitable, but that certainly won't help most people enjoy fireworks, or the night sky in general for that matter. People are able to see the fireworks exactly because the skyline is NOT covered in high-rise buildings.
ReplyDeleteWith an open skyline even people who cannot afford housing in Bethesda can come and enjoy the fireworks from grassy hills or many of the sidewalks.
I love fireworks for the 4th. They celebrate the day the Declaration of Independence was adopted and this country officially began. I can give up a little Thursday night quiet for that.
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