Vace

First of all, please don't come to DC for the inauguration. It'll be too cold, too crowded, and they'll only have about 5,000 porta-potties down on the mall. Besides, adding a million people to the DC greater metropolitan area will badly stress its carrying capacity, particularly as regards food. (Note to residents: stock up on groceries this weekend.) But if you or your sprouts insist on visiting, and you're wondering what to put on the table, here's a tip that's so good I hate to share. Buy a 3 lb. frozen lasagna from Vace, about $12, either spinach or meat. They're very fresh, very tasty, with very delicate, light noodles. Not made by little old Italian grandmothers but, so far as I can tell, by little old Laotian women covered in tattoos (you can see them working with pasta in the back of the shop). Easily accessible by car or Metro on Connecticut Ave., also in Bethesda. Highly recommended.