The Chocolate Lovers Festival features activities everyone can enjoy. The annual two-day festival is held the first full weekend in February, but due to the recent blizzards, the event has been rescheduled for March 6th and 7th.
Among the events planned each year are the Taste of Chocolate, featuring chocolate vendors selling their wares; the Chocolate [...]

Celebrate the holidays with your four-legged “best friend”  at Santa Paws is Coming to Town hosted by Barkley Square Bakery & Boutique and Paws, Purrs & Exotics Animal Hospital in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia on Saturday, December 12, 2009 from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. The event will be held in conjunction with  the Washington Humane [...]

Next week, we will break bread (and a turkey leg or two) with family and friends on a day observed to give thanks.  Some will travel across town while others several states or even a country to mark the Thanksgiving holiday.   Perhaps, the festive weekend will include a museum or art gallery walk, a night [...]

 
My readers may have noticed a new logo on the AskMissA.com sidebar. I am very excited to have Dr. Shara Posner as a new client of Socialite Marketing. Dr. Posner is a Chiropractor and the Managing Director of Back to Health Center, which was voted Best of Alexandria in 2007. Back to Health Center is a medically-based facility [...]

I hope you will join me at Paws, Purrs & Exotics Animal Hospital in Old Town Alexandria next Saturday from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.. We’ll have fun halloween activities for kids and pets, and will have a costume contest so please bring your kids and pets in costumes. The event will benefit Tails High, a [...]

Karing by Kristina is holding Fall Rush!
Become a VIP Client during the month of September and your dog becomes a member of DOG. Delta Omega Gamma is Karing by Kristina’s exclusive Furternity!
 
 
Furternity member’s will recieve:
A Welcome to the DOG House Sweatshirt
3 Free Nail Clips
A Free Birthday Cake on their Birthday
10% off at Barkley Sqaure
Invitations to [...]

The Dandelion Patch in Reston Town Center
 

Sugar and spice and many things nice was my experience at Girls Night Out held at the Dandelion Patch in Reston Town Center on July 23, 2009.  Even with the torrential rain, I was determined to find my way to this event.   Owner of The Dandelion Patch, Heidi Kallett [...]

I spent the morning at the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria, preparing for the live taping with Fox 5’s Holly Morris. Between live shots, I spent time in the “cat room”. There are so many kittens and cats that need to be adopted. These cats are so sweet, they meow’d at me as I walked [...]

Don’t forget to bring your dog to the Fun Dog Show tomorrow morning in Alexandria which is put on by my friend, Kristina Robertson owner of Karing by Kristina pet sitting service to raise money for homeless and abused dogs in the Alexandria, Virginia area! If you want to register your dog for the show, [...]

Dear Miss A,
What do you think about the fish pedicure they are giving at the spa in Alexandria? I’m really into getting a mani/pedi, but not sure if I should try this or not.  I heard about it online – http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/homestyle/07/21/fish.pedicure.ap/index.html
Thanks,
Pedicure Patty
Thank you for your question, Patty.  I have always been a “pool girl”, rather than a [...]