Every third Thursday night of the month, the Gilliam Place community and Our Stomping Ground are gathering together and heading to the restaurant of the group’s choosing. For August we’ll head to The Broiler. This is the perfect opportunity to meet new friends, connect with old ones, try local Arlington restaurants and indulge your inner foodie!

Restaurant Details: The Broiler, 3601 Columbia Pike, Arlington, VA 22204 (We will order and pick up food and then go back to Gilliam to eat outside together.)

Website here: LINK

*Note: Sign-up is mandatory since we need a headcount and may need to cap the number of reservations. Additionally, things may change. We’ll communicate these changes via email and our Whatsapp group here.

Our OSG Queen’s Court community is getting together on the first Wednesday of every month to enjoy dinner together. All are welcome (including those not living at Queens Court)! For our September outing, we’ll be going to Tupelo Honey Southern Kitchen & Bar and meet in the Queens Court lobby at 5:30 PM to walk from there. Please remember to bring a form of payment. *Note: Sign-up is mandatory since we need a headcount and may need to cap the number of reservations. Additionally, things may change. We’ll communicate these changes via email and our Whatsapp group here.

Join OSG and our future Waypoint community for a restaurant outing to Ramparts Tavern & Grill. All are welcome! We’ll meet at The Waypoint at 5 PM and walk over or you can meet a Ramparts (1700 Fern Street, Alexandria, VA 22302). *Note: Sign-up is mandatory since we need a headcount and may need to cap the number of reservations. Additionally, things may change. We’ll communicate these changes via email and our Whatsapp group here.

Join us as we practice riding our bikes using a Capital Bikeshare bike where we will borrow bikes with our Bikeshare accounts and practice riding near the fields and parking lot! A great way to build up confidence!

One of our OSG friend’s is a film enthusiast and had an incredible idea to launch OSG’s very first film club. We’d like the creation of this new program to be collaborative, so anyone who’d like to be involved in planning the film club is welcome to attend this virtual meeting and share their input.

We will have dinner on Tuesday, 8/16/22, to celebrate finishing the book The Sympathizer. The restaurant is Hai Duong Restaurant Eden Center, located at 6795 Wilson Blvd #7, Falls Church, VA 22044. We will meet at 5 pm and finish around 6:30 pm. This restaurant was chosen by one of our members for its authentic taste!

OSG is cooling off this summer at Ocean Dunes Waterpark! This Waterpark is loaded with fun features including a 500-gallon dumping bucket, water slides, waterfalls and squirters. Join the fun and meet new friends! All are welcome, but please register so we know to expect you.

Attendance details:

Participants are responsible for their own transportation, as well as paying for their admission ticket (costs $13.00) when they arrive. To find the OSG group, look for the flag! Participants are welcome to stay after for as long as they want since it’s an all-day ticket, but the OSG event will be formally over at 1pm. This is the link to the rules and regulations for participants to read beforehand and come prepared with any individual supports.

The Marine Corps Sunset Parade is one of Washington’s many wonderful free events during the summer and well worth doing. Their famed Silent Drill Team is a highlight, but the parade also features The Marine Corps Drum and Bugle Corps, also known as the Commandant’s Own. It’s a great opportunity to see a world-class military ceremony and to show support for men and women in uniform. You can learn more about the event here.

OSG is planning to attend meeting at 6 PM at Queens Court and then walk over. If you’d wish to meet us there please meet at 1000 Marshall Dr, Arlington, VA 22209.

If you plan to attend with OSG, please RSVP so we know to expect you.

The OSG crew is getting together to attend a free summer concert at Lubber Run Park! This Summer Concert series features free performances from a variety of genres including big band, blues, soul and orchestral music to the Lubber Run Amphitheater.  Learn more about the concert series here.

On August 11th, we’ll enjoy the 257th Army Band, or “The Band of the Nation’s Capital.” They’re the official musical ambassador for the D.C. Army National Guard. Noteworthy performances include musical support for the Inauguration of President Obama, performances in Greece, Jamaica, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Panama, consecutive appearances at the Great American Brass Band Festival and concert tours throughout New England, Texas and the Mid-Atlantic.

Attendance details:

We’ll meet up at the Lubber Run Amphitheater. While the concert begins at 8:00 PM, we encourage you to arrive at 7:30 PM so we can find seating together. Please RSVP here on our website so we know to expect you.