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How will you send off summer 2025? Labor Day weekend is expected to have great weather for a cookout, one last trip to the pool and parades around the D.C. area.

With D.C.’s Summer Restaurant Week extended through Aug. 31, plus other restaurant weeks in Alexandria and Fairfax City, outdoor brunch is on the menu, too!

Here’s what to do this week and for Labor Day weekend in the Washington, D.C. area.

What to do in Washington, D.C.

DC Summer Restaurant Week: Extended through Sun.

Humane Rescue Alliance’s Clear the Shelters Adoption Event: Tues., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., New York Ave Adoption Center (dogs) or Oglethorpe Adoption Center (small animals), free

Dog Days of Summer pla

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