Last night we had dinner at Zola (fabulous - except the bathroom) and saw Avery Brooks in Othello at the Shakespeare Theatre.
Zola was great. I had a fondue with sausage and sourdough, a really amazing halibut dish with ginger grits, and a peanut butter and chocolate trifle for dessert (you cannot go wrong with peanut butter!). Jeff's favorite was the lobster mac and cheese. We will definitely be coming back. However, I was supremely disappointed in their bathrooms. They say on their website that their bathrooms are the best in D.C., so I was really curious to see why. I still have no idea. The bathroom was fine, but just a bathroom. Nothing special at all. I left wondering if maybe there was a super secret bathroom that I had missed (Zola is attached to the Spy Museum after all). Oh well.
Othello was great as well, though Iago stole the show (as tends to happen in Othello, I guess). Avery Brooks' performance was great, but Patrick Page's (Iago) was better. I enjoyed the staging as well.
We definitely need to make it out to the Shakespeare Theatre more often. The last time we had both been was in college.