How Sylvia Bugg of PBS would spend a perfect day in D.C.

“I’ve a pillow at residence that claims, ‘Content material is king and distribution is queen,’ and I like that pillow,” Bugg says. “We wish to create an area the place all Individuals have a chance to eat our content material — it’s free.”

Bugg is on her third stint at PBS (she had roles at Discovery and the Company for Public Broadcasting in between) however estimates she’s “most likely finished nearly all of the roles in programming” at PBS in the course of the 15 (cumulative) years she’s labored there. Spectacular, contemplating the Brunswick County, Va., native moved to the world recent out of school in 1992 seeking a summer season job. After residing together with her Pentagon staffer aunt and uncle in Prince George’s County for a spell, Bugg moved to Alexandria together with her sister, finally placing down roots in MoCo.

“After I take into consideration going across the Beltway, I’ve lived throughout it,” Bugg says. Washington “has all the time been an space that I’ve been interested in, from job alternatives to it being so accessible for journey and never being too distant from residence. It’s additionally an awesome treasure of arts and tradition.”

On a dream day within the District, Bugg will hop on the Metro and got down to discover a few of D.C.’s cultural gems.

To begin with, I’d sleep in later than regular. I are likely to rise up very early. Whether or not it’s work or the weekend, my physique’s conditioned to get up tremendous early. So sleeping in for me might be 8 or 9 a.m. I don’t actually eat breakfast. I haven’t taken Metro in years now, and I form of miss driving the Metro, versus driving down into town. I can learn on the practice: On my to-read checklist could be the brand new Viola Davis e-book. I’d get on on the Shady Grove cease, and I’m going to do the Purple Line all the way in which right down to Gallery Place.

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I’ll cease there as a result of my first journey could be the Nationwide Portrait Gallery. There’s one thing about it that’s simply stunning. A few of my favourite reveals are the primary girls gallery and the presidential portraits. I like that I can study totally different features of historical past. The final time I used to be there, I simply stared at a portrait of Toni Morrison for fairly some time after which Frida Kahlo — that oil on canvas — I simply loved that a lot. It’s all the time enjoyable once I go there. My studying by means of the work that I’ve finished at PBS is bolstered in that have, so I’d spend a superb two-plus hours on the Portrait Gallery. There’s good folks watching in there, too, as a result of it’s such an awesome area.

I’m most likely beginning to wish to eat one thing. There’s a restaurant on the Navy Yard, Mah-Ze-Dahr Bakery, they usually have the perfect croissants. The rationale why I speak about these croissants is that I’ve a colleague right here at PBS, she was born in France, and she instructed me about this place. I’m considering, okay, she’s from France, and he or she’s saying these are the perfect croissants ever? I must attempt them. Some croissants and low will get me by means of lunchtime. The croissants are recent, they usually have so many varieties — like chocolate-filled — however I simply attempt to go for a daily croissant with some salmon and capers.

I noticed “Van Gogh: The Immersive Expertise” in Miami months in the past. I received tickets for the New York location with some girlfriends from faculty, however then omicron occurred. I wish to go to the D.C. exhibit as a result of I’d like to see that once more. Even for those who don’t know Van Gogh’s work, otherwise you simply wish to be in a unique form of artwork area, it’s nice. All the senses awaken. You possibly can placed on the VR headset and it takes you into this digital actuality expertise. It’s an effective way, to me, to point out how artwork is so accessible.

The final place earlier than I’d be able to have a dinner factor could be going to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, which I discover to be a spot of inspiration, of data, of studying. I keep in mind when it first opened, like many issues right here in D.C., you simply form of let the crowds undergo and you then resolve that you simply wish to be a part of it. Being in that area, I discover it very serene and calming.

For dinner, I’m going to Nobu. I’ve been to the New York Nobu. I’ve been to the Miami Nobu. D.C.’s is in a superb location, and I preferred it so much. So I most likely would hit there after which a present at Enviornment Stage. I just like the chef’s omakase, the place you may get a pattern of an entire bunch of various small plates and bites. They’ve a sea bass there that’s wonderful. And so they have this crispy, thick rice appetizer — I feel it is likely to be somewhat fried — and it’s so good. Nobu is all the time a superb go-to.

There have been a good quantity of August Wilson’s performs I’ve seen at Enviornment Stage over time. They’ve one which’s arising [in July] referred to as “American Prophet,” and it’s form of a musical that makes use of a number of the speeches and writings from Frederick Douglass and is directed by Charles Randolph-Wright, who has finished a bunch of wonderful stage productions at Enviornment. This one sounds terrific. I’d like to take that in — I like that stage. Then I’ll hop again on the Purple Line and end off the day.