Elevate Your Team Building, Private & Group Events in DC with Blue Fern Travel’s Unforgettable Fork Tours
Looking for unique team building activities in Washington DC? Want to plan extraordinary private events or group outings that your attendees will be raving about? Blue Fern Travel’s acclaimed Fork Tours offer an unparalleled experience that perfectly blends delectable cuisine, rich history, and immersive exploration – ideal for corporate team building, client entertainment, or any…
Black American History IS American History
We share the stories of influential Black men and women on our tours year round. Still, as February begins, celebrating Black History Month becomes an opportunity to honor figures who have shaped American history. Washington, D.C., holds a rich and significant history within the broader context of Black History in the United States. DC is…
Crafting our Flagship Fizz Tour: A Behind-the-Scenes Glimpse into the Elegance of U Street’s Sparkling Spirits
Crafting any tour is a time consuming, logistically challenging labor of love, and our latest Jazzed Up U Street Cocktail Tour is no different. That said, we wanted to pull the curtain back and offer a behind the scenes look at what it took to create our curated journey through the legacy of U Street’s…
Blue Fern Travel’s Five Women-Owned Food and Drink Businesses You Need to Know!
This Women’s History Month, we wanted to take a moment to share some of our own food and drink businesses within the DC area we love to support and you need to know! As a women-owned business, Blue Fern Travel aims to showcase the diverse flavors and history within the DC region and we take…
A Love Letter to DC
My dearest DC, I love you. I love how you merge big city and small town perfectly, where there’s always something new going on, but things are still familiar. I love how Cherry Blossoms predictably dust the city pink for a few weeks, but always leave tourists and locals guessing exactly when and…
Importance of Community, especially now..
All this pandemic chaos has got me thinking about the importance of restaurants, our local community and how vital it is they have our support in these difficult times. So we wanted to share our first (holiday themed) post on how they shape our community. To that end, we are DOUBLING OUR DONATION to Bread…
Discover Baltimore’s Best Restaurants With Carpe DC’s Scott Gilbert
(As of July 1 , 2020, Carpe DC Food Tours has rebranded as Blue Fern Travel!) Carpe DC Food Tours kicks off March with our new Baltimore Fells Point Food Tour, giving you an inside look at the fascinating history and food culture of one of America’s most exciting food destinations. We sat down with…
New Year New U Street!
So can I just say how excited we are about entering YEAR FIVE! I mean seriously, where has the time gone… Seems like just yesterday, my partner/hubby Stefan and I were leading all the tours ourselves and enjoying a half smoke or two along the way! But fast forward five years later, we have hosted…
That time I quit my day job
I’m bustin out! (cue Diana Ross ‘I’m coming out’ song!) It’s true! In case you haven’t been following my every post on social….I QUIT MY DAY JOB! And now am working on full time on Carpe! (insert quit scene from Jerry Maguire here) Now, my first thought was to wax poetic about how travel has changed…
Five Principles of Fantastic Food Tours
As we kick off our 2018 season, proudly entering our fourth year in business there is a lot of fondly looking back, hand horizontally perched on the eyebrow ridge, thinking about how far we have come. I’d like to think I knew what we were doing in year one, and I’m sure I believed me….