Archive for December, 2007
Three Masters
If you haven’t seen Scena Theatre’s well-received production of Jean Genet’s “The Maids” yet, you have just three chances left. Final performances are tonight and Friday at 8pm and Saturday at 3pm at the Warehouse Theater, whose stage is beautifully transformed into a Parisian flat filled with a golden bathtub and opulent flowers. That beauty, [...]
More »No Blimp Flyover
There was word that the Ron Paul Blimp was going to do a DC flyover this week, possibly for their Thursday 9AM rally at the Federal Reserve, but we can now confirm that this is definitely not happening. This RonPaulForums thread cites “weather and FAA restrictions” for the change-of-plan; apparently the argument that “the First [...]
More »You must be joking
As if some people in this town needed an excuse to hate tourists. The DC tourism board has created a promotion to appeal to fans of the upcoming National Treasure sequel. I guess their money is as green as anyone else’s, but really, is the package going to include a tour or all the places [...]
More »Googleville, Population: Not you
Well Google has expanded street view yet again and we still ain’t in it. C’mon google! We’re the 25th most populous city! Pittsburgh? 57th. PROVIDENCE? 128th! I want to see lobbyists picking their nose on the street! Let’s go! This post appeared in its original form at DC Metblogs Be the first to like. Like [...]
More »Christmas Music
The holiday season, aside from being filled chaotic shopping, pressure-filled holiday office parties (gone are the days of the making-out-with-the-cute-girl-from-accounting-on-the-copier, apparently…), and all manner of family stresses, is filled also with music. These next two weeks are full of some of the best music that Western Civilization has to offer: full of hope, full of [...]
More »Plant Attack at Botanical Gardens
Wayan’s DC Photos Check out how the Botanical Gardens interperts the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in plant life. As part of its Christmas display, they have recreated all the major DC landmarks with twigs, moss, and other bits of green. And now with winter upon us, the Botanical Gardens are one of the few places to [...]
More »EXPRESSly misleading
I refuse the Express when I get on the Metro, primarily because I already get the print edition and don’t care to read stories twice. However I will give them credit – they do their best to mix it up by shortening articles, adding graphics, and now, completely altering the meaning of entire articles. Today’s [...]
More »Metrorail Graffiti in the Blue Lune Tunnel
Wayan’s WMATA Photos Have you ever seen Metrorail tunnel graffiti? Neither had I until my Blue Line train stopped in the tunnel between the Arlington Cemetery and Rosslyn stations. That’s when I looked out the train car window and noticed all this writing on the blacken walls of the tunnel. And it wasn’t just a [...]
More »My sparkling wines, let me show you them.
photo courtesy of GiraMondo Yes, a LOLCat reference. Sue me. There’s still tickets for sale for GiraMondo’s tasting event tomorrow evening, Champagne and Other Bubbles. Back in July I went to an all-champagne tasting and had a good time. Tomorrow’s evening is not just French offerings – as champagne by definition is – but some [...]
More »Marion Sings it Up at The 18th Amendment
And who is this familiar face singing us up at the DC Democratic State Committee holiday party? Why, it’s none other than Mayor-for-Life Marion Barry, gracing us with his Karaoke prowess at The 18th Amendement! Note that as he croons, he grips two microphones with one hand. Yup, Marion is just so awesome that he [...]
More »Cake Brings Music, Sarcasm and Suffering to DC Audience
I grew up in Central Valley of California, much like John McCrea. When Cake was writing songs rich with sarcasm and the vibraslap, I was going to High School just across the causeway from them. For various reasons, most of which had to do with being afraid to see one of my favorite bands (something [...]
More »This is what "all hands on deck" looks like
First up, two (auxiliary?) officers directing traffic… in concert with a perfectly working streetlight. So as the light changed, so did their whistle-blowing and hand waving. Useful somehow, I am sure. Or so I am telling myself, so I do not believe that I tolerated six hours of shrill whistle-blowing for nothing. Next up, several [...]
More »Hanukkah with Andy Carvin
Andy Carvin, DC’s number one social media/web/new media genius, also known as Big Daddy to those who are in the inner circle, shares his recipe for matzo ball soup. Check it out and learn the Carvin family secret to light, fluffy matzo balls. My recipe is similar, except without the salt and pepper – I [...]
More »Holiday Party [Crashing] Tips
The First Friday Collective (which describes itself as “a bunch of Washington D.C. conservatives and libertarians getting together at a local bar once a month to catch up, meet new people, network, bitch about stuff, laugh at each other, and gloat over softball conquests”) posted the best holiday-party list you need this season: a rather [...]
More »Added to my the hell with you list
image courtesy of Esteban When my brother and his significant other were here for Thanksgiving, my darling girlfriend and I took them to Amsterdam Falafel, which we love to death. I don’t know how the subject came up, but we were talking about DC’s lack of representation in Congress and giving my brother a crash [...]
More »U-CARE Fundraising & Shopping Social
Tonight will be a good night to do some holiday shopping at the U-CARE U Street Fundraising & Shopping Social. The fundraiser is that 10% of proceeds brought in by the participating retailers will be donated to Sitar Arts Center which provides arts education to low-income young people in our community. For those more interested [...]
More »America By Air
I finally had a chance last weekend to visit the new “America By Air” exhibit at the National Air and Space Museum, just opened Nov. 17th. The exhibit chronicles the history and culture of commercial air travel, collecting in one place all manner of aircraft and artifacts from the dawn of civil aviation right up [...]
More »Exposed 2008 Announced!
If you missed last year’s Exposed show, then now’s the time to get planning! DCist today announced their plans for Exposed 2008, which will take place March 7th-15th at Civilian Art Projects in Penn Quarter. With a friendly $5 entry fee, and a request of only 25% of final sale profits, Exposed is a great [...]
More »Wild Driving Day
Wayan’s DC Photos Don’t you wish you were driving a people mover to work this morning? As the Honey Bunny and I escape to Florida and leave you in the snow, we saw a wild sight on The Dulles Toll Road. Cars skidded off into grass and medians that looked like a drunken bumper car [...]
More »Coffee for a Cure
image courtesy of Mayorga Coffee If I didn’t resist the urge, I’d hector you bunch about charity events on a daily basis. So I almost passed on promoting this event, which organizer Stefan Gunther suggested to us. He’s attempting to raise $5,000 by year’s end to fund a run in the Boston Marathon this April. [...]
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