Archive for January, 2009
I Spy… More Inaugural Info
And yet more Inaugural info. Tired yet?
The International Spy Museum (at 8th and F St. NW) announced they are keeping its doors open longer to accommodate the anticipated high volume of visitation during the Inauguration. Festivities include the swearing-in ceremony and parade shown on screens at select locations throughout the complex, including the Spy City [...]
No Ball? No Problem
‘__ _______ __ __’ courtesy of ‘Sexy Fitsum’
Former WeLoveDC blogger (and currently preparing to make her way here from CA for next week’s festivities) Brittany hooked us up with a BYT event coming up that promises to be one heck of a party…but not a ball.
Brightest Young Things is having their “Inauguration Classic 2k9 Spectacular” [...]
Sorta like the Newseum only more free
‘Film! – Headlines – 11-5-08′
courtesy of ‘mosley.brian’
Free as in beer, as the software nerds would say. I am too lazy to get WaPo to stop sending me notices related to their PostPoints program and every once in a while something interesting comes through. This came in shilling that I could get 15 extra* PostPoints if [...]
Cold.
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courtesy of ‘*kaetzchen’
I’m cold. You are cold. DC is cold. But most of us have homes. Remember those who don’t today.
If you see homeless persons who are outside in freezing temperatures, you can call the hypothermia hotline to have them picked up by a van and transported to a local shelter. For more information, call [...]
He Loves DC: Frank Warren
Courtesy of www.postsecret.com
PostSecret is a lot of things–a blog, a number of books, and a social experiment. Basically how it works is people from all over the world draw, paint, or cut and paste their secrets on the back of a 4 x 6 postcard and send them to one man: Frank Warren. I was [...]
Wherever Will I Find a Date to the Ball?
‘Inaugural 09 Hotel Madness…’
courtesy of ‘dbking’
So you’re smart, good-looking, well-connected, and you’ve managed to score highly-coveted tickets to an inaugural ball. But what do you do in a “plus one” situation when you find yourself dateless? Craigslist, that’s what. There are multiple postings by guys looking for a lady swanky enough to take to an inaugural [...]
Inauguration Survival Alerts
‘Preparations’
courtesy of ‘erin m’
WaPo just alerted me that I can receive Inauguration survival alerts – to my inbox, my blackberry or by text. HELLOOOO INFORMATION AGE, nice to meet you, my name is Katie. I in fact, have an inbox, a blackberry, and a cell phone to receive text messages, so load me up! WaPo [...]
Get Your Party On, AWAY from the Mall
‘drink and make up photo op’
courtesy of ‘hsingy’
Yeah, yeah, we know: Wear warm clothes if you’re going to the Inauguration! But you might get there and be turned away from the parade route! Virginia will be blockaded! Inaugural balls are overrated! And on and on and on. While we here at We Love DC are [...]
Leave Your Explosives at Home
T.N.T by Podknox
If you were thinking about riding your bike to the Mall on Sunday, wearing a backpack full of explosives and your pet giraffe in tow – think again. According to DC’s Inauguration site, you can basically bring your clothed body, but leave your “pot to pee in” at home. Here’s a breakdown of [...]
Free Ice Cream, As If It’s Not Cold Enough!
‘Gluttony’
courtesy of ‘CraigGrocott’
Since you’re not cold enough, DC, Baskin Robins is giving away free ice cream today. Cause they didn’t get the memo that I literally turned into an ice cube on my walk to and from the Metro today. Ignoring today’s freezing temperatures, you can head on over to Baskin Robbins to sample ice [...]
We Love Drinks: Round Robin
Let’s say you need to get drinks with colleagues after work, or have incoming relatives or friends who aren’t particularly interested in the “real” Washington but rather want the “politico” version (and this last problem may be really relevant in a few days). I don’t think you can go wrong in those instances with the [...]
More »Newspaper handouts
‘Street Sense, Washington DC’
courtesy of ‘chip py the photo guy’
High off the soy-ink fumes from multiple print runs and overpriced sold-online editions of the election day issue, The Washington Post has a new venture. How better to wring money out of the ever-shrinking paying reader pool than to attempt to sell $10 box-ads to the [...]
Sartorial Guilt
‘You Look Nice Today @ylnt’
courtesy of ‘Lucius Kwok’
Author and Petworth resident Eric Nuzum wrote last week about his experience with being called for jury duty in DC and it’s got some amusing gems in it. However his conclusion about how to determine guilt or innocence seems reasonable enough to me.
Actually, that was the excuse I [...]
Red vs. Black: Ice Rivals
Penguin!, courtesy of Teka England
Okay, in case you’re unaware, there’s a war scheduled for tonight at 7:30 pm. It’s set to rumble off up in Pittsburgh’s venerable Mellon Arena (hereafter called by its proper name, the Igloo) and features an interstate rivalry that dates back to at least the early nineties, depending on who you [...]
Navy Memorial Offers Restrooms, Food for Inauguration
‘_SWP6526′
courtesy of ‘moworld’
Just got word that the Navy Memorial’s Naval Heritage Center will televise Inauguration Day activities live in its stadium-seating theatre, featuring a 46′ x 16′ HD screen. Registered guests get in-and-out access all day with clean, indoor restrooms. Food? No problem! A catered box lunch is included in the ticket price. [...]
Sell Your Cookies Soon
photo courtesy of SanFranAnnie
According to a recent Washington Post article, you’ve got until January 20th to sell your Obama related merchandise before the heavy hand of the law snuffs out your money making machine. Washington lawyer Gregory Craig is representing president-elect Obama and it will be his job come noon on January 20th to stop [...]
George Mason University gets smart
‘Fat Albert’
courtesy of ‘Daniel Zana’
You’re like school on a Saturday Inauguration Day: No Class!
George Mason University was a little slow to the party, but presumably enough people asked the administration “exactly how am I supposed to get to class without Rt 66 or 395?” GMU has decided to close the Arlington campus entirely and cancel [...]
Want a geeky Obama keepsake, in D.C. you’re SOL.
It was announced last week, and for industry insiders, it may have been a bit longer, that Marvel Comics, purveyors of The Hulk, Fantastic Four, and “Geek-in-Chief” Barack Obama’s favorite, Spiderman were issuing a special edition of the latter for the inauguration. This 5-page story was to center around an impostor taking the oath of [...]
More »Comedy in DC: Back with a Vengeance
My friends, our long local nightmare of not enough local comedy is over. It’s January, the holidays are over, and local comedy has reclaimed its rightful place in the back rooms, the lounges, and the bars of DC (except for Top Shelf. Solly’s gave their room slot away without even TELLING them. Dubya Tee Eff). [...]
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