Archive for March, 2009
Save Us, Captain Arturo!
‘080:365′
courtesy of ‘::FiZ::’
Who the heck is Captain Arturo? A couple of images of this sticker showed up in our Flickr pool recently, and they’re apparently all over DC. Obviously modeled after Captain America, Arturo seems to be his long-haired cousin or something. In any case, I know I wouldn’t mind a superhero swooping into DC [...]
He Loves DC: Stephen Kilroy
I’m personally a big fan of local band Middle Distance Runner–their shows are fun, the songs are catchy, and they seem to have a pretty good sense of humor about it all. They’re on tour right now, and they will be coming to Iota Saturday, March 28. I got a chance to ask lead singer [...]
Spring is Coming: Lambs!
Lamb & MamaOriginally uploaded by tbridge
It was just about as perfect a March day as we get here, so we headed off to Over the Grass Farm, to pick up milk, and sure enough, they had tiny little lambs running around the sheep paddock. The wee ones are probably about a week old, possibly [...]
Goodbye to the Rock Creek Parkway Pedestrian Crossing Button Moat
Much gratitude to DC DDOT for paving over what I affectionately call “The Button Moat” around the pedestrian crossing button at Rock Creek Parkway and Virginia Ave NW in Foggy Bottom. (Bigger before-and-after-pictures after the jump.)
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Sadly, Not Quite the Rap Battle We Wanted
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Michael Steele’s Rap Battle Response
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Sadly, when Stephen Colbert called out Michael Steele for a rap-off, they couldn’t get their calendars aligned. So, click the video above for a bit of a falsified battle. And a pinstripe hoodie. I think Colbert [...]
More »Biddy’s Becomes Bar Dupont
You may have noticed the extensive renovations under way at the Jury’s Hotel in Dupont Cirle. Now simply called “The Dupont Hotel” (how very creative of them), it promises to be “the hotel the Circle has waited for.” I never did see what the old rooms looked like, but if their website is any indication, [...]
More »Servathon Needs Tools
‘Tools of the Trade 2′
courtesy of ‘Paul Godden’
My favorite volunteer day of the year, Servathon, will fast be upon us. In preparation for the huge day of service to DC public schools, Greater DC Cares is looking for you to give them your spare tools. No ladies, we can’t all bring our ex-boyfriends and drop [...]
Empty victories
‘layers’
courtesy of ‘philliefan99′
Today’s WaPo includes a story about WMATA deciding to put their information up on the web. The rational response from someone who isn’t a transit foamer or mega-nerd is “isn’t it there already?” Yes, though not in the universal interchange format that would allow anyone with the will and ability to massage and [...]
We Love Arts: The Greatest Show On Earth
‘Fly’
courtesy of ‘Thomas Hawk’
So I think March is cursed. These past two weeks have been some of the toughest I’ve had in recent history, both personally and professionally, and so when I was offered a night at the circus? YES PLEASE. Let’s escape, I’m ready for trapezes and clowns to distract me from my own [...]
Monumental: Enjoying inside
‘Solitude’
courtesy of ’sashapo’
Our weather seems to be doing its best to find painful and interesting ways to whipsaw between different combinations of wind, cold, rain, gloom and shine. It can be discouraging to try to plan an outdoor trip more than five minutes in advance and downright unpleasant to be out there sometimes. So in [...]
Know what you need? A fez and mustache party.
“Just the fake mustaches for today?”
Originally uploaded by dameetch
Just in case you were looking for something weird and free to do this weekend, The Looking Glass Lounge is having their annual Fez and Mustache Party tomorrow night! They’ll be handing out free fake mustaches at the door (although I’m sure you can bring or grow [...]
Men At Work: H St. NE
‘Cone Zone’
courtesy of ’sandman_kk’
As those of you living in NE – like myself – know, driving or riding down H St. has been a disaster recently. The X2 commute down H that, during the daytime hours, would take roughly 7-10 minutes has slowed to 15+ of late due to ever-changing traffic patterns and construction.
The construction [...]
We Love Arts: Denyce Graves Lends Her Voice to Help Ellington School
‘The Kennedy Center‘
Courtesy of public.resource.org
Denyce Graves, a native of Washington, DC returned here last month for a recital to support her alma mater, DC’s Duke Ellington School for the Arts. The Kennedy Center was crowded for the recital, which featured a nice mixture of classical, jazz, gospel, and contemporary selections as well as the talents [...]
Foodie Round-Up (March 16-20)
‘Rocket Bar Wine’
courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’
I’m going to attempt to start an end-of-week or every-two-weeks foodie round up of all the news that’s fit to eat, so hang with me on my first installment, and tell me if you like it. Most of the foodie news that’s been coming my way this week [...]
Blossom Time UPDATED!
So a couple weeks ago, the National Park Service announced when the peak blooming period would be for the cherry blossoms this year.
Apparently, they were wrong.
This morning, Rob DeFeo, the Chief Horticulturist of the NPS, announced a ‘revised’ bloom period: April 1-4 . (Yep, shorter than previously predicted.)
We can’t blame DeFeo for revising his forecast; [...]
Spring’s Here.
"The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart."Originally uploaded by kimberlyfaye
It’s official, the Sun has crossed over the Equator. Today at 7:44am, Spring arrived, even if you couldn’t tell from the weather. Though we reached daytime/nighttime equity on the 17th, today’s the Equinox. We’ll [...]
Homegrown Veggies at the White House
‘what a find!’
courtesy of ‘NatalieHG’
It looks like we’re not the only ones with DC Victory Gardens this year- the First Family will be starting a vegetable garden on the White House grounds. I don’t see a lot of confirmation that this will be the big ol’ organic garden that Alice Waters of Chez Panisse has [...]
