Archive for March, 2009
FamousDC Twitter Challenge?
Be still my beatin’ tweetin’ heart. It seems that the folks at FamousDC.com have released a different set of March Madness brackets focused instead on the local region’s Twitterers. While we’re a little hurt that none of us are included, I’m not exactly sure any of us wanted to go head to head [...]
More »Free Irish Books Tomorrow!
‘Day 93 – Reading, For Once’
courtesy of ‘gotplaid?’
If you happen to be around one of a handful of popular metro spots in town tomorrow beginning at 7 a.m., you may see some of the lovely individuals of Solas Nua, the only organization dedicated to contemporary Irish arts, handing out books. For free! For the 4th [...]
Sweeper Cam!
‘Budapest parking tickets’
courtesy of ‘bartvanpoll’
Just when you thought there was no way you could possibly get more parking tickets in DC, along comes the “sweeper cam.” It’s pretty much exactly what it sounds like: street sweepers now have cameras mounted on them that take a picture of every car that is in the way during [...]
Weekend Flashback: 3/13 – 3/15/09
Cadillac Weather Vane, courtesy of Kevin H.
Well hello March, glad to see you. Thanks for dumping cold and rain on us like always! But you couldn’t stop our readers and residents from taking pictures, so take that!
And for those of you just plain tired of this dragging winter, take heart – the blossoms are coming…
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Books Set in DC
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courtesy of ‘erin m’
So… I read chick lit. It’s true, the sparkly pink kind, with high heels and cocktails on the front. The kinds of books my mother would call a brain snack, and I’m not afraid to admit it. As I’ve been devouring popular chick lit books lately, I’ve run across more and more [...]
Ice Sheets, Ice Cubes
‘Broken ice sheet’, courtesy of ‘another sergio’
This Wednesday, while the Environmental Film Festival has DC thinking green, the French Embassy will hold a talk on Polar Deserts and their Secrets.
They’ll discuss research being done in Antarctica on climate change, biodiversity, and human adaptation. In fine French form, they’ll follow the 6 p.m. lecture with cocktails. [...]
Editor’s Note
I pulled a post here this evening, the first ever on We Love DC for content reasons. You might have seen it, it talked about the AIDS rate in the District of Columbia, news and media coverage of that rate, and it made some comments that I considered deeply harmful, ill-advised, and unacceptable to [...]
More »A second Metro fatality
‘A silver train on the blue line’
courtesy of ‘karthikkito’
NBC Washington reports that a second man has been struck and killed by a Metro train this week, this time early Sunday morning.
NBC Washington: “The accident happened on the Orange Line at 1:54 a.m. The train was going to New Carrollton; Metro was single tracking from Vienna to East [...]
Baby Giant Cuteness
‘Giant Anteater @ London Zoo 2′
courtesy of ‘afcone’
ZOOMG. I’m a tad late to the party, but the National Zoo announced a new baby giant anteater. (Note as I’m typing that… Baby giant? isn’t that a bit oxymoronic?) Perusing the National Zoo’s pictures, I’m currently dying of cuteness, and fully expect FU Penguin to come to [...]
New Sweetgreen!
‘Sweetgreen Georgetown’
courtesy of ’shawnblog’
I just got word that come April, DC will have a second sweetgreen location, which will open April 1. The new digs are at 1512 Connecticut Avenue, NW in Dupont.
The new location will focus on organic cuisine and sustainable practices, from non-processed ingredients on the [...]
McPherson Square station closed
Update: Metro reports that the blue and orange lines are back to normal. Just in time for the best part of rush hour. Perhaps today isn’t so unlucky after all!
Dr. Gridlock, from the Washington Post, reported a few minutes ago that McPherson Square Metro Station is closed. It is reported that a Blue Line train [...]
Getaways – At the Drive-In
‘Templeton Drive-in Theatre – Movie’, courtesy of ‘ciao-chow’
When someone mentions “drive-in” to you, do you think of fast food, or gargantuan screens in front of rows of parked cars, playing B-grade horror or sci-fi flicks?
The relics of a bygone era, the drive-in theater still exists, just not in abundance anymore. Any drive down backwater rural [...]
Be on TV…Tomorrow!
‘Cool water’, courtesy of ‘mawel’
Haven’t you always wanted to show up on TV as part of a giant human water glass?
Well, tomorrow morning at RFK Stadium you can do just that. UNICEF and Tap DC are shooting a commercial for DC’s Tap Project, which works to bring clean water to children worldwide, and World Water [...]
No Sidewalk? Run on the Grass
Running along Colorado Avenue NW recently, I came across this scene: a sidewalk missing, so no place to run that’s not in the street. Now the usual response to this is to run on the pavement, but why? Isn’t the flat grassy area all public property? If you look in the distance, [...]
More »Ye Ole Ho-Mobile
Photo by Wayan
Now I am not sure what the kids think of the term "ho" these days, but back when I was a young lad, it meant a prostitute. So why would a Virgina driver use such a term on their custom plates? Is a ho no longer a sex worker? And what ever happened [...]
Knife Skills Class at Arlington Adult Education
‘SNC11054′
courtesy of ‘bradleypjohnson’
I’ve been out of school for a few years now, and have honestly enjoyed the freedom of having no homework. It is glorious, and although work sometimes turns into homework (especially when I have to go in on weekends), at least I’m getting paid (in theory). I don’t miss the homework, but what [...]
Taking Babies to the Bar
Photo by Wayan
Tonight I was out at Looking Glass Lounge with a hot little date – Hanalei Stockard Vota – and I’m wondering how many other parents party with minors.
I asked the server if I was the first Dad in Looking Glass and she just laughed. I seem to be one of many. [...]
Lincoln’s Watch Vandalized
photo by philip-odegard
I’m fascinated by all things related to the presidency. I’m no history buff by any means and I can’t spout off useless presidential facts (you don’t want me on your Trivial Pursuit team), but the office of the POTUS is probably the most unique position anyone could ever be in. Heck, if I [...]
