Archive for April, 2009
Cinnabon > Taxes
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courtesy of ‘fujikinoko’
Today is the day of free sweet things on Tax Day, apparently. Cinnabon, your friendly sugar-coma-inducing retailer of 1-million-calorie sticky buns, is offering up free Cinnabon bites on April 15.
The catch? They will only be available for free from 5:00pm – 8:00pm. And they are not available at airports or travel plazas – [...]
Buzzes, Beeps, Bloops, and Bleeps Workshop
HacDC Electronics Bench
Originally uploaded by acaben
For the next few Thursdays (starting this Thursday) at 7:30 pm, HacDC is hosting workshops on sound hacking from the ground up. Borrowing, a couple tricks from the glitch/bender tradition and adding some new twists. If you’re interested in electronic sounds and music, this is the place to be.
This [...]
Meet Our Latest Museum
Freelon Adjaye Bond 2, courtesy of afagen
Earlier today, WaPo broke the news regarding the newest – and last – Smithsonian museum to be built on the National Mall. The winning design (see the above photo) for the new National Museum of African American History and Culture belongs to the architectural team from Freelon Adjaye Bond [...]
Bouncing Baby Boy…Anteater
National Zoo’s Baby Giant Anteater: It’s a boy!
Originally uploaded by Smithsonian’s National Zoo
The National Zoo’s baby anteater has turned out to be a boy, and the poor thing is going to be saddled with a name chosen by the voting public. Sigh.
I wouldn’t have even mentioned this, except for the awesomeness implied in this photo. [...]
Bargain Namaste
‘Mornin’ Yoga’
courtesy of ‘mtngirl9999′
This is the kind of thing someone more yoga-inclined than myself could have turned into a great Thrifty District, but hey… Julee Newberger has already done the work for us. She’s got a roundup of free and cheap yoga around DC for your exercising enjoyment.
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Passport DC: Party with the Embassies
‘French ambassador’s residence’
courtesy of ‘NCinDC’
My brother moved a couple of years ago to a teeny, tiny town in Wyoming. When he comes to visit, he teases me about all the big city crap I put up with- traffic, crowded transit systems, sirens, tourists, etc., and asks me why I stay. “Simple,” I said once. “Last [...]
Ice Cream > Taxes
‘Maggie Moo’s’
courtesy of ‘Marusula
I’m not sure I’ve properly shared my obsession with ice cream on this blog. I adore ice cream. I worship at the house of Moorenko’s, specifically the salted praline. Boccato Gelato on Clarendon is a close second. In fact, I’m even a fan of ice cream on facebook. So free ice cream [...]
We Love Food: Brunch @ Circle Bistro
Okay, okay, I know, I get it. I’m on a brunch kick. I promise next We Love Food, I’ll write about another meal, I’ll branch out, but really? LOOK AT THAT PHOTO, you can’t not love brunch. Om nom nom nom. That my friends, is the french toast with whipped marscapone from Circle Bistro.
Circle Bistro [...]
Opening Day
GenerationsOriginally uploaded by tbridge
What a day. The loss of Harry Kalas, the Phillies announcer, before the game began today was a crushing loss for the sport at large, and it put a pall over the game. The Nats performance was uneven, and ended up losing 9-8, despite another 9th inning opening day homer [...]
24 in DC: Episode 16 (1:00am to 2:00am)
Guess what? There was actually some geography to snark about this week!
Recap time! Freckles’ Cleavage, Jack’s middle name is Exposition. Moss retreats from Fauxwater, Freckles wants to call Jack’s daughter, and the President caves to Jonas’ demands.
And we’re off: Hey look, Tony has figured out what the deal is with the missiles.
So Jonas is on [...]
We Love Arts: Antebellum
Jessica Frances Dukes as Edna and Jenna Sokolowski,shot by Stan Barouh
I pondered letting this one pass without comment; one of the virtues of writing for a blog rather than a Paper of Record is that I’m not obligated to weigh in. In the end, though, I decided I’d weigh in, however briefly. In [...]
WaPo Contest Winners: Take a Peep
‘102/365 Peep Starry Night’
courtesy of ‘Mykl Roventine’
The much-anticipated winner and finalists for the Washington Post’s 3rd Annual Peeps Diorama Contest were announced yesterday, Easter Sunday. This year’s winner was a re-imagining of Edward Hopper’s “Nighthawks” (you know, that ubiquitous 1940s moody diner painting) entitled “NightPeeps.” The artist is Melissa Harvey, 44, of Arlington, whose day [...]
Livestreaming the Egg Roll
‘White House Easter Egg Roll’
courtesy of ‘dbking’
The White House is livestreaming everything from the Easter Egg Roll… including the chef’s cooking lessons from Top Chef Spike Mendelsohn, Art Smith of Art and Soul and Jose Andres of Zaytinya, et al. You can also catch other adorable things like DC United soccer players reading to kids [...]
Weekend Flashback: 4/10 – 4/12/2009
‘The Cruel Bird of Spring that No One Knows’ courtesy of ‘andertho’
Welcome back to the work week; hope you didn’t stuff yourselves too full of chocolaty, sugary goodness over the holiday (or non-holiday, if you’re inclined).
The Cherry Blossom Festival is now in the past, having closed out with a ‘bang’ (that’d be the usual festival-ending [...]
Finally–welcome, Bo!
I’m actually really pleased at the way the White House has handled the arrival of the new pup–the post on their blog was understated (“In case anybody was wondering…”) but they must have known that Puppywatch 2009 had been going on since Nov. 2 and people are understandably excited. There was even a minor controversy [...]
More »Thai Restaurant Week
‘Pad Thai with Shrimp’
courtesy of ‘mastermaq’
Today kicks off Thai Restaurant Week, folks. DC area Thai places are rallying with special menus, discounts and performances to celebrate Songkran, or Thai New Year, from April 13-19.
The DC restaurants participating are: Asia Nine; Bangkok Bistro; Bangkok Joes; Mai Thai; Tara Thai; Thaiphoon; and Thai Tanic. The Thai Embassy [...]
Truth Truck Hits DC!
Truth TruckOriginally uploaded by woofiegrrl
I’ve seen it a few times before, but today was the first time I saw the (rather arrogantly named) “Truth Truck” during the new presidential administration. To be honest, I’m surprised it took so long.
This photo doesn’t depict the specific messages I saw on the truck, but I wasn’t able to [...]
