Archive for June, 2009

This Week in Music: Play it Loud: The Antlers/Cotton Jones @ IOTA

Love can’t buy a full room, no matter what the prophets of new media might say. Even when the gushing adoration gets issued from the fast-typing manicured fingers of a name-checking rock critic, it’s not enough to ensure that there will actually be warm-drinking bodies filling the club when the band finally walks out — at least not at Iota.

Green Line Rail Cracked, Metro Delays

Holding PatternOriginally uploaded by Samer Farha Metro discovered a cracked rail on the Green Line near the West Hyattsville station, which is going to result in single tracking around the exposed area until they can repair it. Metro will also be inspecting all 3,000 signaling relays as part of their crash response, which may contribute [...]

Metro crash lawsuit #1

‘Supreme Columns’ courtesy of ‘Carla Jones (Gen-esis Photography)’ WTOP reports that the first lawsuit has been filed by a crash victim. Davonne Flanagan, 15, received a broken leg in the crash, where he was riding in the rear of the first car of the striking train. The family is seeking $950,000 in pain and suffering [...]

We Love Weekends: June 27-28

Stumble Safely

I’m not one to harp on crime statistics as a governing behavior for where I do my socializing, but this one’s too beautiful not to share. Check out Stumble Safely, which maps together a street map of DC, some delightful night spots, DC Metro station maps, and DC Crime Data. It even has settings so [...]

Baby Piglets at Mount Vernon

Congratulations to Mount Vernon, who had three piglets born this morning, pictured above. Their burning cuteness can be seen in person if you’re looking for something fun for this weekend. Be the first to like. Like Unlike

Jackassery in the Wake of Tragedy

‘Underground’ courtesy of ‘Samer Farha’ I know that most of you are burnt out by all the reporting on the metro crash, but this is something that I just couldn’t let lie.  The family of one of the victims, Ana Fernandez, a Salvadorian immigrant and mother of six, has received calls from “concerned citizens” questioning the [...]

Thrifty District: Getcha Groupon!

For this, my first contribution to We Love DC, I want to talk about a company new to the DC area that is leveraging collective buying power to offer fantastic discounts at local retailers and service providers. “Groupon”, which launched its DC operation on May 26th, is a catchy play on the word “Coupon” (I [...]

Fedorov Signs With Metallurg

‘Fedorov’ courtesy of ‘borman818′ Russian news outlets are reporting that Caps forward Sergei Fedorov has signed a two-year contract with the Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Continental Hockey League (KHL). There, he’ll be reunited with his younger brother Fedor. Fedorov, 39, was reportedly negotiating with several NHL teams besides the Caps but decided in the end [...]

Fenty on the Death Toll Count Problems

View more news videos at: http://www.nbcwashington.com/video. Mayor Fenty, in the Tuesday morning news conference at the site of the Metro crash, cited a figure of 7 dead, a number that had been reported by all the media earlier in the morning as 9 dead. Now, we have an explanation from the mouth of the Mayor, [...]

Zagat talks to Roberto Donna about Galileo

‘Fixed with duct tape’ courtesy of ‘nicolasnova’ Zagat has a little interview with Roberto Donna about his plan to finally re-open Galileo this fall. It’ll be in the old Butterfield 9 spot. Interesting questions about his plans for the layout and events, though nothing about whether the black duct tape on the front doors will [...]

Faulty Computer Circuit May Be Cause

DC Freaking <3s Top Gun

‘TOP GUN (Blu-ray)’ courtesy of ‘cinz’ Seriously, it has become clear that this town can’t get enough of Top Gun. I’m being bombarded with requests to love Goose and Maverick and say douchebaggy things such as “I feel the need…. for speed.” If you love Top Gun, you best flee your cubicle RIGHT NOW and [...]

Panic and vigilante behavior now easier than ever

‘spooky execution room shadows’ courtesy of ‘Jeremy Burgin’ WaPo reports that the D.C. police department has pushed out an upgrade to the online tool for scrutinizing the sex offender database. Now the tool has even greater granularity, allowing people to search for every single registered offender within a 0.25 mile radius of a given address, [...]

Steny Hoyer Asks for $3B for Metro

Concert: Vieux Farka Touré

‘Vieux Farka Toure at Rock and Roll Hotel’ courtesy of ‘dcjasmine’ You may not have heard of Vieux Farka Toure, but perhaps you should. NPR knows about him. The New York Times knows about him. The dirty hippies who were standing next to me and went to Bonnaroo do, too. If you have admiration for (or [...]

Cleaning the Air and Space Museum’s Lunar Lander

Smithsonian Mag’s Around the Mall has a look at the cleanup of the Air and Space Museum’s Apollo Lunar Module #2 in preparation for the upcoming 40th anniversary celebration of the Apollo 11 moon landing: Be the first to like. Like Unlike

Slam Dunk Contest

‘Slam dunk’ courtesy of ‘cruffo’ DC basketball is like a wave rising and falling.  Teams like the  ’07 Hoyas raise our hopes, while the Wizards make a yearly attempt at breaking our spirits. On Saturday, Sprite and the NBA will give locals a chance to show what DC is really about.  The Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown, an amateur dunk [...]

ESPN notices DC

‘we feel fine’ courtesy of ‘brains the head’ Or maybe we finally bought enough chicken wings at the ESPN Zone. Something, I dunno. I’ll confess that my interaction with ESPN is pretty much limited to watching the crawl when I’m at the bar – I get my updates straight from NHL.com or the iPhone SportsTap [...]

Talkin’ Transit: Hard Questions

‘Franconia-Springfield metro station’ courtesy of ‘nevermindtheend’ So Metro, now what? That’s the question in the back of everyone’s minds here in the District after Monday’s tragic Metro accident. It’s not an easy question to ask and in the coming days, how John Catoe and WMATA answers it may well make or break the transit agency. [...]