Archive for July, 2009
Student discounts from DC United
‘Ready, set..’
courtesy of ‘BehindTheBadge.com’
Attention, interns: DC United is offering student discounts on tickets to the July 18th game against the Colorado Rapids. Use your .edu email address to purchase tickets online, and you can sit near the Supporters Sections. That means you’ll be up close to the Screaming Eagles and La Barra Brava, which, if [...]
We Love Food: Vegetate
‘Vegetate Outside’
courtesy of ‘needlessspaces’
I have a co-worker and friend named Heather. Heather is a vegetarian. She’s one of those odd vegetarians, though, that doesn’t really eat a bunch of vegetables. She likes them just fine, and she’ll eat them if you cook them for her, or bring them to her, but she doesn’t seek out [...]
A Record Setting 4th for Metro
‘Metro, Orange Line train to Vienna’
courtesy of ‘GogonaÅ?’
The Business Journal reports that riders on Saturday set a new record for July 4th commuting. Metro reported 631,206 trips on their system, an increase of over 32,000 from 2008 ridership. If the masses of humanity that I saw are any indication, every last one of these trips went through L’Enfant Plaza [...]
Fighting Global Warming Through Urban Planning
If you have a couple minutes to spare, take a look at the clip above. Created for the Congress for New Urbanism, it’s a catchy short film linking suburban sprawl to global warming. It frames global warming as a result of the built environment, and encourages new urbanism (i.e. walkable development with a mix of [...]
More »Local Band Love at Fort Reno
‘Cigarbox Planetarium – Fort Reno Park – Washington, DC’
courtesy of ‘bSmithPhotoBlogDotOrg’
Tonight, head over to Fort Reno Park (two blocks from the Tenleytown Metro station) for local bands Go Home Robot, Sea Monsters, and Power Pirate. The thing I love most about the Fort Reno concert series this summer? They are serious about making it home [...]
We Love Arts: DC Hip Hop Theater Festival
‘Grand Analog @ The Reverb’
courtesy of ‘blurasis’
The DC Hip Hop Theater Festival (HHTF), beginning today and running until July 11, will host a plethora of events and performances that integrate hip hop and theater, and address the socio-political issues relevant to the hip-hop community.
The kick off performance, AM Radio Live Art & Performance, begins tonight at 7pm at [...]
Happy National Fried Chicken Day
‘Oven Fried Chicken’
courtesy of ‘thebittenword.com’
This morning on twitter I learned something very important: namely that today is National Fried Chicken Day. I bet you didn’t know there was a National Fried Chicken Day, did you? Or that Thursday is National Sugar Cookie Day, followed by National Pina Colada Day (now that’s a day I can [...]
Marion Barry Faces the Cameras
View more news videos at: http://www.nbcwashington.com/video.
Marion Barry will be facing the media regarding his weekend arrest shortly. We’ll have the conference liveblogged for your entertainment. Keep tuned in here.
Update 4 [11:04am]
And we lost our feed. We tried to get an updated feed, but managed to get back just in time for the [...]
DC Goes a Little Gayer
‘I DO support GAY marriage!’
courtesy of ‘galifa85′
Despite referendums and protests, today DC became the 10th jurisdiction in the US to recognize gay marriage. In May, the City Council passed legislation amending DC code to recognize legal same-sex marriages performed outside of the District. This legislation passed the requisite 30 day review by Congress and today, officially became law. This [...]
Have You Seen This Bird?
This here is Pickles, a green and very talkative rose-ringed parakeet last seen in a tree in the Haupt Garden behind the Smithsonian Castle. Pickles’ owner Scott likes to take the bird on his shoulder, pirate-style, for walks around the National Mall on weekends, and on nice days, perch Pickles on tree branches in the [...]
More »Only The Best
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courtesy of ‘Hoffmann’
Where and when are you going to be able to get Sweetgreen’s Sweet Flow, wine from Asia Nine, sushi from Kaz, a dish from The Source and Pete’s Apizza all in the same room? Duh, at Washingtonian’s Best Of Washington Party, of course!
Washington’s top restaurants (as voted by readers and editors of Washingtonian) [...]
Weekend Flashback: 7/3 – 7/5/09
‘Fireworks in DC – the aftermath’ courtesy of ’spiggycat’
Aaaaand welcome back to the workweek! Hope you enjoyed your very special three-day holiday weekend. We know it’ll take a bit to get into the swing of things on a Monday, so we’ve slipped in some extra photos for you to ogle while the caffeine drip gets [...]
Faded Fourth
It had been a while since I walked down the stretch of R Street between 15th and 14th. But on a leisurely stroll home last night with some friends, we really weren’t thinking about watching our backs. I mean, it was the Fourth of July! Everyone’s in a good mood, right? No need for anyone [...]
Happy Anniversary, WeLoveDC!!!
‘The We <3 DC Crew’ courtesy of ‘marc.benton’
With apologies to a certain escapist ’80s TV show…
“In 2008 a crack blogging team was bound by restrictions of a blogging organization they didn’t build. A select group of men and women promptly escaped from the shackles of the oppression to the freedom of Wordpress. Today they survive [...]
We Love Independence Day Movies
‘Tchotchke the Freedom Bulldog’
courtesy of ’staceyviera’
With one day to go until July 4th, it’s time to marinate the chicken, clean the grill, set out the checkered table cloths, raise Old Glory and get pumped to celebrate the birth of our country. And what better way to do that, than watch a kick ass, chest thumping USA! USA! movie [...]
CHEESE LINCOLN IS REAL!
Cheese LincolnOriginally uploaded by tiffany bridge
Yes, that’s a 6′8 statue of Abraham Lincoln carved out of mild cheddar on Constitution in front of the American Pharmacists Association building. You are not hallucinating.
For each of the past three years, CHEEZ-IT has sponsored a massive cheese carving of some patriotic theme in honor of Independence Day. [...]
