Archive for July, 2009
Fojol Bros. Oppressed By THE MAN!
All the Fojol Bros. wanted was to bring Merlindian cuisine to the hungry masses at Farragut Square. The line was long, but the Brothers worked tirelessly, slinging biryani to grateful customers. But OH NO, DC parking enforcement came and shut them down, disappointing countless office drones before they could get their curry. What? Where’s the [...]
More »Southwest a possibility for DCA
‘Clouds and Landing’
courtesy of ‘Samer Farha’
The AP is reporting that Southwest has put in a non-binding bid on struggling airline Frontier Air, which could bring Southwest to Reagan National Airport if a sale eventually went though. Don’t feel free to move about the country just yet, however. The bid’s non-binding so that Southwest can get [...]
We Love Drinks: Herbs, Flowers & Spice
Summer always puts me in mind to garden. I have a little herb garden with oregano, rosemary and lavender that always needs pruning, some roses that need constant watch from black spot, peonies dusty with blight – wait a minute. Gardening in DC is hard work, our weather vacillating between wet and humid to dry [...]
More »Thievery Opening for McCartney
Thievery Corporation by maxedaperture
Thanks to Thievery Corporation’s Facebook page and the Going Out Gurus, it looks like one of DC’s best groups will be DJing a set before the Paul McCartney concert at FedEx Field on Saturday. I love Thievery and all, but does anyone else think this is a strange combination, much like mixing [...]
Friday Night Jams
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courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’
Tomorrow night, local band Lorelei will be hitting the main stage at the Black Cat with openers Shortstack and The Moderate. If you’ve been tapped into the local music scene for a while, you might remember Lorelei when they first debuted in the 90s. They split up, moved away, [...]
Improvapalooza 2009
‘WIT Tag’
courtesy of ‘creativedc’
The Washington Improv Theater is holding Improvapalooza 2009, starting tonight and running through Saturday. Think of it like a multi-day music festival, only instead of jangly music over questionable sound systems, you get a different improv show every 15 minutes. A one-day pass is $10, and the pass for the full festival [...]
Python alert. No, really.
‘Mason Neck – Blue Racer Snake – 5-9-09′
courtesy of ‘mosley.brian’
I walked past a guy yesterday as he was on the phone and all I heard him say was “Yeah, you know that I’d make Maryland farther away if I could.” It seemed like a somewhat dismissive sentiment at the time (though I do wish the [...]
Today’s History Lesson: The Bonus Army
‘Carriers Setting Out on Their Daily Rounds’
courtesy of ‘Smithsonian Institution’
I must have been sick the day they talked about the Bonus Army in history class. 77 years ago, an enormous group of WWI veterans set up what basically amounts to a refugee camp in the Anacostia Flats and staged a months-long protest pertaining to service [...]
Smoky Trains and Erratic Buses: A WMATA Morning Commute Story
Orange and Blue Line riders heading for work this morning probably had a heck of a time thanks to the smoke incident at McPherson Square, caused by a collector shoe (which conducts electricity from the third rail to power the train) falling off, sparking a fire under the train. (Thanks to The Post’s Get There [...]
More »We Love Weekends: August 1-2
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courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’
No, I’m not sure how we’ve found ourselves at the start of August, either. But, here we are. Several of our writers are on vacation this week, so it’s a light weekend here at We Love DC. Tell us what you’re planning in the comments!
Jenn: I’m [...]
Fire suppression efforts in NW harmed by low water pressure
‘The Washington Times’
courtesy of ‘Bogotron’
NBC Washington has video of the house that caught fire and was pretty much destroyed on Chain Bridge Road. In the video a neighbor asserts that the fire started on a corner of the porch and might have been contained if not for a lack of water for fire crews to [...]
Get Ready for Lots of Track Work
‘”Delays Continue.” on WMATA (U Street)’
courtesy of ‘technotheory’
Prepare yourselves for lots of waiting around this weekend if you’re taking Metro, no matter where you’re headed. WMATA tells us that there will be track work on ALL LINES this weekend. Fabulous.
On the Red Line (as if you weren’t already used to delays), there will be [...]
Cold War, Revisited
‘KGB / FSB Headquarters’ courtesy of ‘rodc’
Need a lunchtime diversion? How about a history lesson…from the other side’s point of view?
Spymaster: My 32 Years in Intelligence and Espionage Against the West
Thursday, 30 July; 12 noon – 1 pm at the International Spy Museum
Cost: FREE!
He was the youngest general in the history of the KGB, and [...]
Getaways: Sky Meadows
Sky Meadows. The name itself makes me think of rolling pastures, wildflowers, birds, and butterflies, all under puffy white clouds and a deep blue sky. But maybe that’s because I’ve been there.
This humble Virginia state park is close to the city, just over an hour’s drive west from DC. A historic house and picnic [...]
How about a dress rehearsal at Friday’s Mystics game?
‘kiss’
courtesy of ‘quigley_brown’
Carnal Nation reports that there’s a nationwide GLBT effort to stage a kiss-in on August 15th. You can find information on the Whys of the matter at SitIn4Equality but if you’re interested in a little protest smooching in our area you should check out this facebook group for the Washington DC event.
Scheduled [...]
More »Kwame Brown Live-tweets Budget Gap Hearing
Usually we get the best DC Council livetweets from Mike “Loose Lips” DeBonis, but today, we’re getting them right from Councilman Kwame Brown, who tweeted during today’s budget meeting as the council worked through the last of the $50M imbalance:
Sales tax increase rejected
Parking tax increase still barely hanging on
If you smoke. Your (sic) paying more. [...]
Wolf Trap Opera: Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria
It’s a July evening and at Wolf Trap’s colonial-era barns, Claudio Monteverdi’s 1640 opera Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria (The Return of Ulysses) is being performed. Despite the historicity of the place, the opera and its performance by the Wolf Trap Opera company has a decidedly contemporary feel. Everything the modern viewer loves — romance, [...]
More »Saving time on the web
If you were interested in reading The Hill’s “50 most beautiful” but just didn’t have time for all 50, fear not – their website offers you the option of the top 40, cutting down those extra 10 that pushed it over from reasonable and into screwing-off-at-work snoozeville.
It’s actually not the top 40 – it’s what’s [...]
