Archive for August, 2009
Comedy in DC: Around the Intarwebs
Kind of a mish-mash this week of different stuff for the end of DC’s sleepy August…
First, a video (above): Jewish Guilt vs. Catholic Guilt go head-to-head in the 1976th annual Guilt-Off, starring Jared Stern and Chris White. The infographic is cracking me up all on its own.
Second, a show: Friday September 4, DC Improv Lounge, [...]
Public Shame for Cheatin’ Dog Husband
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courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’
Guy cheats on Wife. Wife finds out. But Wife doesn’t dump Guy, oh no. Wife makes guy stand out on Route 7 during rush hour, declaring his indiscretion to the world. (With video! Clicky-clicky! I’ll wait!)
All things considered, the guy got off lightly. I believe the traditional “I screwed [...]
Monumental: Freedom Plaza
‘Freedom Plaza’s Mini Scale’courtesy of ‘CathyLovesDC’
“Put yourself in the map”. That’s what I always tell my friends when they’re feeling turned around and lost. But not everyone has the appreciation for maps that I do, which is why I was so excited that I could literally put myself in the map at Freedom Plaza, and [...]
Wine It Around The World
If you ever find yourself in Reston (as I did last Saturday) and you’re looking for a unique, chef-driven, alcohol-involved concept you’re in luck. Why you’d ever be in Reston looking for those things is largely beside the point. The point is, you can find all of those things at Vinifera.
Vinifera Wine Bar & [...]
Road Closures for Streetcar Installation
‘TTC PCC Streetcar’
courtesy of ‘Commodore Gandalf Cunningham’
The Washington Post and Express are reporting that there are a couple of intersections along H St NE that will be closed during the day this week so city workers can install tracks for those crazy new streetcars.
Today, it’s the intersection of 4th and H, and Friday the intersection [...]
Chipotle in Your Pocket
‘norma jean loves chipotle’
courtesy of ‘NCinDC’
Okay, so this isn’t technically DC-specific, but the number of you all who Twitter about getting Chipotle for lunch leads me to think you might be interested anyway. Chipotle’s launching an iPhone app that will let you build, order, and pay for your Chipotle burrito at your preferred local Chipotle [...]
Health Care Town Hall Fun Comes to Our Backyard
Photos courtesy of Karl Johnson
Congressman James Moran (D-VA), who represents Virginia’s 8th congressional district which covers a large chunk of northern Virginia including Arlington and Alexandria, held a health care town hall meeting tonight at South Lakes High School in Reston, VA. He didn’t go at it alone, however, as he was joined by Gov. [...]
Potomac Man Drives Self-Converted Electric Car
‘Black Dodge Neon’
courtesy of ‘yaybiscuits123′
WaPo brings us a story today about Michel Bonard, of Potomac, MD, who has converted an old Dodge Neon into an efficient electric car. It now requires him zero gallons of fuel to get around town! As long as that trip is under 30 miles (the capacity of the charge), he [...]
Sports Fix: Redskins Preview
Redskins photo courtesy of Ben Domenech
Our Redskins Preview comes to us courtesy of Ben Domenech, editor of the New Ledger, and lifelong Redskins Fan.
Fellow fans of the Washington Redskins, I have nothing to offer you but horrible tales of impending mediocrity and inevitable despair. Oh yes – we suck again.
If there’s anything I’ve learned from [...]
Alexandria to Name New Chief Today
‘Alexandria St. Patrick’s Day Parade’
courtesy of ‘_rockinfree’
For the first time in the city’s 260-year history, Alexandria will officially name its first black police chief. City Manager James Hartmann is expected to announce the appointment of Acting Police Chief Earl Cook to the position at a press conference later today. Cook has been a member of [...]
Revamp: Stoddert Elementary & Recreation Center
As WeLoveDC’s Georgetown/Glover Park resident reporter, I considered myself fairly well informed on the general neighborhood on-goings. However, I was completely stumped about a month ago when on my daily commute a passed the Stoddert Recreation Center fields to see them completely fenced off. I was even more confused when the only construction [...]
More »Cupcake Chaos
Happy Customers by Max Cook
We love free things. We also love cupcakes. When you combine those two things together you get a glorious thing: free cupcakes. It just rolls off the tongue nicely doesn’t it? But what would you put yourself through to get a free cupcake vs actually paying for one? Would you wait [...]
Featured Photo
Blue Angel by M.V. Jantzen
I love Peeps. The delicious tiny birds and bunnies come in a variety of pastel colors, have emotionless expressions on their cute, little squishy faces, and have become an integral part of our Easter celebrations. Hell, even if you don’t celebrate Easter, it’s still fun to stuff these fluffy blobs of [...]
Report a bad toupee, make $1000
‘Bang!’
courtesy of ‘Samer Farha’
Arlington County police are on the lookout for a man who has made at least one failed robbery attempt and possibly another; it’s unclear what happened when he went into a bank and seemed to start to write a note but then left. It’s completely clear what happened at the check cashing [...]
Thanks for your patience
‘A New Trail’
courtesy of ‘M.V. Jantzen’
Thanks for sticking with us through a few weeks of sluggish site performance. We’ve moved We Love DC over to some new digs and you should find things to be a lot peppier than they had been.
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We Love Food: El Pollito
El pollito, courtesy of Me
Overall I’m inclined to agree with Carl about the crack metaphor: it’s overused, and unless you punched your mother in the face or [redacted] someone’s [redacted] and then let them [redacted] in order to get it, then NO, that chicken ISN’T like crack.
When Tom Sietsema went and checked out El Pollito [...]
National Zoo: It’s Got Sex Appeal
Photo courtesy of Michael Oar
Think the National Zoo is boring? Hah! You’ve obviously never seen turtles having sex. Michael Oar of Alexandria took a trip there yesterday and snapped this great shot of reptile love making at its finest. Look for baby turtles all over Woodley Park in the near future, these guys really went [...]
