Archive for September, 2009
Metro shuttle schedules for the weekend
‘Empty Ride’
courtesy of ‘Samer Farha’
Continuing their established tradition of advance notice, WMATA has just put out a press release detailing the times and locations of the shuttles they’ll be running for people impacted by this weekend’s station closings.
In case you’ve forgotten (or are the board and have not been informed), closings start tonight at 9:30pm [...]
Fenty Opens New Dog Park
Dog Park Opening by Max Cook
It’s finally official. After years of neighborhood arguments, years of planning, and months of construction, the new S street dog park is finally open. Yesterday, Mayor Adrian Fenty, Councilmember Jack Evans, and several other DC political types gave speeches about how great the new park is going to be, patted [...]
Only Ovechkin…
‘090127 Alex Ovechkin-1′
courtesy of ‘Dan4th’
Gonna be in New York City next week?
To help ring in the new NHL season, Caps winger Alex Ovechkin will be personally ringing up a limited number of fans who pre-order NHL 2K10 (of which he’s the cover child) at the NHL Powered by Reebok Store on Sixth Ave in downtown [...]
FotoWeek DC Deadline Near
Attention photographers! Have you heard of FotoWeek DC? If not, you must not have been in a coma for a couple of years in which case a) I’m truly sorry and b) you can now consider yourself informed. For everyone else, have you submitted your best photos yet? With over $20,000 in prize money and [...]
More »We Love Arts: Festival Fever!
Bagpipers at the Virginia Scottish Games and Festival by Corinne Whiting
Considering the headlines that dominate news pages these days, who could blame us for craving a bit of escapism? Luckily, an avalanche of September festivals offers ample excuses to wear kooky costumes or to (attempt to) speak in charming accents, to relive the past or [...]
Retro awesomeness at 6 Flags
‘331′
courtesy of ‘me and the sysop’
Nostalgia is a scary thing, and kind of amazing. Ten years ago I’d have laughed, now I kinda wanna go.
MC Hammer is going to headline a “Retro Replay Concert” at Six Flags on Sunday, September 27th.
You can totally play it off as an ironic event if, unlike me, you were [...]
When Architects Attack: Ward 8’s New Proposed Library
Washington Highlands has a new library coming to the Southwest DC neighborhood. Designed by British architect David Adjaye, it sports an ultra-modern look and floor plan where apparently right angles are hard to come by. The project rendering appears to be quite out of place for DC and will stir up probably the same sentiments [...]
More »Little Miss Whiskey’s Golden Dollar
From the outside, the rowhouse-turned-bar has purposefully little to draw the attention of the casual passerby. Only the purple halo of light around the front window and red-lit address — 1104 — hints that something’s going on there that wasn’t before. Stepping inside however, is like a trip down the rabbit hole: violet light seeps [...]
More »Clean your closet for a good cause
‘SUIT oyaji in Wall st.’
courtesy of ‘jacopast’
Men’s Warehouse is having its 5th annual National Suit Drive. If you’ve ever heard of the excellent charity Dress for Success which helps women in need get business-appropriate attire, well, this one’s for the dudes. I don’t know why they kick off the event almost three months in advance [...]
We Love Weekends: September 5-6
‘follow your path’
courtesy of ‘philliefan99′
Carl: Since Mother Weaver is coming to town on Friday, I plan to entertain her by taking her to see the lazy-ass welfare pandas, perhaps a concert at Millennium Stage, and definitely a visit to Ted Kennedy’s grave, not that it is entertaining, but it would be a meaningful visit. In the evening on [...]
Full Moon Bike Ride Tonight!
‘and their (clothes are) off!’
courtesy of ‘m hoek’
Sorry for the semi-disturbing picture. Avert your eyes! Avert your eyes! But I couldn’t help it. I mean the event’s title is the Full “Corn Moon” Bike Ride. So, you’re better blaming the Washington Area Bicyclists Association who will be leading this nighttime tour of the Capital Crescent/Georgetown [...]
The DC Food Scene: Blogger Happy Hour
‘DC Foodie Blogger Happy Hour’
courtesy of ‘CathyLovesDC’
Last night at Poste Brasserie, I stepped out onto the DC foodie scene, mingling with as many of the 60 local food and gardening bloggers as I possibly could. WeLoveDC’s resident foodie, Katie, couldn’t make the party, and she sent me in her stead (poor me…).
Thanks to Mary (Arugula Files) [...]
Park(ing) Day Comes to DC
PARK(ing) Day by Laughing Squid
It’s amazing when you stop and think about how much of our cities are dedicated to cars. What was once fertile green land is now sealed in pavement, concrete, and pollution. Well on September 18, we have a chance to claim a little bit of that space back with [...]
MetroFAIL. Again. (Rinse, Repeat)
‘WMATA’
courtesy of ’sofafort’
And the Metro angst continues.
Kudos to James Hohmann over at WaPo for his breakdown of yesterday’s absurd circus between WMATA and its board members. What’s utterly appalling is Metro’s insistence that their August 5 press release was enough notice.
While the notice does mention “major track maintenance rehabilitation program during the three-day Labor Day [...]
Ethnic Food Survey: Greek
‘Mykonos; Î�λληνική Ï�ημαία’
courtesy of ‘Global Jet’
Welcome to the first installment of the WLDC Ethnic Food Survey. The idea here is not to provide you with an exhaustive list of your ethnic food options, but to give you a brief overview of what we feel are your best bets for any particular type of regional cuisine [...]
