Archive for October, 2009
We Love Weekends, October 31-November 1
‘Chicken Canine: Petworth Dog Walk Halloween 2009′ courtesy of ‘Wayan Vota’ Jenn: One thing’s for sure – whatever I end up doing for Halloween will be a last-minute choice. It’s crept up on my like a mummy’s cold dead fingers and caught me unawares. Ok, maybe not, maybe I’m just lazy this year. Will I [...]
More »The Fries Verdict…
‘Mountain of deep fried goodness’ courtesy of ‘philliefan99′ Yesterday, we reported that Rays Hell Burger is now serving fries with their hamburgers. Upon inspection of a picture of said fries, there was some question as to their freshness. They appeared to be the generic, bagged and frozen variety, which stands in direct contrast to Ray’s [...]
More »15th and Vermont Ave Closed This Morning
A suspicious package is under investigation at 15th and Vermont, Northwest. K Street is closed between 14th and 15th streets, with traffic being diverted elsewhere. It’s a mess already, so avoid if you can. Update (8:45 a.m.): Streets are now reopened, though the traffic snarl’s pretty bad; you may want to find an alternate route [...]
More »Be A Part Time Superhero
Via my friend Jane McGonigal today came this sweet little web app/iPhone app that allows you to help your favorite plugged-in online organization without having to set aside hours at a time to go down to their offices. The Library of Congress is looking for help with tagging their immense photo collection for faster and [...]
More »WaPo lies, we had way more gay haters than that!
‘cuddle up’ courtesy of ‘staceyviera’ It’s not a protest without an argument over how many people showed up. The level of inanity being shown by Bishop Harry “I’m from Beltsville and should butt out of D.C.’s affairs” Jackson isn’t quite in the same league as the crazy 2M numbers the Freedomworks people were throwing around [...]
More »New Tradition for National Tree Lighting Tickets
‘National Christmas Tree’ courtesy of ‘Murmurmel’ Getting ready to stand in line for tickets for the National Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony next week? Don’t bother. The National Park Service is changing the process, much like they did for the White House Easter Egg Roll, to “open the ticketing process up to more Americans across the [...]
More »Meet Your Local Government… on the Internet
‘A packed ANC 4C meeting in DC tonight’ courtesy of ‘Wayan Vota’ Doing what I do here at We Love DC, I am constantly looking for a way to keep track of what the heck is going on in the city. Don remarked once how grateful he is that he’s the one who actually likes [...]
More »Fries! At Hellburger!
Hellburger Fries photo courtesy Samer Farha I love Ray’s Hellburger, guys. It’s to the point where I don’t even bother ordering the burger at most other restaurants because it will just disappoint me. But every time I take someone there who hasn’t been before, they wrinkle up their nose in annoyance. “What, no fries? Who [...]
More »Five Favorites: Metro Stations
‘Woodley Station’ courtesy of ‘Tyrannous’ Hi, and welcome to a new feature called Five Favorites. Our reader Jay suggested ranking favorite places in DC, and I’m going to start with five favorite Metro stations. These are stations that are the best examples of vibrant, walkable, urban, mixed-use places in the District. These are the Metro [...]
More »DC Voting Rights Provision Unlikely
‘Capitol up close’ courtesy of ‘brianmka’ Last week we reported that voting rights proponents were looking to add a provision in an upcoming defense appropriations bill that would grant DC representation in the House. Well, it’s looking like that probably won’t happen, after all. The chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Dan Inouye, a Democrat [...]
More »Continuing Redskin Insanity?
‘Hear no evil see no evil speak no evil’ courtesy of ‘Clar@bell’ Dan Steinberg over at WaPo mentioned briefly this morning that now apparently, the media is no longer allowed to interview fans who’re tailgating on FedEx Field property. Apparently, WUSA-9′s anchor Derek McGinty said last night that the team “told our sports director Brett [...]
More »Wizards Win Season Opener, 102-91
‘Caron Butler at the line’ courtesy of ‘afagen’ Don’t look now, but the Wizards won their season opener against the Dallas Mavericks last night. For a team that won fewer than 20 games last season, it’s an impressive feat. Gilbert Arenas announced that he was healthy by putting back 29 points with six assists. The [...]
More »Talkin’ Transit: Future of P-G County Transportation
Stop-and-go traffic may become a thing of the past for Prince George’s County commuters. That is, if county planners have their way. The county recently released its 171-page transportation master plan, which covers such ideas as extending WMATA’s Metrorail Purple and Green lines, High-Occupancy Vehicle lanes on heavily-trafficked roadways and other suggestions to get commuters [...]
More »WMATA silently edits news release
‘Pravda’ courtesy of ‘aquateamhungryfort’ Earlier I linked to a WMATA news release on the changes to how SmarTrip SmartBenefits would be handled and disbursed. When reader Nate commented that he disagreed with me about the significant part of the story I went back to look at the release again… and was surprised that I had [...]
More »CityDance: Latitude
CityDance Ensemble has just returned to their DC homebase from tours in the Middle East and Chile, and are settling into the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theatre for two performances this Thursday and Friday at 7:30pm. “Latitude” features contemporary works by Artistic Director Paul Gordon Emerson, Choreographer-in-Residence Christopher K. Morgan, and others from Brazil, Chile, and Israel. This [...]
More »New Ballston Building Uses Old Bob Peck Style
The work of mid-century American architect Anthony Musolino was at its finest in the Ballston dealership of Bob Peck. Built in 1964, very possibly at the height of Chevrolet as a company, the modern angles and shapes of the dealer were iconic. It was demolished in 2003 as part of the revitalization at the confluence [...]
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