Archive for November, 2009

Ovechkin Injured, Possibly To Be Suspended

Alex Ovechkin tonight engaged in some brutal hockey-playing, and found himself knocked out of the game, both by injury, and by the refs, who ejected him for an illegal knee-on-knee collision with the Hurricanes Defenseman Tim Gleason. The hit is absolutely brutal, and the ejection is possibly deserved, but of more concern is his recent [...]

Urbana’s Repeal Day Soiree

‘Gin Fizz’ courtesy of ‘Charles Haynes’ This Saturday, December 5th will see several celebratory events to mark the 76th Anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition. If you’re in the mood to gussy up in vintage togs and drink gin out of an actual bathtub bar, then Urbana may have the right party for you. Located [...]

“Surge” Caused Metro Crash?

Red Line Delays – Another Person Hit by Train

‘Turn Left’ courtesy of ‘nevermindtheend’ Just crossing the alert wires now, so little detail to go on. Another person has been hit by a Metro train, this time at Gallery Place / Chinatown. Expect delays up and down the Red Line for your afternoon commute. From the WMATA website: Disruption at Gallery Place-Chinatown. Person struck [...]

Arlington Holds Food Drive This Week

December Concert Preview

” courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’ Some people may be inclined to warm up by a fire during the cold months, but if you’re like me, you prefer to get the feeling back in your hands and toes by dancing it out. Or at the very least, getting your mind blown by some [...]

Morton’s Final Smoke Out

‘Smoke, Farragut Park Washington DC’ courtesy of ‘Photos by Chip Py’  To mourn or celebrate the Virginia statewide smoking restrictions really isn’t my purview, being a proud (and let’s face it, clueless) DC resident, but if you are in that demographic and also just happen to love steaks and cigars, this is for you. Three [...]

Jonathan Safran Foer Comes to Sixth & I

‘Jonathan Safran Foer’ courtesy of ‘torre.elena’ I love Jonathan Safran Foer. With equal parts romantic love and wanting-to-be-him love (it’s real, look it up). He’s accomplished more in his short years (just a few more than me) that I ever will, and I accept that fact. And today, I found out that a) he’s originally [...]

Closings: CPK, Vegetate, Yaku

‘Vegetate Outside’ courtesy of ‘needlessspaces’ While I was reporting a flurry of good restaurant news on H street last week, this week I’ve got a few bad news reports for you: First, Vegetate in Shaw is closing at the end of the month, they’ve decided not to renew their lease and are looking for a [...]

DC Omni 100: #24 Rice and Bean

’161/365 Rice and Beans’ courtesy of ‘eiratansey’ It’s time for another item from the DC Omnivore 100 list of the top one hundred foods every good omnivore should try at least once in their lives. After all the turkey, potatoes, gravy and stuffing from the past week, let’s take a flavor profile U-turn to explore [...]

Smoking Ban in VA Starts Tomorrow, Top 10 Reasons to Love It

‘Santa the Magnificent’ courtesy of ‘M.V. Jantzen’ Merry Christmas Virginia. For the majority of its residents, Virginia becomes a better, healthier and down right less stinky place to live tomorrow. Starting Tuesday, December 1st (i.e. TOMORROW), smoking will no longer be allowed in Virginia bars and restaurants. There are some exceptions that do make sense [...]

Puppies and Kittens have wish lists too

‘Meisje met jonge leeuwen in Artis’ courtesy of ‘Nationaal Archief’ Obviously wish #1 is a good home. If you’ve already got as many little furry children as you can handle or can’t adopt for some other reason, well, you can still help the four-legged needy. Fairfax animal shelter put out a cutely-worded announcement that they [...]

Dining with Elites

‘Grant Bar, Old Ebbitt Grill’ courtesy of ‘marialgilbert’ In a city known for it’s power grubbing politicians, it stands to reason that there are certain dining oasis that all of them congregate to.  Most are well known to DC locals, places like Old Ebbitt and the Palm, but CNN helpfully categorizes DC’s power restaurants by [...]

How Green is this Green Community?

’2009 Solar Decathlon’ courtesy of ‘Dept of Energy Solar Decathlon’ Today the Washington Post tells the story of the revitalization of St. Charles in southern Maryland as a “green community”, with housing that features low-flow toilets, better insulation, and Energy Star certified appliances, among other things.  Developers call this a test for the commercial viability [...]

Free Carriage Rides, Movies, Food in Golden Triangle

‘Horse at Night’ courtesy of ‘M.V. Jantzen’ To get everyone in the holiday spirit, The Golden Triangle BID is projecting classic holiday movies like “It’s a Wonderful Life,” “A Christmas Story” and “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” high above Connecticut Avenue on the wall of the Tiny Jewel Box. A different movie will play each [...]

Holiday Weekend Flashback: 11/25 – 11/29/2009

” courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’ We here at WeLoveDC hope that you had a fantastic holiday weekend, whether you spent it out on some Pacific island chain or right here in the nation’s capital. Before you get sucked back into the daily grind, why not take a few minutes to relive and [...]

Another Metro Collision Today, 3 Cars Destroyed

‘Untitled/The Commuter’ courtesy of ‘Bogotron’ UPDATE 9:15PM Metro is doing one thing right – they are giving a lot of details around the recent collision from this morning via press release updates. We now learn that every single car involved, all 12, were damaged. At least three of the cars are unrepairable, according to early [...]

Some Friday listening

It’s a slow day around here and most everywhere, what with so many offices closed. If you’re sitting in the office, bored out of your mind because we’re all out goofing off with our families…. sorry. Have a nice dinner? Did you see that movie, goat? How about a little music to salve the bordedom? [...]

We Thank Thee, O DC…

‘DSC_2512′ courtesy of ‘Ghost_Bear’ Last year, we started a tradition of sorts by telling all of our readers what we’re thankful for in the DC area. We invite our readers to share their own thoughts in comments. BenR: It’s hard to narrow down what it is about the DC area that I’m thankful for, but [...]

DC in the Mist