Archive for November, 2009
Obama Pardons Courage
This is a brilliant speech. And yes, the President did donate the two dressed birds to Martha’s Table on 14th street to help out with those less fortunate, in addition to sending Courage and Carolina to Disneyland (no, really.). Be the first to like. Like Unlike
More »We Love Leftovers
‘Turkey cupcake tutorial’ courtesy of ‘kristdin_a’ The turkey is still brining, the potatoes aren’t even peeled and the pies are still cooling, and I’m already thinking about what to do with the leftovers. Of course, there’s the traditional turkey fixings sandwich, which requires putting every item from the meal between two slices of bread and [...]
More »We Love Holiday Weekends: November 27-29
‘flea_circus’ courtesy of ‘easement’ It’s a holiday weekend, and you may very well be heading out of town (I’m in Hawaii, myself). But if you’re around, here’s what we’re finding to occupy ourselves over the long weekend while everyone else is away. Max: I’ll be heading out to West Virginia to practice my banjo and [...]
More »Real World DC Trailer Released
And the second we thought they were gone… The Real World DC trailer was released. Hoorah! The standard MTV formula of drama, binge drinking, bar fights, and in-house romance are scheduled for this season’s messy rendition of the original reality television show. 8 strangers, 1 house, what a mess. Is it bad that I find [...]
More »Talkin’ Transit: Holiday Travel Tips
Connecticut Avenue, courtesy of Daquella manera It’s the day before Thanksgiving, one of the busiest travel days of the year. Here’s some common sense tips to help make your journey a little less stressful – and a whole lot safer. Chances are if you’re reading this on the day before Thanksgiving, you’re either not going [...]
More »WaPo contracting
‘Film! – Canon A-1 – Headlines – 11-5-08′ courtesy of ‘mosley.brian’ I saw it on a twitter mention by ABC’s Rick Klein, but FishbowlDC has the full memo: The Washington Post is closing their domestic bureaus in New York, Chicago, and LA. It’s not a big surprise – newspapers all over are steadily moving towards [...]
More »Abe Pollin, Washington Wizards Owner, Dies at 85
‘It’s been awhile’ courtesy of ‘afagen’ Washington Wizards owner and former owner of both the Capitals and Mystics Abe Pollin has passed away at age 85. Pollin owned Washington Sports & Entertainment, the company that owns both the Wizards and the Verizon Center, making him in large part responsible for the revitalization of Chinatown. He [...]
More »We Love Arts: As You Like It
For the first thirty minutes of Shakespeare Theatre Company’s production of “As You Like It,” I was entranced. The characters were on a journey through the history of American cinema, and the first scene’s send-up of a silent film had the audience delighted. Director Maria Aitken’s evocation of that era was perfect, from the stylized acting [...]
More »BREAKING: Fire Bombs in NW DC
Photo by Allen Combs A reader and WUSA 9 report that a man threw Molotov cocktails into the intersection at 17th and K St.. He was apparently holding a sign that said “Justice” on top of a van with “Not my $200 Million” emblazoned on the side. It is not clear exactly what he was [...]
More »Two New H Street Restaurants Apply for Liquor Licenses
‘Day 214: Red and the Black’ courtesy of ‘InspirationDC’ Had enough Sticky Rice and margs from the Country Club? Ready for something new? Lucky you. H Street is expanding, and introducing a new Asian restaurant and a seafood/pizza place. The Hamilton Restaurant Group, Inc. applied for a liquor license for their new endeavor, Liberty Tree. [...]
More »DC Zombies
No, not lame-duck congresscritters. Actual zombies. Well, simulated zombies anyway. This little game demo is making the twitter rounds at the moment. It’s a little sim that runs in your web browser and shows a theoretical zombie outbreak in DC, just south of Ft Totten park. Here’s a google maps overhead of the region, but [...]
More »12 Possible Test Cheaters
‘cheat’ courtesy of ‘cdrummbks’ The DC Wire blog reports that 12 DCPS schools have been ordered to open investigations into their 2009 test scores. This is some weak sauce, given that this concern is nothing new. Initially Superintendent of Education Kerri Briggs declined to pursue that issue further because the review came back “inconclusive,” but [...]
More »DC Mythbusting: Metro Map to Scale
‘Metro_Compared’ courtesy of ‘Don Whiteside’ Hi, and welcome to another edition of Mythbusting! After our last feature busted some misconceptions about the busiest Metro stations and lines, we’ll tackle another Metro myth this week: that the Metro map that you see in stations is proportional. The official Metro map shows right angles and evenly-spaced stations [...]
More »Capital Chefs: Victor Albisu of BLT Steak (Part II)
‘Chef Albisu’s Wild Mushroom Risotto’ courtesy of ‘CathyLovesDC’ As you read this morning in Katie’s Capital Chef’s Part I, we recently endeavored into the kitchen of Chef Victor Albisu of BLT Steak. He sweetened us up with true Basque-region products and later topped off two steaming bowls of wild mushroom risotto with a quail egg [...]
More »Share Your Thanksgiving Mishaps
‘OH GOD TURKEY.’ courtesy of ‘ibroadfo’ I’m sure we all have them, or have at least been a party to them. My story involves our next door neighbors nearly setting our apartment building on fire by leaving their bird in the oven a tad too long. There we were, just sitting down to our meal, [...]
More »Capital Chefs: Victor Albisu of BLT Steak (Part I)
The first thing that you need to know about him is that Chef Victor Albisu has a calm, dry sarcasm that I find highly entertaining. Cathy and I recently stopped by his Farragut restaurant, BLT Steak, to learn how to cook mushroom risotto. We walk into his kitchen and Chef Albisu pulls out a pan [...]
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