Archive for December, 2009
Say Goodbye To Free Street Parking On Saturdays
” courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’ There once was a time when parking was free on the street — even if it was metered. That time comes to a close as the new year approaches. You can thank DDOT for that one. Drivers are required to feed their Saturday parking meters starting Jan. [...]
More »Metro stations to get a cuddle and a glass of warm milk
‘CatSit Sasha Snuggles’ courtesy of ‘dreamponderCreate’ …at least, that’s what immediately occurred to me when I saw the headline: “Metrorail stations to receive extra care and attention” on WMATA’s website. Turns out, it’s just Metro’s announcement about this year’s phase of their 4-year cleaning and refurbishment cycle, which cleans masonry, repaints surfaces, and just generally [...]
More »Eaglebank Bowl Between UCLA-Temple TONIGHT
I had no idea that DC had its own college football bowl game until today. But We Love DC did! The Eaglebank Bowl will be played TODAY at RFK Stadium and will be televised live on ESPN starting 4:30 p.m. between UCLA and Temple. Never heard of the Eaglebank Bowl? I have a feeling if [...]
More »DC No. 2 On 2009 List Of Most-Literate Cities
‘Reading Room’ courtesy of ‘Karen Roe’ A survey conducted by Central Connecticut State University was released, ranking DC No. 2 among the 75 most-literate major cities in the country. This serves as the good news to last weeks “bad news” ranking DC 36th on the “happiness scale”. Our state of happiness is up for debate [...]
More »Featured Photo
Keep your pets and children inside during a blizzard by gerdaindc Have you heard the rumor? Due to the perfect combination of cool and moist weather patterns, DC could be in for a whole lot of snow this winter. Our twenty inches that fell earlier this month could foreshadow much more white stuff to come. [...]
More »DC Omnivore 100: #49, Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
‘Waterfall of Sugar’ courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’ It’s time for another item on the DC Omnivore 100 list of the top one hundred foods every good omnivore should try at least once in their lives. “Hot. Now.” Once upon a time in my crazy clubkid life there would come a point in the night when [...]
More »Real World DC Debuts Wednesday
‘MTV’s “Real World” House in DC for 2010′ courtesy of ‘dbking’ The time has come — the Real World DC makes its television debut THIS Wednesday! Who’s excited? I know I can’t possibly be the only one. For those of you who are as stoked as myself but aren’t into hosting your own viewing party, [...]
More »Blaze a Doobie for New Year’s
I can’t verify that’s what is happening in the picture but that’s how it looks to me. This is an ad at Rock Bottom Brewery in Ballston Mall, advertising a New Year’s Eve party at the popular bar. Check out the guy third in from the left. This is just wrong. For one thing, here [...]
More »Senate Subway, Then and Now
From historical photoblog Shorpy we get this underground gem: That’s the Senate Subway, c. 1915, just two years after it started operation, part of the whole Capitol Subway System. After the jump, you can see how the Senate Subway still uses open-air cars, though somewhat more modernized. (Update: Well, boy is my face red; the [...]
More »Holiday Weekend Flashback: 12/24 – 12/27/2009
‘Sub-Polar Express’ courtesy of ‘M.V. Jantzen’ Suffering from post-holiday glut yet? Let the extended weekend linger a little bit longer before hitting these last few days of 2009. Enjoy these shots of the weekend, as seen through our awesome contributors to our Flickr pool. Be the first to like. Like Unlike
More »DCA Under Water, Baggage Claim Flooded
UPDATE 12/27: WTOP is reporting that all is back “normal” at DCA this morning. Apparently it took over 100 people working non-stop through the night to get the airport terminal back in working shape. Expect heavy wait times and potentially delays for US Air as they try to play catch up this morning. UPDATE 6:36 [...]
More »Friday Happy Hour
Did you think we wouldn’t have a Friday Happy Hour on Christmas Day? Surely you jest. At this moment I’m sure there are many MANY people in DC starting to feel the need (and if you’re reading this, you definitely need happy hour, stat!). So I’ll take advantage of the spirit to get a little [...]
More »The History of Christmas at the White House 1789-2009
image from the 44 Diaries I’m no War on Christmas soldier – on either side – but I think a heartfelt wish for joy and peace with one’s fellow (hu)man is a kind and loving sentiment. Similarly, whether you’re christian or not, past xmas observances at the White House are pretty and interesting. The 44 [...]
More »Happy Holidays, DC!
No matter what you’re celebrating this weekend, whether it’s Christmas or a long weekend, we hope it’s happy and safe. Thanks for reading, thanks for commenting, and thanks for helping make DC a little more awesome every day. See you on Monday! Be the first to like. Like Unlike
More »George Michael Remembrances
‘George Michael’ courtesy of ‘The SABR Office’ You can’t swing a cat on the DC-focused internet today without hitting mention of George Michael’s passing. It’s unsurprising – you don’t host a recurring news feature for just shy of thirty years without making an impression. I’m sure WaPo will have a good obit up eventually, but [...]
More »Sherlock Holmes Loves DC
I was reading an article in Slate today about how Sherlock Holmes has been portrayed in film throughout the 20th century, and ran across this gem. It’s from Sherlock Holmes in Washington, a ridiculous adventure in which Holmes tracks down a captured British agent bringing vital microfilm to US intelligence. This clip is of Holmes [...]
More »We Love Weekends, December 25-26
‘The Warm Glow of Electric Sex’ courtesy of ‘Rukasu1′ Happy Holidays, everyone. Here’s how we’re spending the holiday weekend. Let us know what you’re up to in the comments. Tiff: Like many of you, I’ll be spending a good chunk of the weekend out of town visiting family, but there are two things I’m looking [...]
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