Yearly Archives: 2009

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CSA season – the beginning

Photo courtesy of
‘CSA Box #2’
courtesy of ‘erinmahollitz’

CSA season is here! Many of you are already getting your weekly boxes of fresh veg and other farm favorites from your Community Supported Agriculture farm. (Tom and I have to wait another couple of weeks before our CSA starts.)

The biggest question people have when they participate in a CSA for the first time is, “What do I do with ____?” For me, getting stuff I’ve never had before and don’t know how to cook is part of the fun, but for some people, it can be kind of off-putting. Never fear, We Love DC is here to help! What did you get in your CSA box that you don’t know what to do with?  What was in your box that you couldn’t even identify?

Leave your questions in the comments (or email them to me at tiffany -at- we love dc dot com) and we’ll figure out how to get the maximum deliciousness out of your farm box.

(post updated with a link to the CSA finder)

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Featured Photo

how does your garden grow? by Pappa91

With all of the dreary rain we’ve been having lately, it’s easy to become a little mopey.  If you’re feeling more than a little mopey, say very depressed, take my advice and never move to Seattle.  Instead just stare at this beautifully lit photo by Flickrite Pappa91 which is just oozing and dripping cheery colors from across the spectrum, all the way from the crisp orange and yellow petals in the foreground to the buttery blue bokeh in the background.  Mmmmm…buttery blue bokeeeeh.

It’s easy to spend a lot of your time focusing (no pun intended!) on the subject of your nature photos, but don’t lose sight (again, no pun!) of the background. One way to make things really ‘pop’ is to pay attention to what’s in the bokeh.  For example when I took this shot, I framed the apple so that a patch of black-eyed susans were in the background because yellow and green compliment each other quite nicely.

So remember, rain may be bad for your mood but it’s good for trees and flowers, don’t move to Seattle if you’re already depressed, and don’t be afraid to experiment with the areas of your photo that will inevitably become a beautiful blur.

News, The Daily Feed, The District, WTF?!
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Disney in Maryland?

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‘Cinderella Castle4’
courtesy of ‘Definitely Disney’

A 15-acre parcel near National Harbor will be the site of Disney’s next resort hotel. The hotel will sit on Oxon Hill Road not far from the site of the Gaylord resort. The $11-million dollar parcel seems an odd choice in this economy, but would house a 500-room luxury hotel amongst a cluster of other large hotels at National Harbor. While designs and construction timetables won’t be available for some time to come, it’s clear that National Harbor will be rivaling the downtown Convention Center for business in the years to come. This would, though, bring a number of new jobs to Prince George’s County, both as part of the length construction phase, and then to the hospitality sector.

But, will it look like a hotel? Or maybe look like Cinderella’s Castle? I’m hoping for the latter, as it would counterbalance the oddly-amusement-park-esque Mormon Temple on the northern side of the Beltway…

24 in DC, The Features
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24 in DC: Episode 21 (6:00 to 8:00)

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‘Momentos de tensão na Wenetus [1]’
courtesy of ‘Rodrigo Muniz’

It’s the last midnight, folks. In two more hours, Jack Bauer will have saved the world, cured Mad Cow, and destroyed more DC geography than the Canadians did when they burned down the White House. We’re here for snark, alcohol and a bit of group therapy. Join in!

Li’l Taylor is giving a statement to the DoJ about Jonas’ murder. Just a formality, she is assured.

President Woman President lays down the exposition about why finding that last canister isn’t the end of the danger, after all. Oh hey, they’re in dire need of sleep, just like every season of 24. Continue reading →

Food and Drink, Life in the Capital, Penn Quarter, Special Events, The Daily Feed
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Taste of Eleven

Photo courtesy of
‘Caps Game Pretzel and Coke’
courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’

Work in Chinatown/Penn Quarter or even just somewhere Metro accessible? Good for you, cause there is deliciousness to be had on Wednesday, May 20th, when Wizards Care host the Taste of Eleven luncheon. This year’s Taste of Eleven will feature over 30 restaurants each featuring a signature lunch item. Each ticket to the luncheon will allow for up to six lunch items per person. Attendees can enter through the main entrance on F Street NW at Verizon Center and then walk the entire concourse to select their food items.

The list of eat places with items is huge, so here is my short list, keeping in mind both deliciousness and price so your $11 goes that much farther. I’d stop by Brasserie Beck, Cafe Atlantico, Indebleu, La Tasca, Oyamel, Rosa Mexicano, The Source, and Zola.

Thanks to twitter foodie @arasmus for the tip!

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Screen on the Green bailout in the works?

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‘Kennedy Center 2’
courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’

The Kennedy Center is working on a plan to run a variation on “Screen on the Green” according to a source at the  National Journal’s Hotline. They reported today in their Wake Up Call! section (behind the paywall) that Kennedy Center officials are looking for a big sponsor to sign on before they’ll commit and there’s discussions already in progress with several possibles. The location is apparently not graven in stone, but it might be on the terrace overlooking the Potomac, which would be lovely.

[edited slightly to clarify attribution]

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New Metro Station?

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‘DSCN3749.JPG’
courtesy of ‘::FiZ::’

WTOP’s Adam Tuss is reporting that MoCo councilman Roger Berliner (District 1) is proposing an in-fill Metro station on the Red Line, preferably between Grosvenor and White Flint. His reasoning? The upcoming renovations and new construction in White Flint that is expected to transform the area into “a new urbanism model.”

Berliner believes the growth of the area, as well as the BRAC expansion at Bethesda Naval Medical Center, warrants a long-term investment look at putting in a new Red Line station.

Metro leaders are skeptical of the plan. What do you think? Is this a councilman’s pipe dream or a legitimate future expansion of our most heavily-traveled line?

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H Street Country Club Set A Date?


H Street Country Club
Originally uploaded by jenconsalvo

I am almost hesitant to share this information broadly, cause I know this place will be packed to the hilt just as soon as it opens and I’m trying to make it my go-to spot, but the GOG leaked the opening date of the H Street Country club as MAY 27, and ya’ll, I am stoked. That was also a run-on sentence, but in my excitement, I don’t even care.

The recently-updated and now-more-swanky-and-complete H Street Country Club Web site says, “Think eclectic, urban and industrial – it’s casually sophisticated, irreverent and the only of its kind. Enjoy our beers, margaritas, sangria and authentic Mexican cuisine along with a game of skeeball or minigolf on our DC-centric nine-hole course.” I’ve already waxed poetic about my love of the margarita, and I’m not sure if you know this or not, but I kick some ass at skeeball.

H Street’s twitter feed has yet to confirm the opening date (and they swore to me that twitter would be updated “the minute we make an announcement.”) but I’ve already got my calendar marked, and my (not-so-ironic) madras shorts on.

News, Special Events, The Daily Feed
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South Moon Under, National Harbor Style

Photo courtesy of
‘Gaylord at Night’
courtesy of ‘rgb48’

I just returned from a ridiculously lovely weekend in Rehoboth, and brought with me some inconvenient sunburns (Behind the knees? So comfortable.) and also some new adorable clothing from the outlets and the totally chic store South Moon Under. I arrived home last night already missing the beach and checked my email, only to find out that South Moon Under followed me home, and is opening a new store at National Harbor.

Joining the ranks of the Bethesda and Clarendon stores, the new SMU at National Harbor is right up your alley if you’re already enjoying an afternoon at National Harbor, which I would highly recommend. Join them for a grand opening party this Wednesday May 20 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. and Receive 20% off your entire purchase, and be entered into the drawing to win the Ultimate Girls Night Out gift package which includes limo service, a salon makeover and a $300 South Moon Under gift card.

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New Metro Video!

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Metro has released a new video for riders, providing instructions for riding Metro the same way a flight attendant provides airplane safety instructions.  In the same part creepy/part really entertaining/part informative mix of Metro’s other videos, this one includes a computer-generated flight attendant and four Metro passengers.  My favorite part is when the three remaining passengers (one gets kicked off the train for bad behavior) react to a mechanical door issue by shaking their fists and flailing their arms about.  Seems pretty realistic, considering some of the reactions from my fellow Metro commuters.   Enjoy!

Food and Drink, News, The Daily Feed
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Bittman & Andres Online Live at Noon

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‘IMG_3377’
courtesy of ‘jwalsh’

One of DC’s superstars of food, Chef José Andrés, will be along side one of the world’s most awesome food writers, Mark Bittman, at the Center for American Progress at noon today (just in time to make you hungry!) talking about nutrition, and food. I love both of these guys, and this couldn’t be a topic nearer or dearer to my heart, so I’m pleased to see people talking about this in a national and public forum.

We’ve got their stream embedded below, so check back in with us at noon or so, and you can watch the appearance. Bittman’s How to Cook Everything is probably one of the most awesome cookbooks of all time, so if you’ve got tickets to today’s little shindig at CfAP gig, you are officially totally on my “Jealous-Of” list.

Continue reading →

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Pepco Tried to Sponsor Screen on the Green

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‘DSC_1551.jpg’
courtesy of ‘Spodie Odie’

It was no avail, however. Turns out that the event was not really supported by a sponsorship effort in the traditional sense — Screen on the Green wasn’t set up as a collaborative effort between the local government with HBO footing the bill or providing the hardware. According to Pepco Social Media rep Andre Francis, Pepco looked into sponsoring the screening after WLDC’s KatieT put forth the suggestion. HBO purportedly backed out of the event due to financial strains.

This morning’s Art Beat on WAMU offered up The Rosslyn Film Festival and the Strathmore Music Center as just two alternatives for outdoor film watching.

The Features, Weekend Flashback
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Weekend Flashback: 5/15 – 5/17/2009

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‘Rolling In’ courtesy of ‘Rob Shenk’

To many, this past weekend was our last before the throngs of tourists flood our fair District. Starting this upcoming 3-day weekend, the ‘summer’ season opens up and quiet weekends around town will be nothing but a memory until after Labor Day.

But even though the ‘official’ start of the summer season has yet to kick off, we residents – as usual – made the most of our time, enjoying what the District has to offer us. From festivals to airshows, rain or shine, our determined photographers were out and about, capturing images for our Monday morning readers to gaze upon. So take up your coffee and a moment and reminisce over the last ‘quiet’ weekend in the area… Continue reading →

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Post Hunt is On!!



Originally uploaded by erin m

Good luck to all our Post Hunters out there who are searching for clues. I know that fearless editor & chief techie for We Love DC Don Whiteside is out traversing the city at this very moment looking for the answers to all of the questions. On the line? $2000 in cash for the winning team. Good hunting, everyone!

Food and Drink, Night Life
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Happy Hour Food: Health Kick

Photo courtesy of
‘Vino’
courtesy of ‘marciadc’

A few weeks ago, I put together a happy hour food guide for particularly yummy fried food in the DC area. This was easy. Almost too easy, if you will, because every bar in the world has fried happy hour food, most of it yummy because it’s fried. Duh.

So I decided to stretch my skillz, and put together a list of healthy happy hour food for those of us doing Operation Hot Summer Bod 2009, or just those of us who like to eat on the lighter, healthier side.  Cause there is still delicious food to be had at happy hour, just without the added saturated fat. Continue reading →

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Be the First to Bike the Wilson Bridge

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‘Wilson Bridge – Point the Way – 12-29-08’
courtesy of ‘mosley.brian’
If you’re all revved up from your morning ride today on Bike to Work Day, you may be glad to know you’ll soon have a new route for commuting–or simply playing outside, carbon free–starting Saturday, June 6. The multi-use Woodrow Wilson Bridge Trail, built for two-wheeled and two-footed travel, will open at 1 p.m., on what just happens to be National Trails Day.
Continue reading →

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Monumental: West Potomac Park

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‘Tidal Basin path’ courtesy of ‘brianmka’

Don’t laugh, but it could be that Nirvana is something like sitting in West Potomac Park on a beautiful day in spring. This past Sunday was one of those near-perfect days in DC: Bright warm sun, low humidity, slight breeze. I sat facing the river, the encouraging cheers of softball players and clink of the metal bat finding contact with the ball perforating the silence. I regretted not bringing my new skateboard to the park. I’d come across that one at globo surf and took an instant liking for it. A little girl wandered around to my right, collecting pieces of grass in an over-stuffed plastic bag. A father led another little girl, no more than 2 years old, by the hand through the weeping branches of the river-side trees. People all around the park were having picnics, pushing strollers, jogging, biking, barbecuing.

West Potomac Park stretches from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial and down to include the FDR Memorial, the Jefferson Memorial, the Korean War Memorial and–of course–some 3,000 Cherry Blossom trees. The Tidal Basin, the oblong pool south of the Washington Monument and north of the Jefferson, is an artificial inlet that culls water from the Potomac and the Washington Channel. Old-school romancers may be seen paddling around the basin in those paddleboat contraptions. Continue reading →

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Terra Cotta PR Warriors

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‘Third tray of tyranids warriors and genestealers’
courtesy of ‘jon_a_ross’

I’m a little amazed at the saturation of promotion for this event that’s half a year away. We’ve gotten press releases here, there’s signage in the metro, the living statues in Union Station and Gallery Place, and sponsorship blurbs on NPR.

It sounds neat but who plans their museum visits six months out? Is there some other factor we’re missing here?

Alexandria, The Daily Feed
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Get Healthy, Alexandria!

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‘lots of plastic bottles’ courtesy of ‘philliefan99’

Tomorrow, the city of Alexandria is inviting residents and visitors to celebrate the launch of Mayor William D. Euille’s “Get Healthy for Life, Alexandria” initiative. Developed in collaboration with local health and fitness organizations, the event is a community effort to encourage healthier eating and living.

The event’s kick-off is at the Market Square Farmer’s Market from 8:30-10 a.m. and features an appearance by former Redskin Roy Jefferson, cooking demonstrations by the Majestic restaurant, various raffles and an opportunity to join the “Get Healthy Alexandria” team for the 50 Million Pound Challenge.

The event is free and open to everyone.