Archive for January, 2010
Up Against The Wall Follows Commander Salamander
‘Mystery man #1′ courtesy of ‘Ed Yourdon’ Exactly one week ago, I posted the sad news that long time Georgetown staple Commander Salamander would be shortly shutting its doors. The only glimmer of hope was that sister shop, Up Against The Wall, was still opened and right around the corner. Unfortunately, today’s posting by local [...]
More »Metro Board Hears All The Options
‘Metro HQ’ courtesy of ‘tbridge’ Last night was your turn to talk back to the Metro board, and talk back DC did. The meeting was a standing room only affair, with many turned away who hadn’t signed up to come to the meeting, and more still turned away to the satellite viewing center. It wasn’t [...]
More »Caps Clip Ducks 5-1
‘IMG_0371′ courtesy of ‘jsmjr’ Settling into one’s seat last night at the Verizon Center, one would wonder what roller coaster the Washington Capitals had planned next? Visiting the seven-game-streaking Caps were the Anaheim Ducks on a six game road trip. The Caps, fresh off a 7-2 blowout of the New York Islanders on Tuesday where [...]
More »Extra Swampy on Roosevelt Island
If you’re a fan of Theodore Roosevelt Island, you know it doesn’t normally look this wet. Ye olde Potomac has flooded in, raising water levels to within about a foot of the boardwalk in places. Lots of ducks and geese are paddling around on the island, and a flock of seagulls is picking snacks out [...]
More »Capital Chefs: Jon Mathieson of Inox (Part II)
‘INOX #46′ courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’ As you read earlier in Katie’s Capital Chefs Part I, we trekked out to Tyson’s corner (on a Saturday) to catch some peace, quiet and scallops with Inox Restaurant’s co-owner Chef Jon Mathieson. After ooo-ing and ahh-ing over his adorable two little kids playing tag and [...]
More »Washington Auto Show Opens At Convention Center
‘Lines and Circles’ courtesy of ‘CowCopTim’ The Walter E. Washington Convention Center opened its doors to the annual Washington Auto Show today. This year’s show features 700 new vehicles from over 42 domestic and import automakers including the newest sports cars, green cars and high-tech rides. NBC Washington’s got a nice slide show preview up [...]
More »Mr. Jefferson Frowns on your Shenanigans!
‘Thomas from Across the River’ courtesy of ‘marc.benton’ Fox 5 reports that the US District Court has dismissed the lawsuit of a woman who was arrested for dancing in the Jefferson Memorial. Mary Oberwetter, the dancer in question, was arrested two years ago when she failed to stop dancing at a Park Police officer’s request. [...]
More »You down with GDP? Yeah you know me!
George Mason University economics professor Russ Roberts gets a lot of airtime; he appears sporadically as an expert on a variety of NPR shows – Marketplace on the air as well as the excellent Planet Money podcast. He also hosts his own podcast, Econtalk, which is more of a commitment with its usual hour+ running [...]
More »Security Guard by Day, Constitutional Scholar by Night
‘National Gallery of Art – East Building’ courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’ The latest installment of “security guards in federal buildings need to lay off trying to interpret the Constitution” comes in the form of a couple of security guards at the National Gallery of Art stopping a citizen from entering the Gallery until she removed [...]
More »Flood Warning
The Washington Harbour Boardwalk in Georgetown is underwater this morning, as the muddy, debris-strewn Potomac River swells to flood level following Sunday and Monday’s rain. NWS has issued a Coastal Flood Warning for our area. Highest afternoon tides will be around 5:30PM. The rest of the Harbour is behind a floodwall that they have ready [...]
More »Nationals Kick-Off Winter Caravan Today
‘Nationals Park Ticket Window’ courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’ The Washington Nationals kick-off their four-day Winter Caravan tour of the DC area today. Events include an afternoon meeting with fans at two public locations in Northern Virginia. The first stop of the day is 11 a.m. visit to Unity Health Care’s Southwest Heath Center. The players [...]
More »Comedy in DC
‘Jason Saenz Stand-up 4′ courtesy of ‘Aaron Webb’ It’s the grossest part of the winter. You need a laugh. The DC Improv is sold out all weekend already (no, really, they are). What will you do? Fortunately, the local (and not so local) comedy is plentiful. If sketch/improv is what you’re after, the Upright Citizens [...]
More »State of the Union 2010 Watch Party Guide
‘Artomatic 2009 DC Obama’ courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’ By Ebony Kankam, special to We Love DC This evening, President Barack Obama will enter our homes to deliver his first State of the Union address. In this speech the President will address some of the major problems our nation currently faces, as well as [...]
More »WaPo wants to know what your favorite webcomic is
The Penny Arcade guys tipped me to this poll going on over at the WaPo’s Comic Riffs blog – they’re asking what your favorite webcomic is. If you don’t read any then that makes for a pretty easy vote, but for those of us who *cough* spend perhaps a little too much time *cough*cough* reading [...]
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