Archive for January, 2010
Millennium Stage Celebrates Robert Burns
‘Washington, DC 2010 20′
courtesy of ‘giantminispacego
Want to get away from today’s semi-unseasonal weather? The Millennium Stage at The Kennedy Center is playing host to Tony Award nominee and stage-show veteran Euan Morton and the one-man show “Burns’ Night in America“.
The show commemorates the birthday (which is today!) of “Auld Land Syne” lyricist and 18th-century poet [...]
Overtime Scandal in the Making at DPW?
‘Saluting the Hardest Working Men in DC’
courtesy of ‘Wayan Vota’
The Examiner got their hands on a draft report from the city this weekend that shows serious overtime fraud at the DPW in the garbage collection division. 2009 showed $3.45M in overtime paid out to city garbage collectors, several hundred thousand dollars over the proper [...]
Which DC Building Would You Demolish?
1400 Block of Irving Street, NW by rockcreek
Far, far away in the small seaside town of Bournemouth, England, residents were asked which building they would like knocked down. The winner, or loser in this case, was the waterfront leisure complex. When it opened in 1998, the citizens of Bournemouth (who were found to be the [...]
Whither Rain?
If you looked at the weather forecast last night, you might’ve been expecting something of a torrential downpour during the night, and boy would you have been disappointed for the most part. Instead, we rode the storm’s “dry slot” (I swear to God that’s a real meteorological term) and picked up just a third [...]
More »Stuck on the Chain Bridge? Nature calling? Fret no more!
I saw this makeshift outhouse under the DC side of the Chain Bridge while walking on the tow path with my Lovely Wife the other day. Shoddily constructed, to be sure, but it’ll do in a pinch if you really need to pinch a loaf on the drive home. Complete with a bucket inside and [...]
More »Weekend Flashback: 1/22 – 1/25/2010
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courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’
While today may bring pleasant thoughts of spring, later this week looks like a slide back into winter. So enjoy it while you can (even with the rain) and when you come back, check out some snapshots of the weekend.
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New Cigar Lounge Coming to Alexandria, Embracing Stereotype
‘Cigars at Union Station in Washington, DC’
courtesy of ‘dc-hulls’
The owners of Landini Brothers Restaurant on King Street in Alexandria are opening a new, private cigar lounge opening in Alexandria this spring. Landini Brothers had previously been cigar-friendly until the Virginia smoking ban. It will include all of what you’d expect from a private cigar club [...]
Caps 4, Coyotes 2: the Streak Continues
‘Ovechkin Tosses First Star Puck to Crowd’
courtesy of ‘clydeorama’
Perhaps this is a silly prejudice, but I feel like hockey teams from warm places have something to prove. I know, I know, hockey teams don’t recruit from their localities and, like every other professional athlete, hockey players go to where the money is, but it doesn’t [...]
Geeks Without Borders: Live From Inside DC’s Crisis Camp
‘CrisisWiki team at crisiscamp dc #ccHaiti’
courtesy of ‘andycarvin’
Special to WeLoveDC by contributor Dave Levy
Volunteering to assist Haiti has taken many forms in the past few weeks. For example, last weekend, groups of laptop-wielding volunteers tried to help out in cities far from the disaster-stricken country. In six cities around the hemisphere – including Washington –data [...]
Populist Rage Comes to the Kojo Show
via the Kojo Nnamdi Show
Kojo Nnamdi had mayoral candidate Leo Alexander on the Politics Hour where he railed against poverty and unemployment, and, wait for it, illegal immigrants? He claims that 30,000 undocumented workers in the DC area are taking jobs that poor people in DC should be taking, and wants firmer job controls [...]
Five Favorites: Swimming Pools
‘Swim’
courtesy of ‘dansteeves68′
Here in DC, we’ve got a good thing going: all of the District’s swimming pools are free and open to DC residents. Other cities make you purchase pool passes or pay each time you go to a pool, but because of the “DC Free Swim” program sponsored by Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic [...]
Friday Happy Hour: Bruno Porro Dolcetto
‘Too much red wine’
courtesy of ‘koalazymonkey’
Welcome to the Friday Happy Hour, your single drink primer for the weekend.
Stormy weather for the weekend. Sigh. With all the gloominess looming, I think I’ll tuck myself away in a corner at Tabard Inn and indulge in some serious wine. Not only do I adore this quirky inn but [...]
Let’s Hear It For DC!!!
I was listening to Metro on Connection’s report on this past weekend’s 2010 Orginial DMV Music Awards show, and I was pleasantly surprised to hear this DC remix of the Jay-Z/Alicia Keyes “Empire State of Mind” by Eezy Money. The song titled “Capital Conscience” calls out Mumbo sauce, the Skins/Nats/Wizards poor seasons and features a [...]
More »We Love Music: The Cribs @ 9:30 Club 1/19/10*
courtesy of The Cribs.
The Cribs treated DC to a fantastic evening of guitar-driven Brit-pop at the 9:30 Club on Tuesday night. Sporting their new 4-man line-up (now including pop-guitar legend Johnny Marr) The Cribs impressed and entertained the crowd of die-hard fans with a set heavily featuring material from their two most recent (and best) [...]
AU Hosts Holy Cross in Patriot League Championship Rematch
When you think of college basketball in DC, one of the furthest things on anyone’s mind is the American University Eagles. But — once a year — students don their red, white, and blue apparel inside Bender Arena for the “BIG” game of the season i.e. Phil Bender.
This year’s game is a rematch of last [...]
DC Seeks Vision for Dupont Underground
Old Entrance by M.V. Jantzen
Decades after the trolley system was shut down at Dupont Circle, the city is still looking for a viable use for the abandoned underground space. The last attempt was a food court, creatively named “Dupont Down Under”, however it failed miserably and was only open for a year. In 2007 a [...]
