Archive for February, 2010
Happy Birthday, DC!
‘Happy Birthday, America’courtesy of ‘afagen’ Today is DC’s 209th Birthday! While the city of Washington was founded in July of 1790, the Organic Act of 1801 passed on February 27th, 1801, which created the District of Columbia, which contained the counties of Alexandria (west of the river Potomac, including the islands) and Washington (east of [...]
More »DC Schools announce schedule changes to cope with snow closures
‘Field trip’ courtesy of ‘clio1789′ DC Public Schools has announced the updated calendar for the remainder of the school year and several teacher professional development days – what were called teacher workdays where I went to school – have turned into regular attendance days. Great news if you were trying to figure out what to [...]
More »Attention All Local Bands – Six Flags Wants You
‘Tune It!’ courtesy of ‘Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com’ Think your band has what it takes to land one of 10 spots available at the Six Flags location just south of Baltimore? The Six Flags team just announced that 10 bands will be selected to perform each day for the first week and a half of the [...]
More »D.C. blogging & defamation law – some expert input
‘The First Amendment does not cover burping.’ courtesy of ‘wfyurasko’ After news of Meg’s firing started to make the round yesterday I dropped an email to Kevin Goldberg of Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth of Arlington. FH&H is a local law firm specializing in communications law – things like FCC filings or regulations, fines, copyright issues [...]
More »White House Social Secretary Stepping Down
‘Down to the Oubliette’ courtesy of ‘Karon’ According to an Obama administration official, Desiree Rogers will be leaving her post as the White House social secretary. Rogers was a much hyped hire for the Obama Administration, and was even featured in the February 2009 issue of Vogue. However, recently Rogers had faced a wealth of [...]
More »DC releases more details on same-sex couples and marriage licenses
‘Gay Marriage Legalized in DC; Oral Roberts Drops Dead’ courtesy of ‘Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com’ The Office of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Affairs has put out a release about the imminent availability of marriage licenses for same-sex couples. The date they’ll be available continues to be projected as March 3, subject to congress’ being in [...]
More »Warm Fuzzies and a Party for New Orleans
On Saturday, a fun fundraising event combines a film and a New Orleans-style party, all to help rebuild a neighborhood damaged by Hurricane Katrina as the nation’s first zero carbon community. The film is MINE, a powerful story of the essential bond between human and beast set against the backdrop of Katrina. An award winner [...]
More »Fenty Proposes More Recycling
‘Bottlecap Folk Art Reflection’courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’ Mayor Fenty is proposing additional levels of recycling for residents and businesses, requiring tenants and citizens to separate out cardboard and plastic from their trash, in addition to cans, newspaper, office paper and glass. The Examiner suspects that this will mean stepped up enforcement on DC [...]
More »Insert Banana Peel Joke *Here*
‘Perfect Placement’ courtesy of ‘gadgetdude’ At around 4am last night, a truck loaded with bananas overturned on the Northbound portion of Interstate 270. Traffic was briefly closed between the Capital Beltway and Old Georgetown Road and was reopened in time for today’s rush hour. The southbound portion of 270 was unaffected. If you’re driving by [...]
More »Positive Attitude Makes Marquis A Leader
‘Jason Marquis’ courtesy of ‘MissChatter’ Baseball – like any sport – is a mental game. Attitude is everything. Jason Marquis is a firm believer of that fact. He is the projected starter for Opening Day, bringing 231 starts over 10 major league seasons, and his head is in it to win it. “I feel like [...]
More »Where We Live: U Street
’13th & U, NW’ courtesy of ‘NCinDC’ As we’re wrapping up District neighborhoods before moving on to the Maryland and Virginia ‘burbs, this week our featured neighborhood is U Street– one of DC’s greatest neighborhoods. It has had its ups and downs, but today U Street is a vibrant urban community filled with one-of-a-kind restaurants, [...]
More »De-Frost Fridays
’58.365 – History in the making.’ courtesy of ‘josh.liba’ The Phillips Collection is hosting a new event called De-Frost Fridays. When you purchase admission to see Georgia O’Keeffe Abstraction on a Friday this winter, you will also get free cup of spicy southwestern hot chocolate by FoodArts in the Phillips Cafe. De-Frost Fridays will continue [...]
More »It’s not actually a snuff film, it’s just named that way
If, like me, you have fond memories of the kind of insanity Cherry Red used to bring to local stages, you’re in luck: you’ve got 12 opportunities this weekend to reminisce. What was called Thumbsucker on stage has become SNUFF.MOV on screen and will be screened at the Warehouse Theater this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. [...]
More »The Cigarette Tax That Didn’t Work
‘This Is Gonna Kill Me (Again)’courtesy of ‘M.V. Jantzen’ Buried in today’s paper was the report by Natwar Gandhi that said the District’s increase in per-pack cigarette taxes was a dismal failure, causing DC smokers to head to MD and VA for their nic fix, and it ended up costing DC revenue. Of course, since political [...]
More »Riggleman Forces The Fundamentals, Nyjer Morgan Learns How To Slide Feet-First
‘first run’ courtesy of ‘philliefan99′ Injuries in Major League Baseball are inevitable. This year – the Nationals are trying to limit the amount of times their players take a trip to the disabled list. How? By going over base sliding fundamentals. “I’ve always slid feet-first,” the 29-year-old Nyjer Morgan told the Associated Press. “But I [...]
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