Archive for February, 2010

We Love Arts: Drawing Toward Home

Bowen House, Woodstock, Connecticut, c. 1846.  Joseph C. Wells, architect.  Courtesy Historic New England. “A major component of the American pursuit of happiness has long been a home of one’s own (the automobile is a distant second: the one a castle, the other a chariot).”   – James F. O’Gorman, lead curator for Drawing Toward [...]

Environmental Film Fest on the Way

Break out the organic popcorn — the Environmental Film Festival is coming. From March 16-28, you can see up to 155 films from 31 countries. This year’s theme is the connection between food and the environment. Going Green DC has a good wrapup of the festival’s global and local highlights. A Road Not Taken, which [...]

Local Blogger Fired For Her Blog

‘You’re Fired!’courtesy of ‘bjornmeansbear’ Local blogger Meg of 2birds1blog was this morning dismissed from her workplace for her blog, in which she kept her identity somewhat concealed, and her employer’s identity a mystery.  Worse than that, and the worst nightmare of pretty much every blogger is that they’re threatening her with a defamation lawsuit.  What a [...]

We Love Weekends, February 27-28

‘A Place in the Sun’ courtesy of ‘LaTur’ Rebecca: Friday I’m celebrating a friends birthday party with some sake bombs and hibachi at Matsutake Hibachi Steak & Sushi. Then we’ll head on back to the district for some drinkypoos at Martin’s. Saturday I’m on an early morning plane ride to California, so that’s where my DC [...]

Reminder: DMB at Nationals Park on Sale Tomorrow

‘Nationals Park in the Snow’ courtesy of ‘Rukasu1′ The perfect distraction from the passing thought of more flurries is the dream of summer in our fair district. With the Nats’ home slate and potential debut of a pitcher Rachel (and apparently team) are embracing as “Jesus,” Half Street will be a hot spot all through [...]

WMATA, Google Close to a Deal for Google Transit Info

‘metro map photo project mural in my living room’courtesy of ‘aliciagriffin’ For the last couple years, DC’s been a bit behind the times technologically when it came to public transportation participation in online transit services like NextBus and Google Maps for Transit, but it seems that’s about to come to an end, as Greater Greater [...]

Issey Miyake’s Design Principles

‘ISSEY MIYAKE’ courtesy of ‘Ruzaini’ Attention all Fashionistas! Tonight the Textile Museum will be hosting one of their renown talks called Issey Miyake‘s Design Principles.  Miyake is a well-known Japanese fashion designer who is known for his technology-driven creations. Tonight’s lecture will be given by Amanda Mayer Stinchecum, a historian specializing in the “cloth and clothing [...]

Team-up to “Dodge” Diabetes

courtesy of Dodging Diabetes  On Saturday, March 20th, the 5th Annual Dodging Diabetes Charity Dodgeball Tournament will bring together 500 players and fans for a one-day competition to raise money and awareness for the fight against diabetes. From 9:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at the Champions Fieldhouse in Rockville, teams will be ducking and diving flying balls to make [...]

Someone Doesn’t Like The New Parking Laws

Someone in Georgetown is clearly not a fan of the new parking regulations that took effect in January. And I have to admit the addition of Saturdays has been the bane of my existence, however instead of throwing signs into the historic C&O Canal, let your voice be heard by contacting Mayor Fenty, your Ward [...]

The Morning News

’53/365′ courtesy of ‘brianmka’ Welcome to an occasional-but-hopefully-more-frequent series where I drag myself out of bed early and read the local news so you don’t have to. From the NTSB hearings on the June 22 Red Line Crash: Yesterday’s testimony dealt with the crashworthiness of the 1000 series cars, and their impending replacement (if 2013 [...]

Post To Barry: Quit Apologizing and Resign Already.

‘At A Loss: Repeat and Rinse’ courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’ The money quote from the Post Editorial Board is a brutal one: “Even if the council invokes the toughest sanctions available to it — and we think it should — it won’t be enough to make up for what Mr. Barry’s repeated [...]

Bob Ryan Leaving NBC4

‘National Weatherman’s Day’courtesy of ‘bjornmeansbear’ His smiling face is certainly one you remember, and as of Friday night late, you may have to see it somewhere else.  Longtime NBC4 Weatherman Bob Ryan is leaving NBC4 for greener pastures.  It’s not clear if he’s headed to WJLA as was previously guessed, but it was clear he [...]

White House To Be Filled With Glee This Easter

‘(137/365) GGG’ courtesy of ‘MarksandSparks’ If you thought getting tickets to last year’s White House Easter Egg Roll was hard, then imagine what’s going to happen with the addition of a performance by the cast of Fox’s Glee. Yup, that’s right. They’ll be appearing and performing at the April 5 event, so you should start [...]

He’s Baaaaack: Livan Hernandez Signs A Minor League Contract

‘Liván Hernández back pitching for the Nats’ courtesy of ‘afagen’ The most wins any Nationals pitcher has under his belt is 26. That record is held by right-handed pitcher Livan Hernandez who signed a minor-league contract with the Nationals today, which includes an invitation to Spring Training. Hernandez is back in Washington after going 9-12 [...]

Finally, Someone Who Makes Rhee Look Warm, Fuzzy

‘Columbia Alumni “Polo Team” (LOC)’courtesy of ‘The Library of Congress’ It’s not often you find someone who makes the chilly Michelle Rhee look warm and fuzzy by comparison, but meet Central Falls, RI’s Dr. Gallo.  As part of a running dispute with the teachers and administrators at Central Falls’ high school, today she fired each [...]

Class Review: Deer Hunting for Locavores

‘Field Butchering’ courtesy of ‘boboroshi’ I’ve been following Jack Landers’ blog for quite a while now, enjoying his mix of politics, firearms and hunting. Last fall he started offering a class for locals in Charlottesville about locavore hunting: those who want to get their food locally in a sustainable manner. The ultimate in free-range, no [...]

Unleashed Restaurant Deals March 1-7

No Jail for Cho

‘Coffee Fest 2007 – Matt, Nick Cho, Sean’ courtesy of ‘journeyscoffee’ Here at We Love DC we’ve avidly followed the saga of Nick Cho and Murky Coffee’s tax problems since back in the days of Dickpunchgate. So you may be interested to know that Cho will not have to serve any jail time for his [...]

2012 Giro d’Italia To Kick Off In DC?

‘DSC_0045′ courtesy of ‘briser50′ We got a phonecall from our friends at WCSA and it seems that Velonation has jumped the gun. Tomorrow’s event is only a rally in support of DC’s bid and not an actual announcement of DC’s formal involvement. We regret the error and hope to post this story again soon. Tomorrow, [...]

Look Out Cupcake, Cheesecake Is On The Prowl

‘Cheese Cake’ courtesy of ‘slettvet’ It isn’t just about the cupcake anymore. The cupcakeries about town have a new rival – Capital City Cheesecakes. This online Cheesecake shop (currently operating out of the Brookland Tavern) is scheduled to open its first restaurant this spring in Takoma Park (7071 Carroll Avenue to be exact). The new [...]