Archive for February, 2010
You’re Out! No Wait, You’re In! No, Seriously, This Time You’re Out
‘Washington, DC 2010 193′
courtesy of ‘giantminispacegoat’
George Washington University’s Admissions office made a ginormous blunder last week by wrongly sending out acceptance emails to about 200 early applicants who had already been rejected. Admissions caught the mistake and sent out a retraction email a few hours later.
The cause? Well, according to GW’s Senior Vice President for [...]
Details Loves Tabard Too
‘Magnified’
courtesy of ‘Samer Farha’
Details Magazine has included our own venerable Tabard Inn in its list of the Top Ten Hotel Bars, joining such illustrious lounges like London’s Connaught (though not the Algonquin in NYC? that’s an omission shocking to this lover of creaky cosy hotel bars).
They may get the clientele a little wrong (“policy wonks”? [...]
Bruce Monroe Soon to Tumble
‘Bust a Monroe’courtesy of ‘IntangibleArts’
Councilman Jim Graham held a meeting Tuesday on the long-awaited demolition of Bruce Monroe Elementary School on Georgia Avenue. Demolition had been delayed because of asbestos problems, but the Deputy Mayor’s Office reported it will be completely finished by April 30, 2010.
For now, the site will be leveled, and will [...]
Mayor Fenty Laughs at “Back To Normal?”
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The Question: “So it’s been more than a week since the last blizzard ended, and there is still snow in the streets…when is the last of the snow going to be cleared and when should things back to normal?”
The Answer: *incredulous stare* “Well, uh, it’s kind of a question that doesn’t [...]
Capitol Skyline Hotel’s Curious Event Clients
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courtesy of ‘hellomarkers!’
Twitter user @nikki_d brought this article from the Southern Poverty Law Center to our attention, about the Capitol Skyline Hotel and the multiple events by racist or anti-Semitic groups hosted there in recent months. This weekend, the American Renaissance (a white nationalist publication) conference was to be held there, but according to AR’s [...]
We Love Arts: Georgia O’Keeffe Abstraction
Black Door with Red, 1954. Oil on Canvas, 48 x 48 in. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia. Bequest of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 89.63 (CR1271). Copyright, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
“Objective painting is not good painting unless it is good in the abstract sense.” – Georgia O’Keeffe, 1976
When discussing abstract [...]
Spring Trends via Rckndy
‘Spring Trend – Color (Rckndy)’
courtesy of ‘prettylovelythings’
Looking for a little interior pick-me up while anticipating warmer weather? No problem. David Dennis, owner of Rckndy on U Street, shares exclusively with We Love DC readers a few design trends for Spring. Pops of color seem to be the biggest trend hitting the store with “purple being [...]
RWDC Chat Hiatus
‘The Biggest Looser’
courtesy of ‘: rebecca :’
We’re taking a brief hiatus from our RWDC chats for our own sanity and to watch the Olympics. We’ll be back the week after next to chat up the horrors of MTV’s reality television. Should you choose to watch the show tonight, feel free to discuss it here.
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Fire Escapes Need Shovel Love Too
Fire exit? Really?
Originally uploaded by carlweaver
I saw this while walking to lunch yesterday. A building at Thomas Jefferson St. NW and the Canal in Georgetown has a set of stairs marked from the outside “Fire Exit. Not an Entrance.” Good idea. People in the basement need to get out when there’s a fire, right? Well, [...]
More »Pound Coffee Offers Half-Priced Lattes Next Week
Photo courtesy of Pound Coffee
There are few things that I love quite as much as a good latte. Most of them are things I’ve promised not to blog about here. DC is definitely in the top five cities in the US in which to get a great cup of coffee, or better yet, a specialty [...]
Robotic Snow Removal Even Better Than Flying Cars
Meet Yuki-taro. He’s a prototype Japanese snow removal robot with GPS positioning, obstacle avoidance through video cameras in the “eyes,” and, the best part… a compactor that takes the scooped up snow and presses it into compacted ice bricks, which then exit the rear of the robot and are stacked in back.
That’s right, my friends. [...]
Scribblings: Shane Harris
‘Watch The Watcher’
courtesy of ‘kevinspencer’
Tomorrow at noon, the International Spy Museum is having a lunchtime discussion with journalist Shane Harris on his new book, The Watchers: The Rise of America’s Surveillance State. In his new book, Harris tracks the government’s elusive quest to build a computer system that can sift huge amounts of electronic data [...]
Behind the Design: Blue Duck Tavern
‘Rocking Chairs – Blue Duck Tavern’
courtesy of ‘prettylovelythings’
Author’s Note: So often we move through space too quickly – trying to get from one place to the next, without ever taking the time to stop and look around. Behind the Design is a new series that hopes to encourage an appreciation for the places we forget [...]
Lincoln Theatre To Screen Documentary “Marching Band” on Feb. 20
This Saturday, February 20, at 6pm, the Lincoln Theatre will host a FREE, one-time screening of Marching Band, a documentary that captures the spirit of the 2008 Presidential election through the young and talented students of the University of Virginia and Virginia State marching bands.
While the film centers around the Obama campaign, politics is not [...]
