Archive for March, 2010
Caps Over Pens in Possible Playoff Preview
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courtesy of ‘Ghost_Bear’
The Washington Capitals hosted the Pittsburgh Penguins last night and for all the noise, excitement, and skill on display on and off the ice, one would think it was the NHL playoffs already.
The Caps won 4-3 in the shootout on Mike Knuble’s fake-out during sudden death. Knuble was a surprise to see come [...]
Metro Stops For Fire
Unsuck DC Metro pointed us at this video, which shows an aboveground Metro train stopping for a brush fire…in the middle of the fire. This, right here, is my personal nightmare on the tracks. I figure the driver stopped to report the fire to Control, but couldn’t they have stopped a little further [...]
More »Chain Bridge To Close Friday Evening Until Monday Morning
‘Chain Bridge’
courtesy of ‘NCinDC’
Starting Friday, March 26 at 8pm and weather permitting, Chain Bridge will be closed to all traffic (this includes pedestrians and bikes, and traffic from both the DC and Arlington side) until Monday, March 29 at 5am. The weekend work hopes to continue the reconstruction work already begun on the bridge deck, [...]
Behind the Design: National Press Club
‘National Press Club #27′
courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’
The National Press Club, rich in historical context and paramount in its mission, is best-known as a retreat for the affiliates within the journalism industry. As a Washington, D.C. fixture, the feeling evoked upon entrance into the Club could best be compared to the dilemma that a [...]
Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang
‘Leaves of Grass’
courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’
I love reading Chelsea Handler’s books – they never seem to disappoint. I frequently find myself being ‘that person’ who is laughing obnoxiously loud on the airplane, Metro, or any other public mode of transportation while reading them. Handler’s latest book Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, which I read in about one day, is hilarious and truly might just be the perfect guilty pleasure for [...]
New Cereal Restaurant In Cleveland Park
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courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’
Who doesn’t like a good bowl of cereal? Some of my closest friends still eat the stuff for dinner because it’s easy and never a bad idea. You TOO can eat cereal for any meal now with the opening of The Cereal Bowl in Cleveland Park.
Cereal Bowl served its [...]
Drinks Preview: ARTINI
This Saturday the Corcoran Gallery of Art presents ARTINI, and if you’ve been waffling about attending I hear there are roughly less than 100 tickets still left, but going fast and not available at the door. So jump!
ARTINI is a fabulous event mixing two of my favorite things – art and cocktails. Twelve local mixologists [...]
Somewhere, Teddy DOES win.
‘Teddy Wins!’
courtesy of ‘Hoffmann’
Congrats to We Love DC Flickr Pool contributor Hoffman, whose office has gotten into the Washington Post’s Peep Show semifinals for the second year in a row. This year, their Peep diorama features an alternate Peep universe in which Teddy actually wins the Peepsidents’ Race.
Speaking of which, have you gotten your tickets [...]
Open Season On The Freeway
Steve Martin in LA Story
Yes, it’s officially spring, marking Open Season on the Freeway, and time to mark a peculiar ritual of people who think it’s okay to shoot at other people for traffic improprieties. Gabriel Poventud, with his two year old in the car, got involved in an altercation with another driver in Dale [...]
Comedy in DC: She-Ha 2
On the heels of the very successful Girls’ Night Out at the Eleventh Street Lounge at the beginning of March, it’s time for She-Ha 2: When Laughter Attacks, the follow up to last year’s sellout She-Ha: Princesses of Power, featuring DC’s funniest women.
She-Ha will rock your socks off on April 9th at 8PM in the [...]
Home-Grown Pot May Become An Option In DC
‘Reefer Madness/The Burning Question (1936)’
courtesy of ‘Caveman (Kickin’ 66 with Pete Zarria)’
It’s Congress approved … now the next step in upholding the legalization of medical marijuana in the District is figuring out how to get the green stuff into the city itself.
D.C. Council is considering a “home cultivation” option in which individuals requiring medical marijuana [...]
Coming to DC, Hold Your Applause, It’s UGG!
‘Missing’
courtesy of ‘Samer Farha’
OK, yeah, UGGs may be a bit of an eyesore, but gosh darnit if they aren’t the most comfortable and warm shoe ever! And fashion be damned (sorry fellow WLDC blogger Kelly Collis Frederick) because this year’s rash of snowstorms really made owning a pair uber practical. So love ‘em or hate [...]
Social Media primer for employers
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courtesy of ‘erin m’
Local first amendment lawyer Kevin Goldberg was nice enough to give us an interview about defamation issues shortly after Meg of 2Birds1Blog was fired for blogging. He’s since written a piece at his firm’s blog about the issues from the other side of the desk called coping with social media in the [...]
DCPS taps restauranteur for school lunch director
‘Peanut Butter & Jelly’
courtesy of ’spcbrass’
DC Public Schools has hired New York restauranteur Jeff Mills to run its school lunch program. Formerly of the Biltmore Room, Mills has been tasked with turning a money-losing function that serves crappy processed food that drives students to turn to pizza and french fries for lunch into a profitable program that [...]
Cheers to the Planet: 5 Green Happy Hours
‘Black Thai’
courtesy of ‘Samer Farha’
Spring has sprung, and with it a plethora of green-focused events — all involving drinks. So check out this list, and plan to attend a happy hour, or two or three. And make a toast to spring, and Mother Earth!
Have a Good, Clean Drink
Bartending For Change – World Water Day
Wednesday, March [...]
First Look: Kushi Izakaya & Sushi
There’s something wrong with me (maybe). I can’t get enough sushi! I just crave it – spicy tuna, firecracker, flying fish roe, fatty tuna, I WANT IT ALL. So when I was invited to check out the new Japanese gastropub in Mount Vernon Square, I jumped at the chance.
Sleek, modern and minimalist, the best Kushi [...]
