Archive for April, 2010
Happy Birthday, Sean Taylor. May You Rest In Peace.
‘Sean Taylor’ courtesy of ‘Daquella manera’ Today is what should have been Sean Taylor’s 27th birthday. Taylor was murdered November 27, 2007, having died from critical injuries due to gunshots wounds from intruders who entered his Miami area home. Taylor is remembered for his hard work as an NFL safety who played for the Washington [...]
More »Where’s yer kilt? Everyone’s Scottish during Tartan Week!
Scottish bagpipers by Corinne Whiting Are you a fan of Irn-Bru, neeps and tatties and wee drams of whisky? Did all that sound like a load of gibberish? Nae bother. Regardless, dust off those kilts and sporrans, Tartan Week is coming our way. Sadly, Scotland Week doesn’t seem to be making too many appearances in [...]
More »We Love Weekends, April 3-4
‘Patchwork’ courtesy of ‘kimberlyfaye’ Max: With the weather shaping up to be perfect for the weekend, there will likely be very little hibernating going on. Friday night I’m super excited about Cherry Blast, Pink Line Project’s follow up to last year’s National Cherry Blossom Festival event. This “creative extravaganza” will feature performance art, dance, film, fashion and [...]
More »Ice Cream gluttony for a good cause
I don’t mean your own at the B&J ice cream happy hours, I mean Paul of local music duo Paul & Storm eating an entire Fudgy the Whale tonight. What started out as a stunt to get more twitter followers has turned into An Event as well as a drive to raise money for the [...]
More »Nationals Make Improvements Before Pre-Season Opener
Special to We Love DC by Hal Mangold Let’s get one thing straight right now: The Washington Nationals probably aren’t going to be very good this year. They might be bearable, even fun, to watch, but expecting them to be anywhere other than knife-fighting in the basement of the NL East is probably too much [...]
More »Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Happy Hour
‘mmm…free goo…’ courtesy of ‘philliefan99′ If you missed last week’s Free Cone Day don’t fret, because the Ben & Jerry’s in Georgetown is throwing ice cream happy hours from 4-7pm. The happy hour special is 3 scoops for a mere $3. That’s an uber steal considering scoops normally go for $2-3 a pop. With the [...]
More »Spring! Outdoors! Baseball! Beer!
‘Taking a water break’ courtesy of ‘philliefan99′ DANG it is gorgeous out. I could get USED to this kind of weather. Come play outside with us on April 21. You can use your $10 food voucher for some cool beverages at the scoreboard bar. Teddy encourages this kind of behavior – see above. Tickets are now [...]
More »Five Baseball Lessons From Thomas & Billy Heywood
The HHH Metrodome, Summer 2009 Photo byRachel Levitin Billy Heywood could be integral toward the Nationals having a better than sub-par season. Don’t know who Billy Heywood is? He’s the first and only 12-year-old baseball manager whose team lost to a guy who notched 300 wins in the 2009 season (against the Nationals at Nationals [...]
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