By Don
‘Jim Henson Memorial’
courtesy of ‘kimberlyfaye’
Environmentally green, that is. Sorry Kermit.
Today only, Starbucks is providing free drip coffee to anyone who comes in with a reusable cup. Lattes are still on your dime (times 35), though they have always provided a small discount for folks who bring in their own cup.
‘high five!’
courtesy of ‘hinagiku’
Taxes got you down? Well, here’s a “pick me up” for your enjoyment.
The third Thursday in April is National High Five Day, a holiday UVA started back in 2002.
Keep the festivities alive. Go lay one on your co-worker, classmate, significant other, stranger on the street, or fellow happy hour bar dweller. Anyone anywhere is fair game.
There’s nothing like paying it forward, right?
Need inspiration as to how to best execute your high five? Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat has a pretty good one to imitate.
Plus, if the Caps win, that’ll take the high fiving to a totally other level. Awesome.
‘Kermit :)’
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Katie: Now that the weather is nicer, that means the farmers markets are coming into full swing. This weekend marks the beginning of the full-fledged Arlington Farmer’s Market at Court House, and I’ll be there, reusable bags in hand. The first few weeks are generally plants, but I’m looking forward to May andstrawberry season! In the meantime, I’ll be eating farm fresh eggs, freshly made pastas and the beginnings of asparagus. As for the rest of the weekend? I’ll be spending time on U street getting my hair did at Bang, and sweet-talking WLDC author Jenn into hemming a dress I bought last fall to wear this summer.
Michael: This weekend I will be rocking out in the California desert at the Coachella Music Festival. But if I was here, I would definitely be going to the Positve Force-sponsored Titus Andronicus concert on Friday at St. Stephen’s Church. One, because Titus Andronicus’ new indie-rock concept album about the American Civil War is bloody inspired! Two, because seeing a show in a church is a really old school DC kind of this to do. Three, because Positive Force does great things for DC! Continue reading
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Caps fans rejoice! If you’re wearing red today, The Cereal Bowl in Cleveland Park will give you 10% off your order.
So get excited! Wear red! And … go Caps!
The Capitals face the Monteral Canadiens tonight, 7 p.m. at the Verizon Center.
‘Etched Glass F-16’
courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’
This is a forewarning of loud noises to come. Just after midnight on Friday, NORAD will be executing a series of training flights over the District’s airspace.
The training flights will continue from midnight until 2 a.m. and then again from 4 a.m. to 6 a.m., according to WTOP.
What’ll be flying overhead? Air Force F-16 fighters, Civil Air Patrol aircrafts and Cost Guard HH-65 Dolphin helicopters.
By Rebecca
‘Staring at Lines’
courtesy of ‘Karon’
This Friday, April 16 from 5 to 8 p.m participating Georgetown gallery owners will open their doors with extended hours, welcoming people with art, music, libations, and nibbles. It’s all part of The Georgetown Gallery Gaze featuring fine art, wearable art to adorn, and artful patrons will be there. For a list of participating galleries, maps and more information, visit www.georgetowngallerygaze.com.
By Cathy
If you haven’t bought your ticket to join us for Let Teddy Win! at Nationals Park, make sure to get it before tomorrow at noon when ticket sales close.
The weather report is in, and Wednesday is looking mighty nice for a baseball game.
Join us at 5:30 p.m. on April 21 as we cheer on Nat’s mascot Teddy Roosevelt with the founder of LetTeddyWin.com, plus a behind the scenes tour of Nationals Park, Nats stadium character trivia, and prizes.
Let Teddy Win! Get your tickets now! This could finally be his big night. Continue reading
By Rebecca
‘In Case of an Emergency’
courtesy of ‘Samer Farha’
**Updated via Vox Populi @4:45pm — Georgetown Senior Vice President Spiros Dimolitsas wrote in an e-mail to the student body that the two workers who were burned are in stable condition. Two DPS officers also suffered from smoke inhalation, he said, and were treated and released early this morning. The equipment that started the fire was a floor stripper.
Early Thursday morning, a chemical fire broke out at the 221 New North building located on Georgetown University’s campus. Vox Populi reports that two maintenance workers were cleaning with chemicals, when their tools overheated the chemicals and started the fire. D.C. Fire Department responded to the one room fire which was contained by the sprinkler system.
The two workers were taken to the Georgetown University Hospital with serious burns to their arms and faces, and their condition is reported as critical.
By Katie
So I have a few chef crushes in this city. DC is full of adorable, smart, funny and talented chefs – how can a girl not wind up with favorites? I’m not going to show you my whole hand, but I will let you in on one chef crush of mine – this guy. Chef Alain Roussel of La Ferme. After Cathy and I took a trip out to Chevy Chase to learn how to make souffle, we walked out of the restaurant and I gushed “AH! If only he were younger, I’d totally be smitten!” “I know!” agreed Julie Feldman, his PR person, “He’s great!”
Each of these Capital Chef articles is different – some chefs are business-like, some chefs are delightfully casual to the point of throwing eggs at me, and some chefs, my favorite chefs, feed us nonstop. Chef Roussel is the latter – everything about him is warm and old-school. Chef is oh-so-French (fraunchhhh, if you will), and spending a morning learning how to whip up the classic French souffle was such a fun experience. You can’t help but feel comfortable in his kitchen, surrounded by his favorite foods. He brought us (excellent, crave-worthy) coffee, (excellent, crave-worthy) croissants, lemon and sugar crepes, and of course, two souffles. Continue reading
‘Mary Chapin Carpenter’
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Grammy Award-winning recording artist Mary Chapin Carpenter will be receiving the “Spirit of Americana” Free Speech in Music Award at this Newseum Tuesday, April 27.
Carpenter will speak to her audience about her time spent as a musician and her career as whole before performing live that night, in conjunction Judy Collins and Rodney Crowell, starting at 7:30 in the Leonore and Walter Annenberg Theater.
Tickets are still available for the event and cost $25/general admission and $20/Newseum & Americana Music Association members.
All proceeds from the celebratory event support First Amendment education and the work conducted by the Americana Music Association.
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Living in DC is great. For all intensive purposes I love it (pun intended). But there’s one teeny, weeny detail that often gets overlooked by DC residents — our lack of presence in Congress.
That’s right. As some of your may or may not be aware of, District citizens lack congressional representation. District artist Peter Krsko plans to raise awareness with his new campaign called “Give Me A Vote.”
WTOP reports that Krsko’s “Give Me A Vote” campaign will place 100 sculptures of a raised hand throughout our city to draw attention to the lack of representation in Congress.
The 3-foot, 5-foot, and 7-foot Fiberglas sculptures will be placed next week and stay up for at least a month.
By Ben H. Rome
‘DSC_6297’
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Finally.
After what seemed like weeks of waiting – ever since the Olympics were over, really – the Washington Capitals finally enter the NHL postseason. First opponent in the opening salvos of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals?
The Montreal Canadiens.
The Caps desperately want to get the right skate forward this year; after last year’s rough start dropping the first two games at home against the Rangers, it’s something the team is aching to move past. And by all accounts from various team sources the last couple of days, they’re not only aware of it, they’re chomping at the bit to roll.
Despite the Habs’ recent struggles, however, the Caps cannot enter the series tomorrow taking Montreal for granted. True, the Habs enter the postseason after only notching three wins in their final 11 games. And true, forward Michael Cammalleri hasn’t been nearly as effective in his first nine games after knee surgery, nor has the netminder situation been anything spectacular. No team enters the NHL’s “second season” not wanting the prize at the end of the two-month campaign.
Let’s not kid around – both of these teams want the Stanley Cup. Montreal, to start its next century off right after last year’s dismal failure to celebrate their 100 years in style. Washington, to finally grab the golden ring of hockey that has been oh-so-close only a handful of times in its young (relative to Montreal) hockey existence.
So let’s look over the keys to Round One, starting here in the District on Thursday at 7 p.m.
By Rebecca
"charlie" courtesy of nbcwashington
Out of Prince William Country, VA comes a super upsetting story of a stolen pit bull puppy that was a high school graduation present to the owner’s daughter. The topper is that the puppy was taken right out of the owner’s vehicle.
According to NBCWashington, last Friday, the owner was parked outside a convenience store along Jefferson Davis Highway in Woodbridge. He left the pup in the car, went into the store for just two minutes, and when he went back to the car, the dog was gone.
The little fellas name is Charlie, he’s very friendly, is gray and white and was wearing a name tag. Anyone who may know anything about the dog’s disappearance should call Prince William County police at 703-792-6500.
courtesy of Red Sparowes.
It is always difficult deciding how to start a post-rock concert review. This massive, instrumental genre has no convenient entry-point for the uninitiated and for those who already are, the music is usually so personal that any attempt to describe a particularly beloved band will fall short of the high expectations. I say this as someone who both reads and writes a great deal about music, and happens to have some very personal opinions about my own favorite post-rock bands. It is with this in mind that I am challenged to review Sunday night’s spectacular Red Sparowes concert at Rock and Roll Hotel. So, I will take the easiest route and start from the top.
‘Snow Blown’
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The residence hall at 2034 G Street on the GW campus is set to be demolished in order to make some room for a new parking garage/law school building. I am deeply saddened by this news. I spent an entire year of my graduate career studying this 3-story gem, selecting this building for my thesis because it was the only low-rise dormitory left on the entire campus, and most scholarly research suggests that high-rise, mall-like dorms can negatively impact a student’s physical and emotional well-being. Although the residence hall had its problems, it needed to be renovated and made accessible, I am disappointed to see that GW has decided to take away the students only alternative on-campus living option.
‘school lunch’
courtesy of ‘kroopsydaisy’
The “What’s In Your Kids’ Food?” campaign is hosting “Food for Thought” on April 22nd, a panel of local experts will do some education and provide some electronic resources for parents to help them shop better and model better food choices. The event will be at the Ward 8 Parent and Child Resource Center in the M.C. Terrell Elementary school on April 22nd at 6:00 PM. It’s open to the public.
With all the attention being paid to school lunches because of Jamie Oliver’s show and Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move!” campaign, it’s nice to see some local-level activity designed around helping parents make better nutritional choices for their kids.
By Rebecca
‘busey’
courtesy of ‘spectabillis’
Thankfully, it’s not that often that Gary Busey and DC cross paths. However, the geniuses at http://barackandgary.tumblr.com/ have a lot of time on their hands and have photoshopped shots from the official White House Flickr stream with Busey’s head. My personal favorite is the photo of Busey with Clinton, Gates and Obama. Classic. Not sure what the purpose of this project is, but it was a great way to start hump day.
By Samer Farha
‘good morning’
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Last week we told you about Metro’s board having voted to give preliminary approval to change their privacy policy in order to be able to provide SmarTrip data to users over the internet. The press release outlining what was to happen later this year set off my “I-can’t-believe-we’re-having-this-conversation” alarms.
In that release, Metro points out two things that set me off. First, there’s the reason for the change. It seems that after SmarTrip was introduced in 2004, the board approved a privacy policy in 2005 that seems not have considered the possibility that people would want access to their data over the internet.
Let me repeat that: five years ago, almost 15 years after the world wide web was invented and a decade after “information superhighway” entered the general lexicon, Metro’s board didn’t consider the internet when making their plans. Add to that having to have the board act in order to change the privacy policy because, it seems, the policy is written so narrowly that delivering the same data online and offline requires a change.
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By Max
Whole Foods Market on P Street by Maryland Route 5
In case you’ve forgotten, April 15th is the only deadline you have as an adult, the day to send in your tax return. Some of you may have done your taxes on January 1st in order to buy an iPad with your refund, but many others will be burning the midnight oil tonight to get them done.
If you fall into the latter group, I suggest you head over to Whole Foods to buy some organic toothpicks for keeping your eyelids open, as well as a free coffee. That’s right, according to Free in DC, Whole Paycheck is giving away free coffee all day long on April 14th. A free cup of joe. You know you want it.
‘Jerk City’
courtesy of ‘Smath.’
So, you remember how DC Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee laid off all those teachers, citing budgetary pressures? Yeah, so apparently the budgetary pressures were based on faulty data from the schools’ CFO, Noah Wepman. According to Councilman Harry Thomas’ (D-Ward 5) office, the schools CFO based the budget on an average teacher salary of $81,000, when the average salary of a DC teacher is $67,000. So now instead of a $43M deficit, there’s a $34M surplus, which will be used to pay for the new teacher contract rather than to reinstate the laid-off teachers.
I’d say I predict a big, screamy fight between the Council, Fenty, Rhee, and the Washington Teachers’ Union, but it seems cheap to predict laws of nature and pretend you’re insightful.
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