Archive for May, 2010
We Love Weekends, Holiday Edition: May 29-31
‘Every Day is Memorial Day’ courtesy of ‘rdavidphoto’ Rachel: I’m going back in time on Friday to the era in which I should have been living my early 20′s aka The Big Band Era. It’s easy. No flux capacitor needed, only fine clothing and dancing shoes. I’m headed to the Carlyle Club in Alexandria to see Doc [...]
More »Well, maybe not…
’2ND’ courtesy of ‘MissChatter’ Last week I reported that it was looking like Steve Strasburg’s MLB debut would be June 4. Well, it seems that I was wrong. The Nationals website reports that Strasburg will be starting between June 8 and June 10 in the Nats’ series against the Pirates. They haven’t said which game, [...]
More »Property Update: Watergate Hotel
‘Watergate’ courtesy of ‘Rolenz’ According to the Washington Buisness Journal, the Watergate Hotel has finally sold for a cool $45 million. Euro Capital Properties Inc. of New York are the lucky new owners of the infamous property and DC-must see. I am already wondering if (and how) the new owners are going to update the space. As iconic as the building [...]
More »Natinals Win in San Francicso
’9TH_1891′ courtesy of ‘MissChatter’ First off, for all the weary readers out there — I know there are typos in the headline and no, they’re not a mistake. I got the idea from a tweet issued last night during the game. The joke’s on whoever screwed up the printing of these two team’s game day [...]
More »We Love Drinks: Memorial Day BBQ
‘Beer and burger’ courtesy of ‘Magnus D’ I hope that you’ll grill this weekend. To me, that’s what Memorial Day is all about. I don’t dream of stepping on any family tradition or intruding in any masculine domain by suggesting what you should grill and how you should grill it. That’s counter productive, in my [...]
More »District Firefighters and Police Unions to Endorse Gray
‘Nacho #19′ courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’ Some more 2010 campaign news today, mayoral candidate Vincent Gray is expected to receive the endorsement of the District’s firefighter and police unions. This isn’t exactly shocking news, given the often contentious relationship between these unions, management and Mayor Adrian Fenty. Both DC Fire and EMS [...]
More »A Lesson in Decision Making: Local News Edition
”A Dame’s School” courtesy of ‘National Media Museum’ Today’s Lesson is: decision making. It was quite a busy and buzz-worthy news day on this Wednesday in the District. First we lost the streetcars proposed for H Street, then we got them back. Oh … and then there was that time the Nationals sold tons of tickets [...]
More »Screen On The Green Back For 2010 Season
” courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’ It’s been settled — Screen on the Green will return to DC for the 2010 summer season, its 11th in the District! The fun beings with a July 12 kick-off featuring the 1964 James Bond classic “Goldfinger” and continues with their free outdoor screenings on the National [...]
More »NoMa Summer Screen Presents “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure”
‘Day 250/365 – Modern Day Drive-In’ courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’ Tonight’s installment of NoMa Summer Screen features “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure”. So get into adventure mode, head on out to L Street between 2nd & 3rd NE (just two blocks South of the NY Ave Metro), cozy into a grassy spot (with a blanket [...]
More »Hot Ticket: The Besnard Lakes @ The Black Cat 5/27/10
The Besnard Lakes are playing the Black Cat backstage tomorrow night. Personally this is one of my most anticipated shows of 2010. I first heard about this Canadian, husband & wife founded, indie rock band thanks to the many glowing reviews of their dominant performances at South By Southwest this year. Their new album “The [...]
More »Scribblings: Charlie Higson
” courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’ This Saturday, Charlie Higson will be signing copies of his latest work in the Young James Bond series, By Royal Command. Higson collaborated with Ian Fleming (creator of the British superspy James Bond) to plant the seeds of how James went from being a regular schoolboy to [...]
More »Verizon To Recycle Your Old Electronics Tomorrow
‘Recycle’courtesy of ‘spiggycat’ Is that busted printer just not selling on Craigslist? Well don’t throw it out just yet. Tomorrow from 7:30am to 2:00pm, Verizon will be accepting old electronics for recycling at their Silver Spring office, located at 13100 Columbia Pike. Laptops, desktops, alarm clocks, shredders, telephones, small appliances – whatever! Just drop it [...]
More »Dupont Snowball Fight Organizer Wants To Bring You World Cup Soccer
‘One Big Ass Soccer Ball’ courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’ Remember that killer snowball fight in Dupont during Snowpocalypse Part I? People flung snow on every crevice of the already snow covered circle and had a jolly good time. Now, one of the organizers of that epic snow battle has some high World Cup hopes of [...]
More »And now, more cute baby animals
‘Rare White-Naped Crane Hatches National Zoo Conservation and Research Center’ courtesy of ‘Smithsonian’s National Zoo’ This morning on We Love DC it’s been all about SRS BIZNESS: Metro fares, soda taxes, streetcars, I-395 traffic patterns, etc. Which is all very important and informative, but if you need a little break, let me just point out [...]
More »Congressional Vote May Delay I-395 Migraine
‘Stuck For Miles’ courtesy of ‘Danilo.Lewis|Fotography’ Virginia commuters, pay attention: Thursday may well be a good or bad day for your future commute, depending on how the House of Representatives vote on Jim Moran’s proposal. Moran is asking Congress to halt the transfer of thousands of defense workers to a new office building in Alexandria [...]
More »Proposed FY11 Budget Kills Streetcars
‘DC Streetcar Front’ courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’ Last minute changes to the 2011 District budget include the elimination of the District’s up-and-coming streetcar program. The changes, submitted to the Council by Chair Vincent Gray (D) at 2 AM last night, remove funding for the H Street-Benning Road streetcar line. Greater Greater Washington broke [...]
More »Gray revives the soda tax
courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’ The soda tax is back, though this time as a extension of the District’s sales tax. Tim Craig at DC Wire reports that Council Chair Vincent Gray (D) wants all “non-alcoholic beverages with natural or artificial sweeteners” to be taxed at 6%. This tax replaces the now-dead proposal [...]
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