Archive for June, 2010
Get Your Most Beautiful Nominations Submitted
‘2010:149′
courtesy of ‘::FiZ::’
If Capitol Hill was in fact a high school, it is definitely hitting all the marks for the end of the school year. Since the prom has already happened, that must mean it’s almost yearbook season, and the DC version of that would certainly have to be The Hill’s 50 Most Beautiful People list. Vanity and [...]
We Love Drinks: The Birth of a Brewery
‘Port City Pale Ale’
courtesy of ‘rabid_c’
I obviously think the world of DC, but there’s one thing I’ve always thought the metro area lacked: a brewery. There are a myriad of beer nerd restaurants, places like ChurchKey, Brasserie Beck and Birreria Paradiso, that quench the appetites of a pretty decent sized population [...]
AU Basketball Player Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates in MLB Draft
Photo by Rachel Levitin
American University rising junior and basketball player Stephen Lumpkins achieved an athletic feat that no other Division I college basketball player in the city has this year – he was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 42nd round of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft on Wednesday.
Lumpkins, who is known [...]
Free Stephen Strasburg First-Pitch Poster in Sunday’s Washington Post
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courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’
Strasburg fans: You’ve got a little present coming your way. There will be a Stephen Strasburg first-pitch poster in the Sunday edition of The Washington Post.
Posters will be available in the early Sunday edition tomorrow and in the final edition of the Sunday paper.
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Digital Capital Week Starts Tonight!
One of DC’s amazing hidden strengths is its limitless capacity for technological innovation. So many amazing firms that craft the technology we see and use every day, both online and off, have homes here in the District, and it’s high time that we celebrated that. Frank Gruber’s Shinyheart Ventures, and Peter Corbett’s iStrategyLabs [...]
More »MetroPerforms! Auditions Coming Soon
‘Street Saxophonist’
courtesy of ‘Bogotron’
Calling all singers, dancers, musicians, poets, and any creative-minded folks in the greater DC-area! Metro’s Art in Transit program and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities are holding open auditions at Metro headquarters Saturday, June 19 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the MetroPerforms! series.
Artists selected to perform based [...]
More Meals for Your Money
‘Buddha Bar 15′
courtesy of ‘maxedaperture’
For those of us on a budget, it’s always great to find a deal on dinner, or any other meal for that matter. That being said, I have a few spots that I think you’ll thank me later for…
Buddha Bar. Did you know you can enjoy lunch Buddha Bar-style for under [...]
Got Pride?
‘kiss’
courtesy of ‘quigley_brown (Jim Hamann)’
With the city’s recent legalization of same-sex marriage, it’s been a big year for the LGBT community. But the organizers of Capital Pride want you to know that you ain’t seen nothing yet.
Although Pride events have been taking place all week, this weekend marks the two biggies. On Saturday, the [...]
We Love Arts: Judith Peck’s Original Position
Judith Peck. Unveiling, oil on linen, 24″ x 18″
“Provoking thought with paint, blending consciousness into canvas, my work contradicts alienation.” – Judith Peck
Judith Peck is a painter; moreover, she is a thinker and an advocate of social justice – raising awareness through each and every brushstroke. Through June 26th, Peck’s largest show to date, Original [...]
We Love DC’s Design Challenge
‘Woodrow Wilson House HDR’
courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’
So you need some interior decorating assistance? No worries, We Love DC has got you covered.
We are teaming up this month with the District’s Anderson ReDesign to give one lucky reader the chance to get some FREE and super-helpful decorating advice from a professional. All you have to [...]
Metro Debuts New Public Scorecard
One of the promises that WMATA’s interim GM Richard Sarles made was with regard to the transparency of the organization, and that good data put into the public’s hands would let them judge the system fairly and honestly. Today, he delivered with the Metro Scorecard, which will be updated monthly, and gives riders access [...]
More »Fort Reno Announces First Show: June 28th
If it’s summertime (and judging by the mercury in my thermometer, it’s summertime) that means it’s time for Fort Reno. The concert series has a storied history, and has featured acts like Fugazi, Q and not U, Ted Leo and others, and remains one of DC’s hallmark summertime social events. The series takes [...]
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