Archive for June, 2010
Nats With Bats Revive Stats
A humid Washington evening in the early days of summer is a bit of a difficult environment for baseball. You never know when a storm will break out. Tonight, the Royals were the recipients of a pair of storms: one from the Nationals’ bats, and the other from Mother Nature herself. A 49-minute rain delay [...]
More »Explosion at Farragut West
(DC DDOT webcam capture from nearby 18th and I Streets NW)
Getting some buzz about a possible explosion at Farragut West. Latest from DC Fire EMS Twitter:
manhole fire – heavy smoke – 18th & I St NW -PEPCO needed – expect some traffic issues
Manhole explosions are not an unknown phenomenon for summer time in DC.
Latest update [...]
We Love Arts: Courage
Entering the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop black box theater for a performance of Courage: A Political Theatre Revival is a bit like crashing your neighbor’s weekend-long house party. The place is a mess, you don’t know anyone, but everyone seems to be having crazy fun so you jump right in, why not? If you aren’t the [...]
More »DC Crafts: Find Of The Day
Get pumped DC!!! The US Men’s Soccer Team takes on Algeria tomorrow morning needs our good karma and mojo. For the Wednesday 10am game bring your camera to the pub, snap some pictures and capture some memories, of what will hopefully (please God!) be a epic win, in this awesomely cute and patriotic Red, White [...]
More »Madeleine Albright’s Jewelry
‘Smithsonian Castle 2′
courtesy of ‘tbridge’
When I heard about the new exhibit at the Smithsonian Castle I wasn’t quite sure what to think. A collection entirely dedicated to Madeleine Albright’s personal jewelry? Really?
Anyway, boy was I wrong. Based on this behind-the-scenes video where the former U.S. Secretary of State talks candidly about five of her featured pins, [...]
Obama Takes Stand Against Wave By Sitting
Image originally appeared at Power Line
I hate the wave. I’m going to come right out and say it. I may or may not have yelled at the section next to me during Strasmas 1 when they attempted to start it. I was quite lucky that my section approved of my view against the monotony of this [...]
DC Mythbusting: Highway to Heaven
‘Three Churches, One Corner, Columbia Heights, Washington, D.C.’
courtesy of ‘adcristal’
I love that after several years of living here, I keep finding out new things about the District. Just last week while on a run with a friend along 16th Street, she told me that she had heard that 16th Street was known as the [...]
Parenting.com Gives DC the Shaft
‘3/365: The Sky is Falling 1/3/10′
courtesy of ‘@heylovedc’
I can’t explain this one. Parenting Magazine put Arlington at #1, while dropping the District to #71. For Arlington, they cited the prevalence of local historic markers, sprawling parklands, and many diverse activities, as well as low crime and “very few registered sex offenders.” For the District, [...]
NORAD Air Exercises Today
‘deadly Raptor’
courtesy of ‘philliefan99′
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) will be conducting exercise flights over the region’s skies this afternoon. Flights are expected to range as far north as Baltimore and as far south as Richmond. The flights are being conducted to test air threat response times and situations.
There will be multiple exercise flights [...]
Region remembers last year’s deadly Metro crash
‘metro’
courtesy of ’spiggycat’
One year ago, two Red Line trains collided near the Fort Totten station, killing nine and injuring dozens. In the months that followed, serious questions were raised about safety within Metro. While the National Transportation Safety Board has yet to issue a final report on the crash, the safety agency has indicated there [...]
Featured Photo
‘a summer romance’ by ‘Blinkofanaye’
At 5:00 on any given Friday afternoon in the summer, Jazz in the Garden is just getting started, and space quickly becomes scarce as hundreds of worker bees flock for a little wine, maybe a pitcher of (surprisingly potent for what you pay) sangria, a picnic and some tunes. It’s a [...]
Nationals Stop Skid at Six, Squeak Out Win over Royals
Photo by Ian Koski / Nationals Daily News
The Nationals’ losing streak stopped at six games tonight, as Livo outpitched Bruce Chen, and Mike Morse and Cristian Guzman each struck for solo homers in the 2-1 victory. Matt Capps, after surrendering two hits in the 9th, retired the side on three brutal called strikeouts to [...]
Ladies and gentlemen, meet the DC Metro Dancer
Yes, the man who stepped on a Red Line car and just had to cut loose (a la “Footloose”) has seen the video and heard our plea to step forward. Readers of We Love DC, I present to you: your DC Metro Dancer, Bob Grannan. Bob, we salute you.
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DC Crafts: Find Of The Day
Today’s Find Of The Day celebrates many of our city’s finest monuments and buildings, and one of my summer favorites, iced cold beverages. These vintage drinking glasses feature black and gold images of The White House, The Capital Building, Iwo Jima Memorial, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Lincoln Memorial arranged around the [...]
More »Get Ready to Fringe
‘Frankie Goes to Washington…………’
courtesy of ‘LaTur’
The 2010 Capital Fringe Festival schedule is live, and as always it’s jam-packed with a rich mix of the serious and the seriously messed-up. Now in its fifth year, the festival is an incredible opportunity for artists to present work not normally seen on DC mainstream stages, and a chance [...]
Capitals Preseason Schedule Out
‘DSC_6274′
courtesy of ‘bhrome’
Ready for Caps hockey yet?
Well, when you are, know that the first preseason game for the team is on Sept 22 in Columbus against the Blue Jackets. The first home preseason game is at the Verizon Center on Sept 28 against the Boston Chokes Bruins. The other two home games are Oct 1 [...]
Want to See Ted’s Band? We’ve Got Tickets To Give away
In case you missed last Friday’s interview with Sam Lloyd of Scrubs and the acapella band, The Blanks, check it out and get excited for the fact that the quartet will be performing two shows in the DC area later this week at the Arlington Drafthouse.
Excited yet? How about the chance to go for free? [...]
