Archive for July, 2010
Matt Capps Gets The Win At The 2010 All-Star Game
‘PRE’
courtesy of ‘MissChatter’
Congratulations are in order for the Nationals lone All-Star Matt Capps and the rest of the National League All-Star team who ended a 13 year drought last night, securing home field advantage for the National League in the World Series for the first time since 1996.
Capps was sent into the game to face [...]
Photos: Welcome back, Screen on the Green. Missed ya.
‘Screen on the Green’
courtesy of ‘erin m’
Much as Fort Reno signifies something essential about summer for me, Screen on the Green is another one of those annual traditions that makes me happy to be living in DC. We’ve come close to losing twice it in recent years, but through the tireless effort of Jesse Rauch [...]
The Winning Ticket: Chromeo
As a way to say thanks to our loyal readers, We Love DC will be giving away a pair of tickets to a 9:30 Club concert to one lucky reader each week. Check back here every Wednesday morning at 9am to find out what tickets we’re giving away and leave a comment for your chance [...]
More »REFRESH Fridays @ Phillips
‘Peep of View’
courtesy of ‘rabid_c’
Now that the frigid cold has passed and the whole DC-area is heat stricken, The Phillips Collection has decided to bring back the wildly popular winter promotion, De-Frost Fridays with a much “cooler” look.
Refresh Fridays began last week and will continue through August 27th. Head over to The Phillips Collection on [...]
Don’t Miss Interwoven
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courtesy of ‘Hoffmann’
The Textile Museum once again is hosting another fantastic collaborative event.
Interwoven will host two evenings of “performance, film, and conversation” at The Textile Museum, July 23rd and July 24th.
On July 23rd, New York-based fashion collective, threeASFOUR will collaborate on an performance highlighting their “sculptural approach” to to textile design; while on July 24th, [...]
We Love Arts: 2010 Fringe Week One
‘DC Fringe Festival Button, 2010′
courtesy of ‘[F]oxymoron’
I’ve seen five plays over the first weekend of the 2010 Capital Fringe Festival. It’s my first time completely diving in to what’s on tap with the festival – in years past I just went to a show or two – and the results have been theatrical overdose. What’s crazy [...]
Estadio Opens Today
‘Spanish Wines’
courtesy of ‘biskuit’
In case you’re upset now that the World Cup celebrations are coming to an end and the running of the bulls is over–don’t worry. The Spain-a-palooza continues with the grand opening of a new Spanish restaurant in Logan Circle tonight. From the folks behind Proof comes Estadio, which will focus on modern interpretations of Northern Spanish cuisine. The [...]
Checking In On The Most Popular D.C. Foursquare Venues
‘Fantastic’
courtesy of ‘dcbprime’
Since launching last year, location-based social network foursquare has encouraged Facebook and Twitter users to use locations as context for their status updates. Over time, as it increased to more than two million global users, the data around where users check-in can actually give a cool sense of the landscape of where . [...]
We Love Food: Market Lunch
‘Market Lunch’
courtesy of ‘katmere’
Whenever I mention Market Lunch to people, and I do often, I always get the same response: “Oh, I’ve heard that place is so great–but I’ve never been.” I don’t know if it’s the lines that scare folks away, or the Soup Nazi-esque ordering system, but don’t be afraid! It’s a quintessential [...]
Baseball in D.C.? George Steinbrenner Approved.
‘Nats, Yanks fight for my love’
courtesy of ‘wfyurasko’
There’s no doubt that the Yankees late owner George Steinbrenner, 80, who died early Tuesday morning after suffering from a heart attack last night in his Tampa, Fl. home will go down in baseball history as a ruthless, hard-nosed owner dedicated to one sole cause — winning.
He will [...]
Secret Safeway in Dupont Circle to close
‘Blah Entrance’
courtesy of ‘M.V. Jantzen’
The “Secret” Safeway, also known as Townhouse Safeway, will be closing for good on August 7. The store, located at 1800 20th St. NW was tucked away and unknown to many. The “Town House” branding was a trial concept by Safeway to target apartment dwellers in urban areas. It’s unknown at [...]
Hey, did you go to Screen on the Green last night?
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courtesy of ‘erin m’
Screen on the Green came back last night! I was there for a while with a camera, and I know a bunch of you were too, despite the wacky weather. I’d love it if you’d share your photos from the party with the We Love DC Flickr pool, so I can collect [...]
Update: DC photographer vs. MPD, take 2
‘DC Police’
courtesy of ‘Chris DiGiamo’
We told you this weekend about the DC photographer who says he was detained by MPD officers while shooting a traffic stop in Georgetown. My initial complaint about the account was that the photographer, Jerome Vorus, hadn’t gotten names of the officers who stopped him or apparently followed up with a [...]
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They’re growing pink toenails by MudflapDC
There are hundreds of things that I’d like to do and places I’d like to see in the surrounding area, but I always seem to forget about them or put them off for another day, another year. Well, you know how the rest of that story goes. Soon another year [...]
Smoke at Dupont Circle Metro
DC Fire/EMS on Twitter reports smoke at the Q Street NW entrance to Dupont Circle Metro on the Red Line — also site of this morning’s Escalator Fail. That entrance to the station is now closed and emergency responders are on the scene.
Update: Update from DC Fire/EMS: Dupont Circle Metro – Metro Mechanics on scene [...]
