Archive for July, 2010
Have Lunch with Stan Kasten at Morton’s
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courtesy of ‘MissChatter’
Want to have lunch with Washington Nationals President Stan Kasten? Well now you can thanks to the next installment of the “legend” series at Morton’s Steakhouse.
The lunch-in is hosted by Morton’s with a baseball-based conversation with Kasten led by DC’s own ESPN radio hosts Thom Loverro and Kevin Sheehan.
The $40 menu includes a [...]
Screen on the Green Has a Rough Night
‘Cartoon <3′
courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’
The overbearing heat and swamp like humidity are expected when hanging out on the Mall in late July. It’s part of DC’s charm. The sudden downpours that send hundreds scrambling for partial cover are also par for the DC weather course. But when you wrangle up your good friends, pack up [...]
We Love Arts: One Man Lord of the Rings
Take three films totalling 11 hours and 23 minutes with some 42 characters, elaborate sound effects and music. Now compact all those elements into 65 minutes – performed by one man. Yes, One Man Lord of the Rings is exactly as titled. Written and performed by Charles Ross as a homage to the Peter Jackson [...]
More »Blurt Magazine’s “Best Kept Secret”: D.C.’s The Public Good
Photo courtesy of The Public Good.
“One of Rock’s Best Kept Secrets,” according to Blurt Magazine, is D.C.’s very own The Public Good.
The quartet featuring the one-time nucleus of the North Carolina band The Popes rocks hard while writing songs with wit and empathy regarding the highs and lows of everyday life as a big kid [...]
DC Mythbusting: Stand to the Right!
‘Stand on the right?’
courtesy of ‘karthikkito’
It’s probably the number one gripe about tourists: they stand on both sides of the escalators on Metro, blocking the left side that is generally understood to be for walking. We Washingtonians understand that you stand to the right and walk on the left– there are even Facebook groups and [...]
Black Box Exhibit Ending
“Block B,” (2008). Chris Chong Chan Fui. Image Courtesy of the Hirshhorn Museum.
The Hirshhorn’s exhibit Black Box: Chris Chong Chan Fui is closing on August 1st after a three-month run. As the first Malaysian artist to present work at the Hirshhorn, Chong shows a static work of art that details “night and day dramas unfold [...]
Michelle Obama To Throw Out First Pitch At Tonight’s O’s Game
‘It’s Michelle!’
courtesy of ‘philliefan99′
If you’ve got tickets to tonight’s Baltimore Orioles game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Camden yards, be sure to get their on time because Michelle Obama will not only be bringing the heat as she fires out the first pitch, but also increased levels of security.
Mrs. Obama will be escorted [...]
Virgin Mobile Fest Lineup Announced
Set your calendars, people. July 24th, 10am, tickets become available for this year’s Virgin Mobile Free Fest on September 25th at Merriweather Post Pavilion. The very impressive bill, which you will be able to see for a grand total of $0, is Jimmy Eat World (whose new album is dropping around then), The [...]
More »DC Among Top Cities For Young Professionals
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courtesy of ‘digital_don’
Forbes has named our fair city among the country’s top spots for young professionals, second only to Houston, Texas. Rankings were based on affordability, income levels, and the current job market. As our second place finish shows, general awesomeness was not taken into account.
Our 5.9% unemployment rate was the lowest of any [...]
Tuesday Morning Humor
With hot and humid weather this whole week, and temperatures consistently in the 90s, the weather is absolutely miserable. But Flickr user fuffer just made my morning with this lovely drawing. Sure, it’s only Tuesday, there’s crazy traffic in the city, and the weather may actually be driving people to kill, but this has to make [...]
More »Metro releases not-terribly-useful online SmarTrip management
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courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’
Today, at long last, you can view your SmarTrip usage history online at wmata.com.
That is, assuming your card is recent enough to have a 9-digit serial number. (Pad the beginning of the number with zeros if not.)
And assuming you remember both the zip code and phone number you used [...]
We Love Music: The Dead Weather @ 9:30 Club 7/13/10
Andrew Markowitz photography.
Last Tuesday, The Dead Weather hit the 9:30 Club stage like a sonic hurricane. It is almost a week later and I am still completely, utterly, hopelessly gobsmacked by their incredible concert. I have been trying to process their over-the-top, in-your-face stage presence and pitch-perfect, rock-n-roll transcendence for days now; my entire music-loving [...]
Check Out Your Dinner Spot
‘health code violation’
courtesy of ‘Terwilliger911′
What’s the grotiest place you’ve ever had a meal in DC? I asked on Twitter this afternoon and heard “Full Kee” over and over, I figured I’d use the Chinese place on H Street as a test of the new Health Regulation & Licensing Agency Search Engine. It was [...]
Top Secret America: Washington Post’s Intelligence Investigation Goes Live
‘Census #4′
courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’
Late last week, we had heard that the Washington Post would be planning a series on the intelligence contracting industry. As expected, the first articles of the feature launched this morning on WashingtonPost.com, and the biggest component is an interactive feature detailing just how broad a base of [...]
Drink Away Rob Dibble’s Remarks
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courtesy of ‘MissChatter’
As Tom so observantly pointed out in today’s Sports Fix, Nationals MASN color commentator Rob Dibble is back in the booth tonight when the Nats take on the Cincinnati Reds in Ohio to continue their stretch of this road trip.
You either like Dibble’s comments or you don’t, but it’s safe to say the [...]
