Archive for September, 2010
Midnight Madness A Success for the Wizards
‘Introducing Gilbert Arenas’
courtesy of ‘afagen’
“It think it’s exactly what the team needed,” said the team’s new owner, Ted Leonsis. “Just kind of a jolt of adrenaline.” ~Associated Press, 9/28
Midnight Madness is a college thing. And not every university with a major basketball program does it, either. It’s reserved for the big time programs. It’s definitely [...]
Southwest’s Acquistion of Airtran Means It Will Fly From DCA
‘Flight 1722′
courtesy of ‘Two Ladies & Two Cats’
Let the bargain airline battle begin at National. Earlier this year, JetBlue announced that it would start running shuttles from Reagan National to two cities – Boston and Orlando. For any who prefer the discount line, saving a trip out to Dulles was an automatic plus. Depending on [...]
Roy Halladay Shuts Out The Nats To Clinch The Division
Photo by Cheryl Nichols / Nationals News Network
If there was a Nats game in Washington tonight, you never would have known it. It was no Opening Day take over Monday night at Nationals Park when the Phillies clinched their fourth consecutive National League East Division title, but it was pretty close.
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100 Arrested at White House in Coal Protests
‘95/365′courtesy of ‘Danilo.Lewis|Fotography’
100 people were arrested at the White House this afternoon as part of a civil disobedience protest concerning coal mining. They had protested at Freedom Plaza, and then headed from Freedom Plaza to the White House, stopping traffic and disobeying pedestrian restrictions, according to WAMU. The group was given the chance to disperse [...]
What The Tweet DC: Up In The Air Edition
‘From Capital Pride Parade’
courtesy of ’spiggycat’
Happy Monday DC!
Or not so much. When taking a look at the local Twitter Trends for DC Monday popped up on the list, however a look at the tweets says nobody loves Mondays. However if you are Chris W, who has Monday off from work, then you love Mondays.
Here’s what [...]
We Love Music: Virgin Mobile FreeFest 2010 @ Merriweather Post Pavilion 9/25/10
Virgin Mobile FreeFest 2010 was just about as perfect a day as one could ask for. The weather was phenomenal, the crowds and lines were manageable, and the music was spectacular. An irresistible atmosphere of fun prevailed over Merriweather Post Pavilion as Virgin and I.M.P. presented three stages jam-packed with a variety of great musical [...]
More »Losing Count of DC’s Plagues? Now We Have Stink Bugs
‘day 7.10/10′
courtesy of ‘giiviak’
Last month, we were talking about bed bugs as the creepy crawlies making you uncomfortable at night. This month, there’s now an even grosser phenomenon taking over the DMV: stink bugs. From NBC Washington’s report over the weekend:
Smelly, pesky bugs known as stink bugs have been swarming the Washington, D.C. area — and [...]
More »D.C.’s Cuisine Reigns Supreme
‘Close-up of the Iron Chef America poster’
courtesy of ‘Nicole Lee’
Last night, a couple of our hometown heroes made an appearance in Kitchen Stadium. Chefs Katsuya Fukushima (formerly of Minibar and Cafe Atlantico) and Ruben Garcia (culinary director of THINKfoodGROUP) went to battle against the newest Iron Chef, Jose Garces, in Battle Mahi-Mahi. Previously undefeated, Garces [...]
Sports Fix: Fall is Coming Edition
‘BIG PAYBACK #27′
courtesy of ‘Danilo.Lewis|Fotography’
Redskins
Record: 1-2
Last Two Weeks: 0-2
Place: Tied for second with Dallas & New York
Play not to lose, and you end up doing exactly that. The Redskins have played not to lose for the last three weeks, and their 1-2 record is reflective of a franchise that has yet to play to [...]
Week 3 Recap: Skins vs. Rams
‘bale to the redskins’
courtesy of ‘christaki’
Early on in this game the Redskins knew they would have a long day ahead of them. After allowing a 42-yard touchdown run by Stephen Jackson on the opening drive, the Skins fumbled the ball on their first possession and the Rams quickly responded with a touchdown pass by Sam [...]
Natwar Gandhi: We’re short $175M
‘Day 150 / 365 – Don’t Cut Our Budget’courtesy of ‘anitakhart’
The figure has been hinted at a few times over the last few weeks, but now it’s here, and it’s worse than anyone thought. According to District CFO Natwar Gandhi, DC is facing a $175M Deficit for Fiscal 2011 that starts Friday. Revenue from income [...]
Hot Ticket: Film School @ DC9 9/28/10
San Francisco dream-pop/nu-gazers Film School have entered new territory on their latest album, “Fission”; switching gears from the dark and gloomy approach that has served them well for for almost a decade, on their latest they are looking on the bright side of life by offering up cheery gaze-pop tunes that almost border on being [...]
More »Food Truck Tracker
‘Fojol Bros. Of Merlindia Truck’ courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’
Today is the last day to vote in our food truck contest. Tell your mother, tell your brother, tell your sister, tell your friend…to vote.
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Tour guide licenses restrict both free speech and misinformation
‘circling segways’
courtesy of ‘ekelly80′
J. Freedom du Lac has an interesting article in today’s Post about DC’s tour guide licensing restrictions and the tour company operators who are contesting them on First Amendment grounds. I find myself torn on the issue- as a person who writes things for publication on the Internet, I’m a cranky First [...]
Redskins Cheat Sheet: Week 3 @ St. Louis
‘New Washington NFL Uniform’
courtesy of ‘Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com’
All fall long – or at least until the Caps get going again – the Redskins tend to dominate Monday morning chatter in the offices around the District. Win or lose, the Cheat Sheet is here to help you fake your way through any awkward water cooler conversations [...]
Weekend Flashback: 9/24 – 9/26/10
‘268|365′
courtesy of ‘Danilo.Lewis|Fotography’
And a happy wet Monday to you all. We’ve got your start-of-the-week cure right here…
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Antonio Pio Saracino at Industry Gallery
Cervo Chair. Antonio Pio Saracino, courtesy Industry Gallery.
Industry Gallery is currently exhibiting New York-based Italian designer and architect Antonio Pio Saracino’s first solo U.S. exhibition. The exhibition is called Nature / Data and will run through October 30th. In addition to eleven different chair designs, Nature / Data premieres two large-scale models of “triumphal arches”, representing Italian [...]
Ian Desmond Comes Through in the Clutch, Nats Win 4-2
The Nationals bullpen shut Bobby Cox’s Braves down by throwing three scoreless innings on Sunday. Both Sean Burnett and Drew Storen had spotless performances from the mound against Atlanta as Washington took two of three from a club attempting to salvage a Wild Card berth.
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Maya falls apart as Braves top Nats 5-0
Photo by Ian Koski / Nationals Daily News
Before the game today, when asked about Yunesky Maya, Jim Riggleman said that he’d settled down. Jim was right until the top of the sixth today. The wheels came flying off Maya’s bus, as he gave up a walk, advanced the runner to second on a wild pitch, [...]
The Nats Dominate Tim Hudson For Once
Photo by Cheryl Nichols
Atlanta Braves starter Tim Hudson is among the cream of the crop in this year’s National League Cy Young contenders. He is in shared company beside the Cardinals’ Adam Wainright, the Rockies’ Ubaldo Jimenez, and the Phillies’ Roy Halladay as some of the best in the game. Not only that but [...]
