Archive for October, 2010
Where We Live: Cheverly
Welcome to the last regularly-scheduled Where We Live. We’ve had a great run over the past year and a half, profiling dozens of neighborhoods in the District, Maryland, and Virginia. But all good things must come to an end (especially when we’re running out of neighborhoods to profile!). So while Where We Live won’t disappear, [...]
More »It Gets Better
Washingtonians want you to know: it gets better. A few weeks ago, journalist Dan Savage launched the “It Gets Better” campaign, created in the wake of the recent spate of LGBT teen suicides. The campaign features videos made by celebrities and ordinary individuals, who share their painful pasts and encourage LGBT youth not to lose [...]
More »Preview: VelocityDC Dance Festival
Alright, so when Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings roll around, maybe going to a dance performance isn’t the first activity that pops into our heads. However, this weekend with the 2nd annual VelocityDC Dance Festival at the Shakespeare Theater, it should be.
The premise of the festival is simple: showcase the amazing, often unknown, talents [...]
I Bless the Rains: Region Drought Concerns Quelled By Recent Storms
‘Umbrella vs. fire truck’
courtesy of ‘theqspeaks’
The smart folks over at the Capital Weather Gang have been reminding us through the week that the recent rains have been much needed. On the year, it’s been abnormally dry (hard to believe, given the thunder shows and thunder snows of the last nine or so months). Thanks to [...]
Construction to Cause Rosslyn Traffic Changes Starting this Weekend
‘Rosslyn sunset’
courtesy of ‘BrianMKA’
If you travel through Rosslyn, via the station, one of the many busses that come through or may be even use it as a pick-up point outside the city, be prepared for a few traffic changes that will begin this weekend:
Starting Saturday, North Moore Street will become a one-way street heading south [...]
We Love Weekends, October 9-10
‘Rabbit in a hat’
courtesy of ‘martha_jean’
Dave: While Friday night is dedicated to a brief happy hour out in Columbia Heights with a few others of the media world at Meridian Pint, I’m probably most excited for another weekend gig down at The Rookery with my band, The Greensides. In addition to the normal level of acoustic rocking you [...]
Rally to Restore Sanity Location Announced
Last night on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart announced that the location for the Rally to Restore Sanity will be between 3rd and 7th Streets NW, so across the street from the Capitol Reflecting Pool, essentially.
Stewart also asked viewers to donate to the Trust for the National Mall because it’s “the people’s space,” which [...]
A little holiday irony
James Luna, from the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian website
Native American performance artist James Luna will be outside Union Station on Monday – Columbus Day – taking pictures with passers-by in an art project called “Take a Picture with a real Indian.” Past press releases about the presentation indicate that Luna interacts with the [...]
Dance Preview: Bellydance Superstars
The Bellydance Superstars will be at The Birchmere this month for two shows – October 27 and 28 – with a new production called Bombay Bellywood. I last saw BDSS perform at the Lisner in March 2009, and it was an infectiously fun performance that had the audience shimmying in their seats. For those of [...]
More »Track the Curbside Cookoff Voting!
Today starts the Curbside Cookoff, a fiesta of food trucks down at the site of the old Convention Center at 11th & H Street NW, which means two things:
1) Our Food Truck Tracker is taking today & tomorrow off, because all of the trucks are in one place at the Cookoff
2) Voting!
There’s going to be [...]
Varlamov on Injured Reserve
‘DSC_4847′
courtesy of ‘photopete’
Just to update a note we had in yesterday’s preview – the Capitals have placed goalie Semyon Varlamov on injured reserve for an undisclosed injury. Speculation is that he’s being hindered by a nagging groin pull, but nothing has been confirmed. Varlamov can be recalled from IR at any time and is expected [...]
Underheard in DC
‘Cheverly – Rabbit – 7-31-08′
courtesy of ‘mosley.brian’
A clever McSweeneys article this morning about underheard phrases in New York got the We Love DC Authors thinking: What are some quips that you just don’t hear enough in DC?
I proudly present, our attempts at #UnderheardInDC:
“You know, Chinatown really captures the spirit and history of a cultural neighborhood [...]
Hibernation Schedule for D.C. Area Farmers Markets
‘Late Season Harvest.’
courtesy of ‘leedav’
Now is that time of year when you wake up a little late Saturday morning and have that mental debate with yourself over whether to get up or roll over and sleep until it’s sunny again. Last year around this time I was having that very same fight, when I bribed [...]
Police seek owner of lost baseball card collection
image of found baseball cards courtesy of MPD
So… did you lose/throw away a big box of baseball cards recently? According to an alert MPD is circulating around its various mailing lists, these cards were found in East Potomac Park near the tennis area and were turned in as found property of potential value.
MPD has made [...]
Sports Extra: Capitals Hockey 2010-11 Season Preview
‘All alone in the net’
courtesy of ‘bhrome’
Tomorrow is the start of the 2010-11 NHL regular season, pretty much the only sport that matters in my household. Around the DC area, the Washington Capitals are becoming – if not already – the number two sports franchise, and with good reason: unlike many of the other pro [...]
Make Obama Your New Best Friend
Have you ever wanted to go on a road trip with President Obama? Or maybe take him to the grocery store? Or perhaps all you want is a quiet afternoon with POTUS, where you can set him on your knee and tell him hilarious stories about your childhood.
If any of the above scenarios sound desirable, [...]
Norton calls for Foreclosure pause
‘Blizzard of Foreclosures’courtesy of ‘Photos by Chip Py’
Eleanor Holmes Norton today called for a moratorium on foreclosures due to malfeasance at national banks concerning the documentation surrounding many mortgages. Citing specifically J.P. Morgan Chase, Bank of America and Ally Financial, the District’s delegate to Congress requested a moratorium “until they can assure residents here that [...]
We Love Arts: King Arthur
I’m fast running out of superlatives to describe Synetic Theater productions. They operate in a riveting crossfire where power meets grace, muscle meets sinew. And this time, for King Arthur, they do it all in ankle-deep water.
That’s right, the brutally complex swordplay, the exquisite dancing, the emotional physicality – all take place on a stage filled [...]
Something Eating Gilbert? Arenas and His Future With the Wizards
‘Gilbert Arenas’
courtesy of ‘Keith Allison’
A few years ago, Gilbert Arenas was the prince of the Verizon Center. After joining the Wiz from the University of Arizona, Gil was an all-league all-star who was contributing night in and night out for the Wizards. The playoff runs and the birth of the rivalry with LeBron’s Cleveland teams [...]
Four Area Foodies are Great, Young
‘young griller’
courtesy of ‘woodleywonderworks’
Food & Wine has their “40 Big Thinkers 40 and Under” in November’s issue, and four of D.C.’s finest have made the cut. Coming in strong at number three on the list is 31-year-old White House chef Sam Kass, who is recognized for his “unprecedented” role as chef and policy adviser. With [...]
