Archive for October, 2010

The Rundown: November Edition

” courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’ This weekend is the Marine Corps Marathon, one of the largest races in the Washington region. Over 30,000 people are signed up for the marathon and 10K, and many streets in Arlington and the District will be closed for the event. Good luck to everyone who is [...]

Drinks Smackdown! Norton vs. Colbert

Word on the Truthiness Beat is that Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton has challenged Stephen Colbert to down a shot of the lethal Norton’s Revenge, to be served to those truly courageous enough to knock back its brutal liquid force at The Passenger’s official happy hour event for the March to Keep Fear Alive. From 3pm-7pm [...]

Zoo Animals Love Halloween Too

Asian small-clawed otter by Smithsonian’s National Zoo They may not be able to go trick-or-treating due to, well, being locked in confined quarters, but that’s not preventing these cute zoo animals and their keepers from getting into the holiday spirit.  I can’t wait for Christmas when they build snowmen with the gorillas and hang ornaments [...]

The Last of the Warm Fall Days

‘colors’courtesy of ‘ekelly80′ It looks like we’re just about done with the summer-like warmth.  It’s hard to believe we’re in the waning few days of October, and the air conditioning tripped on this afternoon.  The weather has been pretty amazing these last few weeks, as if to gently ease us into the longer nights and [...]

National Archives seizes materials from former employee’s home

‘National Archives’ courtesy of ‘SwymRocket’ Our friends at TBD report that federal agents have seized several boxes of materials apparently belonging to the National Archives from the Rockville home of a recently-retired Archives employee. Agents from the Archives arrived at Leslie Waffen’s home with a search warrant for specific materials, but no arrest warrant for [...]

We Love Drinks: David Fritzler

We Love Drinks continues our series where we look behind the bar, profiling the many people – from mixologists to bartenders, sommeliers to publicans – who make your drinks experience happen. I first met David Fritzler back in January when fellow WLDC author Samer and I watched him pour up an impressive flaming Blue Blazer [...]

Shelter releases redacted complaint after dog shooting on Adams Morgan Day

‘Summer time, and the puppy is snoozing.’courtesy of ‘Martha Garvey’ The Lucky Dog Animal Rescue has released a copy of their complaint (PDF) to the District over the incident on Adams Morgan day that saw a K-9 officer kill a pitbull during the festival.  The story is hair-raising, and alleges that the police let the [...]

We Love Weekends, October 30-31

‘The Smiling Skull’ courtesy of ‘Marcellina.’ Patrick: If you’ve ever been asked to add your name to an e-mail list while at a downtown DC bar, you can expect an offer for a free “Happy Hour” in your inbox. Well my fortuitous luck is now your reward. I’ll be kicking off my weekend at Sign of [...]

Fire at the NSF Building yesterday related to the storm

‘Lightning!’courtesy of ‘philliefan99′ Yesterday’s powerful windstorm had one building casualty yesterday: The National Science Foundation.  The building was struck by lightning early yesterday afternoon, causing one of the building’s three main transformers to catch fire.  The building was evacuated safely and no one was injured, but the building remains closed today while crews work to [...]

Food Truck Tracker

‘Fry Captain Food Truck’ courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’ It’s a gorgeous Indian summer day, so go on out there and get your lunch on. Franklin Park and Farragut Square are where it’s at today, so if you work in the area, get your double lunch on. Be the first to like. Like Unlike

Sports Extra: Wizards Hoops 2010-11 Season Preview

’20090930-6799′ courtesy of ‘Keith Allison’ League wide, the 2010-2011 NBA season is a little bit of a smoke and mirrors act. While there have been plenty of offseason story lines that we finally get to see in action on the court, for all intents and purposes, the list of title contenders is shorter than any [...]

Last Chance for $50 Capital Bikeshare memberships

‘Capital Bikeshare’courtesy of ‘Daquella manera’ October 31st is your last chance to get cheap access to thousands of bikes all over the city.  Think of Capital Bikeshare like Zipcar-for-bikes: Put in your key and take a bike, and then get charged by the hour for when you use it.  If you think you’ll borrow a [...]

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National Geographic Live: November 2010

It’s just about November and National Geographic continues their great Fall lineup of NatGeo Live events. And once again, the folks at the National Geographic Museum are making available another two pairs of tickets to any of the listed events below, with the exception of the sold out “Sharing Tea with Greg Mortenson”. To enter, [...]

Sheryl Crow, The Roots On Preliminary Daily Show Rally Schedule (Plus Everything You Need To Know When You Go)

‘flying leap’ courtesy of ‘philliefan99′ DC Metromix has published what they claim is a preliminary schedule of this weekend’s Rally To Restore Sanity, and at first glance it still looks very preliminary: Pre-Pre Show – 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Video montages and music will play on Jumbotrons to entertain the audience Pre Show – [...]

Nats To Unveil New Uniforms

‘Cheesy replica script’ courtesy of ‘wfyurasko’ The hottest “ticketed” event in NatsTown since Stephen Strasburg’s Major League Debut on June 8, 2010 is an exclusive invitation-only stub to the Washington Nationals new uniform unveiling November 10 at Nationals Park. And, if you’re not a premium client or season ticket holder who has already purchased your [...]

New Grilled Cheese Food Truck Coming Soon

” courtesy of ‘muohace_dc’ Brilliant news! We’ve come across the following tweet from @dcgrilledcheese, promising a new grilled cheese food truck come December. The only thing better than melty, cheesy goodness is melty, cheesy goodness conveniently parked at a street corner near you. Maybe this is the coming of Grilled Cheesus after all. 7 people [...]

We Love Arts: The Little Prince

There are many delights in Ambassador Theater’s production of The Little Prince, but chief among them for me was watching the reactions of the children in the audience. “Who I am writing a review for?” I asked myself afterward. It’s unlikely any of those enraptured five-year-olds would care what I think. Their parents? Perhaps. Funny [...]

Feds investigate possible terror plot to attack Metro

‘After the Game’ courtesy of ‘Karon’ The Washington Post reports that federal agents are investigating an Ashburn man in connection with an alleged plot to bomb multiple Metro stations. Officials believe Farooque Ahmed came up with the plan on his own and expected to carry it out by himself, though they stress that the plan [...]

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