Archive for November, 2010
Eat Like Me: October’s Best Dishes
‘at vace in northwest d.c.’
courtesy of ’staceyviera’
October wasn’t exactly a regular eating month for me. I was in China for two weeks (where I dined on delicious, delicious things that I won’t even try to identify), I spent a few days eating every random thing in my fridge to clean it out before my trip, [...]
Celebrate World Vegan Day Tonight at Busboys & Poets
‘Washington’
courtesy of ‘Michel Banabila’
Happy Vegan Day! Excited for today’s meat-free holiday but don’t know to celebrate? Well the veggie lovers at Busboys & Poets have got you covered. At the 14th St. & V St. 5th & K St. location tonight at 6:30pm, they will be hosting a Vegan Day event featuring speakers who know their stuff when [...]
The Winning Ticket: A Q&A With Dawes
The “next big thing” is thrown around a lot in music culture. What you hear about less often is the next great thing, the next band that’ll knock your socks off not just because all the cool kids love them but because they are just that good. If there is a musical god out there [...]
More »Food Truck Tracker
‘the essence of present day portland, or’
courtesy of ‘elizastan’
The trucks are all over town today, so there’s no excuse to get out there and try one. May I suggest the newest truck, BadaBing? Judging from the Twitter-palooza, their cheesesteaks are pretty darn good.
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Week 8 Recap – Skins vs. Lions
‘Purple Redskins cap’
courtesy of ‘wfyurasko’
For the second straight season, the Redskins went to Detroit and lost. That by itself would have been reason enough to question the team heading into their bye week but this loss came with something extra. With the Skins trailing 31-26 and just less than 2 minutes remaining, Mike Shanahan benched [...]
Freezing temperatures possible tonight
‘”Audrey Hepburn” Hot Chocolate’
courtesy of ‘Jenn Larsen’
We knew the day would come: the National Weather Service has issued a freeze watch for pretty much the entire Beltway area tonight (plus Baltimore, Waldorf, and Annapolis, but who cares about them?), with temperatures expected to be in the low 30’s.
The first frost of the season may or [...]
Wait, Shamrockfest planning is already happening?!
‘Dropkick Murphys – Do Or Die LP’courtesy of ‘mtarvainen’
Two weeks ago, we thought it was too early to be planning for New Year’s, and I know a bunch of my friends wanted to punch various retail and online outlets for reminding us that Christmas is 54 days away today, but there was the email, right [...]
On The Ballot: Electing an Attorney General?
‘Sam Waterston’courtesy of ‘Alan Light’
In addition to the hundreds of ANC campaigns, and the formal election of Vincent Gray and the Council, tomorrow’s District ballots will have a question for the voters of DC: Do you want the position of Attorney General to be appointed by the Mayor, or elected by the People? The whole [...]
Weekend Flashback: Sanity Edition
courtesy of ‘philliefan99′
Hey, did you hear we had some guests this weekend? Roughly a quarter of a million of them, in fact. A lot of you took photos of them. Good lord, did you take a lot of photos of them. Click on through for an extra special super-duper-sized edition of your Weekend Flashback: Rally [...]
Redskins Cheat Sheet: Week 8 @ Detroit
‘213/365′
courtesy of ‘Danilo.Lewis|Fotography’
Trick or Treating, the Marathon and Recovering from Restoring Sanity probably went to the top of your list for Sunday, and not watching the Redskins/Lions stumblefest in Detroit. That’s why we have the Redskins Cheat Sheet.
One of the jokes last year that came after the Redskins helped the Lions get one of their [...]
