Archive for January, 2011
Drinks Preview: Church & State
‘Church and State’
courtesy of ‘Samer Farha’
Consistency and creativity are the two elements Erik Holzherr strives for in his bars. Add to that the well-deserved cliche of infectious enthusiasm – after just a few minutes of talking to him about his newest venture at the media preview for Church & State, I swear fellow WLDC authors [...]
Sarles named Metro GM/CEO
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courtesy of ‘erin m’
Richard Sarles, who has been the Interim General Manager of Metro since the departure of John Catoe, was officially named the permanent General Manager today by Metro’s board this afternoon. He was also given the title Chief Executive Officer, signaling the board’s desire for a shift in role for Metro’s chief.
In speaking [...]
Capitals Re-Sign Alex Semin
‘IMG_6868.jpg’
courtesy of ‘bridgetds’
According to a team press release, the Washington Capitals have re-signed mercurial, talented, and currently injured winger Alex Semin to a one year deal valued at $6.7 million dollars. Currently in his sixth year with the Caps and the NHL, Semin is struggling through injuries after coming off his first 40-goal season and [...]
We Love Weekends, January 29-30
’sweet snowflake’
courtesy of ‘philliefan99′
Addison: If I survive Snow-tastrophe 2011, this weekend I plan on making the trek out to Tysons Corner, since I haven’t bought new work clothes in 2 years and will (hopefully) have a bunch of interviews coming up before I get my master’s in May. Saturday night, I’m going to be hitting [...]
Hot Ticket: Archivists @ Rock & Roll Hotel 1/28/11
‘Archivists’ by Betsy Quilligan.
Rock & Roll Hotel has turned over their excellent stage to some of the many outstanding local bands for several Friday night shows. Continuing this week, they present the Archivists who have a great take on the indie rock sound. Their two guitar line-up offers up everything from angular indie Americana-rock to [...]
Commute From Hell: 23 miles in 8.5 hours
I stumbled across this video on YouTube of tickman1’s commute home last night. It took him 8.5 hours to travel 23 miles from DC to the VA suburbs. Fortunately, the pilgrimage has been sped up and condensed for our viewing pleasure.
Warning: For those of you who braved the roads last night, this video may cause panic attacks, [...]
We Love Arts: Tynan
Anyone who arrives at self-knowledge through desperation is the raw material for a great play.
– Kenneth Tynan
Watching Tynan reminded me that I should make sure my journals get burned at my death (oh wait, what about that online diary in the cloud? too late!). No matter how we are in life, the voice we give [...]
The Ripple Effect, or why your commute sucked last night
‘SNOW’courtesy of ‘erin m’
Last night’s horrific commutes ranged anywhere from 3-5 hours on the short end to 12-14 hours, we’re hearing, with most of those higher numbers west of the city. Take a look at a couple screenies that Greater Greater Washington put up last night that show pretty much every road west of the [...]
Pavelec, Thrashers Deny Capitals
‘Pavelec Stops Fehr’
courtesy of ‘clydeorama’
One would think that Ovechkin’s hat trick against Toronto the other night was the spark that would re-ignite the Capitals offense. Last night’s game against the Thrashers was eagerly anticipated by many with expectations of seeing the old Caps offense of the early season just explode right before the weekend All [...]
Kill The Tow Truck: Avoid Snow Emergency Routes & Rush Hour Parking
‘Tow Truck in the post blizzard mayhem on Ft. Hamilton Pkwy.’
courtesy of ‘emilydickinsonridesabmx’
During last night’s commute home, I saw plenty of drivers pull their cars off to the side of the road, get out and start walking home. This was a fantastic idea, especially for those headed north up steep, steep Wisconsin Avenue NW. Lots [...]
Buses Operating On Snow Emergency Routes
‘Metro in the snow’
courtesy of ‘BrianMKA’
After last night show dumping, Metrobuses began the Thursday morning commute operating on snow emergency routes. What that means to us Metrobus commuters is that your bus will likely be operating on a revised or even limited route, because side streets have not been plowed enough for complete bus [...]
We Love Arts: STOMP at Warner Theatre
Not one word was uttered on stage during Tuesday’s debut performance of STOMP at D.C.’s Warner Theatre. That’s when I realized STOMP is a communication tool. This unique blend of musical theatre stage presence combined with choreographed percussion, movement and physical comedy is more expressive than a singular conversation.
What started as a street performance in the [...]
WMATA pulls buses at 9:30pm
‘what else is new?’courtesy of ‘philliefan99′
Due to snow and icy conditions, WMATA has announced that they will pull their buses from the roads at 9:30pm tonight. According to WMATA, they will be the last buses running. The release states:
Most other local bus services are planning to start to pull their buses off the streets at [...]
DC grinds to halt under snow
It’s a pretty ugly evening out there for traffic. Worse, the bus system is apparently overwhelmed, judging by the pictures we’re seeing on Twitter for the bus bay at West Falls Church Metro. Metro got caught flatfooted by the storm, and hadn’t moved the bus schedule up to match the early release from OPM.
Looking at [...]
Hardy Middle School to get new principal
‘Dent Capitol Hill Day School’courtesy of ‘Tony DeFilippo’
Hardy Middle School has been something of a political football for DCPS over the last year, starting with the ouster of principal Patrick Pope, continuing through the Mayor’s race, where it was a campaign issue, and has continued this year as the campus was realigned to join with [...]
Nuggets Get On Top Of Wizards In A Chinatown Shoot-Out
‘Rashard Lewis and Carmelo Anthony’
courtesy of ‘Keith Allison’
What happened to the defensive stops that the Wizards displayed in their surprise victory over Boston? After following that up with a high scoring loss against the New York Knicks, the Wizards return to the Verizon Center with another high scoring shoot-out defeat against the Denver Nuggets.
The Wizards, who [...]
Capital Chefs: Allison Sosna of DC Central Kitchen (Part 2)
A healthy lunch: Local apples, whole wheat pasta and a meatball and a white bean salad. Photo by author.
Sosna firmly says “cooking is not elitist,” and that she’s working to turn around this misconception. When you hear her talk about simple dishes, using local ingredients and just getting the most out of what you eat, [...]
Pitiful Lawsuits: Kucinich Suing House Cafeteria Affiliates For Unpitted Olive Sandwich
‘Rep Dennis Kucinich’
courtesy of ’scriptingnews’
Let that pun in the headline sink in. Go ahead, I’ll wait.
Washington City Paper passes on word that Rep. Dennis Kucinich really couldn’t get rid of the bad memory of a wrap from three years ago that had unpitted olives, so he’s filed a complaint with the DC Superior Court to [...]
WLDC Sports Ticker – January 26
MSG Screenshot from NBCwashington.com
Here’s your Wednesday afternoon trip to the WLDC sports ticker, which will not move on its platform to exclude any information about science fairs or Super Bowls. If you’re in an RSS reader, you can keep scrolling down, but for those on the site, click through for the whole bottom line.
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