Archive for February, 2011
Redskins Shenanigans Not Related to Dan Snyder
‘00207256′
courtesy of ‘Keith Allison’
As if this week wasn’t enough of a PR nightmare for the ’skins, let’s add another problem child to the mix, shall we? Mister Irrelevant passes along the report: professional breakdancer (have you ever seen his worm?) and at-one-point-this-season Washington Redskin Albert Haynesworth has been charged with minor assault after an incident [...]
Hot Ticket: Fern Knight @ Comet Ping Pong, 2/5/11
If you are in the mood for pizza on a weekend evening, Comet Ping Pong on North Connecticut is one of the fine choices you have in our fair city. Most weekends there come with the bonus of live late night music with excellent, mostly local musicians often featured. Coming this Saturday night are two [...]
More »Capital Chefs: Tom Marr of Pete’s Apizza (Part 1)
‘Chef Tom Marr, Pete’s Apizza’
courtesy of ‘bonappetitfoodie’
Walking into the Pete’s Apizza location in Tenleytown, I approached the counter and asked for Chef Thomas Marr. “Chef who?” said the cashier. Suddenly I was afraid that I had gotten the location wrong. Was I supposed to go to the one in Columbia Heights? Did I get the [...]
Food Tweet of the Week: Co Co. Sala
I love following restaurants on Twitter so I can hear about everything from what dishes they’re cooking up, to what events they’re hosting, to what specials they might have coming my way soon. Last week I took a look at how DC restaurants use Twitter successfully. Today I’m happy to award We Love DC’s first [...]
More »Taste of the Nation 2011
courtesy of ‘Sexy Fitsum’
It’s almost time for another DC foodie favorite event, and also one of my favorites. DC’s strong culinary community will be joining forces yet again to fight childhood hunger with Share Our Strength at the 23rd Annual Taste of the Nation.
More than 75 of Washington’s favorite chefs, mixologists, restaurants and wine bars [...]
Will Daniel Snyder’s Lawsuit Go Anywhere?
‘Statue of Iustitia’courtesy of ‘ralpe’
In my family, to my mother’s constant disappointment, I’m the one who didn’t go to law school. But I grew up around legalese and learned to argue at the kitchen table, so I like to read legal filings and opinions more than the average non-lawyer.
This is how I came to [...]
Oscar Watch: How To Watch Every Academy Award Nominee In DC
‘Academy Award for Der Fueher’s Face at the Walt Disney Family Museum’
courtesy of ‘Loren Javier’
Last week I shared with DC my intentions for watching all the Academy Award nominees before this year’s Oscars.
And I mean business.
After years of Oscar Watching I have a few rock solid strategies to try and catch all 50+ films that [...]
We Love Weekends, February 5-6
‘30/365′
courtesy of ‘ekelly80′
Michael: Decisions, decisions. Friday night is stacked with good options. Insane Israeli rockers Monotonix are at Comet Ping Pong at the same time as legendary techno-scientist Tom Middleton is at U Street Music Hall. Both will be a blast so it will probably come down to a coin toss. Definitely hitting Chromeo at 9:30 [...]
Hot Ticket: Monotonix @ Comet Ping Pong, 2/4/11
If you’re looking for a “unique” experience on Friday night, you can’t do much better than seeing Israeli garage-rockers Monotonix at Comet. Their debut album was a well-received collection of fuzzy riffs and some barely intelligible shouting. If you like Monotonix but you haven’t seen them live yet, you are a fool. Their music is [...]
More »We Love Music: Robert Plant @ DAR Constitution Hall, 2/1/11
courtesy of RobertPlant.com
Like many people my age, we grew up as big fans of Led Zeppelin. They had the power and the superstar aura about them. They seemed far more mystical and untouchable than many of the other big bands of their day, akin to latter day Beatles perhaps. It has been interesting to follow [...]
Eating the Luther
‘The Luther’
courtesy of Max Cook
A little over a week ago, Endless Simmer ranked America’s Top 10 New Sandwiches. Heading up that prestigious list was Churchkey’s Luther. A new take on the southern classic, a bacon cheeseburger between two Krispy Kreme donuts, the Churchkey version is a piece of buttermilk fried chicken, topped with applewood smoked [...]
We Love Music: The Radio Dept. @ Rock & Roll Hotel, 2/1/11
all photos by Erin McCann.
On Tuesday night, bodies were packed like sweaty sardines into a very sold-out Rock & Roll Hotel to see the Swedish dream-pop trio The Radio Dept. This much anticipated show was an early date on their current U.S. tour in support of their career-spanning retrospective “Passive Aggresive”. But for most of [...]
How to boycott Daniel Snyder, professional douchebag
”courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’
By now, I’m certain, you’ve heard that Dan Snyder, pursuant to yesterday’s threats, has sued the Washington City Paper for defamation. I generally think these are the craven actions of a coward who can’t handle criticism with honor, and you might well side with me. Since the announcements yesterday, [...]
Just What Georgetown Needed, The “OC” Treatment
‘kayak, anyone?’
courtesy of ‘philliefan99′
Be ready for a fictional, Washington outsider to mutter the phrase, “Welcome to M Street, Bitch.”
I’m not proud of having watched “OC” while in college in a town that is possibly the furthest thing from Southern California. That’s not to say I didn’t watch it. I’ll admit it. I have also come [...]
Ba Bay Kicks-Off Its Guest-Chef Dinner Series
The Vietnamese restaurant Ba Bay just opened late last year, and it’s already doing one of my favorite things — interacting with the restaurant industry, even highlighting other chefs. On February 27 Ba Bay will hold its first of monthly Guest Chef Dinners, and the restaurant wants you there!
The first chef to make an appearance [...]
We Love Arts: The Carpetbagger’s Children
(Seated) Kimberly Schraf as Cornelia, Holly Twyford as Sissie, and Nancy Robinette as Grace Ann in the Ford’s Theatre Society production of Horton Foote’s “The Carpetbagger’s Children,” directed by Mark Ramont. Photo by T. Charles Erickson.
It’s no surprise.
Much like everybody else around Washington, I am not locally born and raised. I was born in Lowell, Massachusetts [...]
Photos: Old Washington in the Winter
Photo courtesy of the DC Public Library
I love Flickr. Here at We Love DC, we all love Flickr. Without your contributions to our pool, the site would be a lot less colorful. But one of my favorite things about Flickr is The Commons, where museums of the world post selections of their historic photography collections. [...]
Storm Fizzle means free travel guides? Well, okay
‘15 Jan 2011 – No 037: Wikileaks Supporter in DuPont Circle’courtesy of ‘B Jones Jr’
While we hear stories of woe from Chicago, the Midwest and the Northeast thanks to the storm that missed DC and left us with 50°F weather, there’s good news about free travel guides for your iPhone or iPod touch. Lonely Planet [...]
WLDC Sports Ticker – February 2
‘davies tribute’
courtesy of ‘marc_tacoma’
The DC United get the lead item in the Ticker today – who saw that coming? Here’s a wrap-up of local sports news that is worth knowing, but maybe not worthy of a full post. It’s the WLDC Sports Ticker!
SB Nation reported yesterday that United are in serious talks to acquire one [...]
