Archive for March, 2011
Caps top Blue Jackets, suffer on the blue line
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The Caps want to start tuning up for the playoffs. After grinding out an 4-3 overtime victory against the Blue Jackets on Thursday at Verizon Center, they have 101 points, eight points more than the Lightning in the division with four to play (six for Tampa).
Washington trails the Flyers by a point for [...]
Nationals drop opener to Braves 2-0
With weather more suited to the British Open than Opening Day, Nationals Park was still crowded with tens of thousands of fans to watch the team’s 2011 debut. Though coffee and hot chocolate were more likely than ice cold beer (so much so that the upper deck ran out before the game’s halfway mark), that [...]
More »We Love Drinks: Return to the Columbia Room
‘Architectural Ice’
courtesy of ‘Jenn Larsen’
A lot has happened since my first visit to the Columbia Room in June of last year. Owner Derek Brown’s martini has been rightly lauded as the best in the country by GQ, for instance. I keep returning to this oasis, whether for classes or for service, because it truly is [...]
Still Time for Tix to April NatGeo Programs!
We’re in the process of giving away two pairs of tickets to an April program at National Geographic. (Deadline is noon tomorrow!) There’s some great stuff going on, so even if you don’t win, try to go out and enjoy something new!
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This Week in Food
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courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’
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Two new places opened up on H Street this week, and they’re sure to be favorites for residents and other Washingtonians. For less than $9 you can get a full plate of stir-fry at Khan’s Bar and Grill. It’s not fancy, but it works, and well at that. Just [...]
We Love Arts: The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs
Photo: Stan Barouh
Mike Daisey wants to start an epidemic, a mind virus as he describes it.
The man behind last year’s The Last Cargo Cult and 2009’s How Theatre Failed America is back at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre with his latest monologue, “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs“. The show is already in [...]
Eat Like Me: March’s Best Dishes
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This month got off to a bit of a slow start food-wise. I had a few lackluster meals and a few blah-worthy chain restaurant lunches that didn’t bode well for a month of culinary excellence. I ended strong though, with trips to Bar Pilar, Urbana and my new love of my (edible H [...]
Without Wall, Wizards fight hard, but lose to the Heat
Anyone who’s had to deal with young people knows that growing up isn’t done in a moment or a single night. It’s a gradual process, full of fits and starts and invariably frustrating.
More »Opening Day Preview: What to see at Nats Park
‘Willie comes in for the HR!!’
courtesy of ‘MudflapDC’
Prepare yourself, Nats fans, for the 2011 season. No, I’m not talking about the Playoffs (hah!) or even a winning record (Let’s call that an 8% chance), but the 2011 season appears to be the start of a new era in Nats Town on a number of counts, [...]
Khan’s Bar & Grill
Talk about opening with no fanfare – no press release bombardment, no email blasts, no announcement after announcement on Twitter, not even a Grand Opening sign. Yet when I went to Khan’s Bar & Grill on Monday for opening day, the place was packed. What’s not to like about a restaurant that has a flame as an apostrophe [...]
More »National Geographic Live: April 2011
April brings another full month of programs at NatGeo for their popular National Geographic Live! series. If you’re looking for something to do in the evenings, we highly suggest you check out some of their offerings this season. And to provide further incentive, we are providing two lucky readers with a pair of tickets to [...]
More »VCU is Today’s Tom Sawyer and the Sports Ticker 3/30
‘Superhero Run’
courtesy of ‘terren in Virginia’
It’s been a few weeks since we’ve talked about some of the Virginia-based* teams that have broken the laws of probability in the men’s NCAA tournament during the past two weekends. While Richmond’s bid ended last Friday, Virginia Commonwealth has continued its impressive run of being the first team to [...]
Nats starting pitching: Yes, as bad as you think
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Cherry blossoms have come to D.C. and with them the idea that it should be Spring here in the nation’s capital. Yet, the weather does not seem to agree with a patina of chill and frost still clinging to the ground every morning as we wait for the bright sun and temperatures of [...]
Pedestrians and DC: Infographic of the Day
Here’s your infographic of the day, courtesy of Hipmunk: visual street signs to work as a helpful tool for pedestrians in various cities. The call out about DC is above, and the full guide (for those of you visiting other cities) is in the post.
Fair assessment? Anything other than diagonal streets that visiting walkers in the [...]
New in DC: House in Session Ale
‘Churchkey #2′courtesy of ‘Hans Bruesch’
DC is a political town, always has been, always will be. And now, even our beer is political, with the release of Schlafly Beer’s House in Session Ale. Unlike our politicians, however, this beer was the result of a word not usually in many of their vocabularies: cooperation.
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Hurricanes Batter Caps, 3-2
Semyon Varlamov faced a penalty shot. courtesy of PackaPucksPics
The Caps couldn’t muster enough energy last night to play a complete hockey game, falling to the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 in a shootout. “I feel like at some points in the game we were just coasting a little bit instead of pushing the envelope and that’s what [...]
We Love Music: Glassjaw @ Ram’s Head Live, 3/27/11
All photos by Mike Kurman.
It’s been eight years since post-hardcore rockers Glassjaw have officially released any new material. During those eight years, the band members have been keeping busy with side projects – Head Automatica, Men Women & Children, and United Nations, to name a few. They’ve been working together as a band, sure, [...]
