Archive for March, 2011
Hot Ticket: Rotting Christ/Melechesh/Hate/Lecherous Nocturne/Abigail Williams @ Jaxx, 3/9/11
Northern Virginia’s Heavy Metal bunker, Jaxx plays host the Black Metal concert of the year on Wednesday night with an international line-up that is as exotic as it is extreme. It isn’t very often that you get titans of the genre from Greece, Israel, and Poland in a room together, but somehow that is what [...]
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‘PORC Mobile’
courtesy of ‘bonappetitfoodie’
Happy March, everyone. Hit a food truck today when you frantically run out at lunch to turn in your rent check. (Stupid short February and its stupid 28 days!)
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Save the Date for Lamb Jam
‘Lamb at Bibiana’
courtesy of ‘bonappetitfoodie’
It seems these days meat is in the air, everywhere you look around. Cochon 555, charcutepalooza, and now the first annual Lamb Jam are just three of the meat-praising and braising events that come to mind.
Between 16 and 20 restaurants and chefs will serve lamb-centric dishes, and Lamb Jam will feature [...]
The Accidental Commissioner: Be careful what you wish for
‘346/365 Be careful what you wish for’courtesy of ‘Mykl Roventine’
The Post’s Chris Jenkins has the story today of Nicole Pugh, 8E01, as the Accidental Commissioner, who received the Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner office when she was the lone person in her SMD to write in a vote. So next time you see that ballot line for [...]
Petition Challenges Bear Fruit for Biddle
‘Signature’courtesy of ‘tbridge’
Councilman Sekou Biddle (D-At Large) has succeeded in the first part of his challenge to at least one of his challengers’ ballot petitions, and has preliminarily knocked Jacque Patterson off the ballot for the upcoming April election. Today’s preconference hearings were an “opportunity for the candidate and the challenger to review the staff [...]
Get Ready for ARTINI!
Though the actual gala event is a month away, the Corcoran Gallery of Art’s annual mix of cocktails and art kicks-off this week. Yes, it’s time to get ready for ARTINI 2011, which combines two of my absolute favorite things in one glamorous night – Saturday, April 2 – when twelve of the top mixologists [...]
More »We Love Music: Smith Westerns @ Rock & Roll Hotel, 3/4/11
courtesy of Smith Westerns.
It was another sold out show at Rock & Roll Hotel on Friday night as the club continued its recent run of strong indie buzz-band bookings with Chicago’s Smith Westerns. Between the sold-out show downstairs and the mega-popular DJ night upstairs, there was actually quite a long line to gain entry to [...]
New Food Trucks Alert
‘Curbside Cookoff 2010′
courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’
The list of food trucks rolling around DC just keeps on growing. Here’s a quick rundown of some of the new trucks you’ll be seeing around town soon:
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Food Truck Tracker
‘El Floridano’
courtesy of ‘Amber Wilkie Photography’
It’s that time again. Lunch time. Think outside the grab and go salad box and visit your friendly neighborhood food truck today.
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We Love Music: TR3 @ State Theater, 3/3/11
all photos by Andrew Markowitz.
I first heard Tim Reynolds on the double CD “Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds Live at Luther College” back in 1999. Being a big Dave Matthews fan at the time, I was constantly on the lookout for anything and everything related to DMB, so I’ll never forget the day of [...]
Weekend Flashback: 3/4 – 3/6/11
‘World war II Memorial in washington DC mode HDR’
courtesy of ‘dinoanis’
“March is a month of considerable frustration – it is so near spring and yet across a great deal of the country the weather is still so violent and changeable that outdoor activity in our yards seems light years away.”
- Thalassa Cruso
Pretty appropriate, considering [...]
Friday Happy Hour: Eve’s Pear
It’s time for Friday Happy Hour, highlighting a drink we’ve recently enjoyed, every Friday at 4pm! Please share your favorites as well.
Sunday afternoon, I found myself fairly aimlessly going about town with someone when I happened to look at Twitter on my phone. A terrible habit, I know, but a habit nonetheless. I saw an [...]
Will the Redskins Play in 2011? Still To Be Determined
‘chain lock’
courtesy of ‘philliefan99′
It’s been top of mind (or at least Sportscenter) since Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers hoisted the Lombardi Trophy in the first week of February, the impending sense of doom that a lockout between the NFL players union and the owners could prevent the 2011 NFL season. Will there be [...]
We Love Music: Middle Brother @ 9:30 Club, 3/2/11
All photos by Erin McCann
Wednesday night’s show at the 9:30 Club was the start of a high-profile tour for Middle Brother. It’s a side-project for its members, all of whom have highly respected bands on the cusp of greatness of their own to tend to. For less-talented musicians, gambling time away from their primary projects [...]
Food Tweet of the Week: Bourbon Steak
‘Venison, Bourbon Steak’
courtesy of ‘bonappetitfoodie’
Let me just start this by saying that if you haven’t tried Bourbon Steak’s fries yet, please do…but that’s a totally different story.
The restaurant, located in Georgetown’s Four Seasons, hasn’t stopped tweeting since it first logged on back in December 2009. @BourbonSteakDC currently has more than 2,100 followers and tweets about [...]
Café Atlántico Celebrates Carnaval
The Caipirinha
by Samer Farha
Although chef José Andrés has yet to respond to my offer to judge a Gin and Tonic showdown (which still stands) it’s worth noting that tonight from 4-6, there’s a free cachaça tasting at Café Atlántico. It’s the first event in the restaurant’s Brazilian Carnaval, which culminates next Tuesday with a [...]
Beer Dinners at Lyon Hall
Beer dinners have been growing in prevalence and popularity in the area as the number of beer-inspired restaurants and bars continue to build. Pizzeria Paradiso, Birch and Barley, and Meridian Pint have all played host to beer-pairing dinners, and you may now add Lyon Hall of Clarendon to the mix.
Tuesday saw their first beer dinner [...]
