Archive for April, 2011

Weekend Flashback: 4/23-4/24

‘butterfly food’ courtesy of ‘philliefan99′ Another weekend come and gone; fortunately this time the thunderstorms held off until Sunday night. Grip your cup of coffee a little closer and hang on to it a little longer. 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike

We are louder: Caps usher Rangers out of the playoffs in Game 5

For the first time in the Bruce Boudreau era, the Caps have close out a playoff series in less than seven games. Did anyone think that was possible?

He Loves DC: A Q&A with Christian Hunt

Once a month, on Saturday nights, Christian Hunt can’t be missed. He’s the guy in the bright red suit hosting the Capital City Showcase at the DC Arts Center in Adams Morgan. Hunt is a District native. He was born at Georgetown Hospital and raised in Glover Park. “It’s funny because there are so many [...]

Friday Happy Hour: The Josephine

It’s time for Friday Happy Hour, highlighting a drink we’ve recently enjoyed, every Friday at 4pm! Please share your favorites as well. I hate jelly beans. I do not care if this makes me some kind of easter bunny hating grinch, I think the neon-colored gelatinous orbs are gross. However, even the jar of them [...]

We Love Arts: Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind Returns To Woolly

Photo Colin Hovde Apparently We Love DC loves the Neo-Futurists. Fellow theatre writers Jenn and Don have also seen, “Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind” during past visits to the area. The Chicago-based theatre troupe have been performing versions of the show for over 21 years with shows both in their home theatre (called [...]

Food Tweet of the Week: Khan’s

In the world of DC restaurants talking about opening for months before they actually do, Twitter has become a way keep potential patrons excited about the food that’s coming soon. At the same time, other establishments wait until almost opening day to start Tweeting incessantly.  Khan’s Bar & Grill, which didn’t open until late March, is somewhere in the [...]

Capital Chefs: John Critchley of Urbana (Part 2)

‘Shellfish stew at Urbana’ courtesy of ‘bonappetitfoodie’ With spring finally in the air, chef John Critchley’s shellfish stew with coconut and lime is great for this time of year. The coconut milk and lime keep it light, but it still has a rich and creamy broth. For all you seafood wary cooks, this isn’t a [...]

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Capital Chefs: John Critchley of Urbana (Part 1)

‘John Critchley of Urbana’ courtesy of ‘bonappetitfoodie’ Like many chefs, John Critchley, the new executive chef of Urbana, is cooking because he says, “I don’t know anything else.” Cooking, albeit his full-time job, doesn’t even feel like work sometimes. John started working in a kitchen in his freshman year of high school where he learned [...]

Seasonal Cocktails at POV

I need to write this sentence: Warm weather whistle-whetters await at the W. Now, that out of the way, we can talk about some drinks. The terrace of POV at the W is stunning and the perfect spot for a drink on a warm, pleasant evening. It was on just such a lovely evening this [...]

It’s Tourist Season: Share the Love

All photos by the author A couple years ago the Social Chair and I were sitting at a bar when the couple next to us asked us a question. They said they’d overheard our conversation with the bartender and were looking for a restaurant recommendation, since they were visiting from out of town and wanted [...]

This Week in Food

‘Pound the Hill’ courtesy of ‘Samer Farha’ Open Watershed is open! Finally. Chef Todd and Ellen Gray’s second restaurant opened its doors last week. Not only is it one of the few restaurants that has actually managed to open on schedule, its menu also looks fantastic. So head to NoMa for some baked oysters and Carolina [...]

We Love Weekends, April 23-24

’2011: 002′ courtesy of ‘::FiZ::’ Dave: It’s a really jampacked Easter Weekend for me. First off, I’m starting Friday with my first alumni softball game of the season, playing under the Monument before heading over to the Exchange for a pitcher and some tater tots. I won’t be there for long, because I have to get [...]

Spring Cocktails at AGAINN

‘Spring cocktail trio, AGAINN’ courtesy of ‘Jenn Larsen’ Fresh off his excellent showing at ARTINI, Brent Davis invited me to sample a few of the new spring cocktails over at British gastropub AGAINN. As I sat sipping drinks observing the happy hour crew, Brent greeted regulars with a friendly wave and a jibe. It was [...]

Best Sports Meme Of All Time

courtesy of @pottenhoff Nuff said. 4 people like this post. Like Unlike

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Pulitzer Round-Up

‘Ralph Pulitzer (LOC)’ courtesy of ‘The Library of Congress’ Monday’s announcement of the Pulitzer prize winners yielded a few wins for our area, both in worker and subject matter. The Pulitzer is a prize awarded by Columbia University at the recommendation of the Pulitzer Prize Board, a group of people who work in the journalism [...]

Capital Bikeshare’s membership almost doubled with Living Social deal

‘Bikeshare’ courtesy of ‘Karon’ In today’s WaPo DC Wire, Mayor Gray is quoted as saying that Capital Bikeshare has 10,700 members. What the Wire doesn’t mention is that the recent Living Social deal offering discounted memberships sold 8,118 items – a 76% increase in membership. While not all of those are necessarily year memberships they [...]

Happy Hour for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society [Tonight!]

‘DC Meetups – 11-02-16 – Really?’ courtesy of ‘mosley.brian’ Have no plans this evening? Want to do something good downtown? Read on. Join an evening benefit for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society tonight down at RFD (810 7th Street Northwest Washington D.C., 20001) at 6 p.m.  A $15 donation gets you in the door for $3 [...]

We Love Arts: Art

Photo by Scott Suchman If you could take the premise Yasmina Reza’s “Art” and turn it into an episode of Seinfeld, it would have been a classic. Just imagine George Costanza marching into Jerry’s apartment to see a blank white 5’ x 4’ canvas… Jerry: George! Behold my latest acquisition! George: What is it? Jerry: [...]