Archive for May, 2011

Nats stomp Phils, 10-2

Photo by Anthony Amobi It’s been a hard season, so far, but nights like Tuesday night are the refuge of the hard-luck fan. I could take no joy in the lead that the Nationals amassed over the Phillies in the third inning. Given the Nationals’ ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory this [...]

We Love Arts: Venus in Fur

The night I saw Venus in Fur, I had strange dreams. Given that the play is inspired by the infamous 1870′s novel that gave birth to the term sado-masochism, I’ll forgive you if your first thought was that my dreams were a dizzying melange of whips, dog collars and PVC boots. After all, Studio Theatre’s [...]

The NHL’s Newest Southeast Division City: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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‘Summer Fun’ by Dan Dan the Binary Man With the passing of Memorial Day comes the unofficial start of summer, and Dan Dan the Binary Man loses us into a child’s view of summer. The silhouettes give anonymity to the tikes and provide a wonderful compositional tool for black and white photography, as does the [...]

Way Better than American Idol

The Children’s National Medical Center is holding online voting to pick which of the four drawings will be the cover for their 2012 calendar. Today’s the last day to cast your vote – Lawrence, Joshua, Amanda, or Andrea. Personally I think Joshua was pandering but hey, you do what you need to for the votes, [...]

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Catch a Striped Bass in Maryland, Win $10,000

‘Striped Bass Fishing Maryland’courtesy of ‘HuntFishGuide’ Maryland’s Department of Fisheries released a number of tagged striped bass this weekend that are eligible for various bounties, starting at $500 per tagged fish.  One fished, nicknamed Diamond Jim (for Diamond Jim Brady, no not that Jim Brady, the other Jim Brady) is worth $10,000 to the lucky [...]

Weekend Flashback: 5/28-5/30

‘Spread Your Wings and Fly’ by Downing87 Welcome back to the workweek. Sorry the weekend can’t be longer, but hey, I guess you’ll just have to look forward to the next holiday. 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike

National Memorial Day Concert: Behind the Scenes

Each year, PBS presents the National Memorial Day Concert live from the National Mall. The show features some of the top musical acts in the nation and around the world. This year’s show had special meaning to the production crew, performers, veterans, active soldiers, and all Americans due to the recent capture of Osama Bin [...]

Nats Drop One-Run Game to Philly on Memorial Day

‘Lofty View’ courtesy of ‘MudflapDC’ The Nationals failed to secure a victory against Roy Halladay and the Philadelphia Phillies on Memorial Day despite a ten-hit game. Monday’s 5-4  loss is Washington’s third straight one-run loss during this homestand. “It’s a loss. If we got six hits, it’s a loss. If we get fourteen, it’s the [...]

Happy Memorial Day

Salute Originally uploaded by pablo.raw We here at We Love DC wish you and yours a happy and safe Memorial Day. If you are in harm’s way in service to the country, we thank you. To those who paid the highest price, we remember and honor you. No matter the year or details of your [...]

Padres Small Ball Better Than Nats, Take Rubber Match 5-4

‘Washington Nationals’ courtesy of ‘Keith Allison’ A scrappy game was played between two scrappy teams at Nats Ball Park on Sunday afternoon with the Padres proving to be the scrappiest of the bunch on the weekend, taking the rubber match 5-4 and the weekend series two games to one. The Nats and the Padres are [...]

Jefferson Memorial Dance Arrests Poorly Handled

Poorly handled by the demonstrators, that is. The above video splices together several perspectives on yesterday’s arrests at the Jefferson Memorial of Adam Kokesh and others who were there to demonstrate against restrictions on personal expression at the memorial site. The BoingBoing crowd is making a lot of the way Kokesh is brought to the [...]

Memorializing Endless War in DC: Is it Possible?

‘leaving the Senate’ courtesy of ‘philliefan99′ There was a piece in the Outlook section of Sunday’s Washington Post entitled “How we memorialize endless war?” by public-monument scholar Kirk Savage. It’s an interesting read that sparks a legitimate question on this Memorial Day weekend. In the wake of the U.S. Armed Forces catching Osama Bin Laden [...]

‘Adams Morgan: The Movie’ Actor Has ‘Fight Club’ Parody Go Viral

In early 2010, We Love DC sat down to talk to DC-based actor Noah Baron about his role in the independent, local film Adams Morgan: The Movie. Since then, Baron’s moved from the District out west to Los Angeles in pursuit of furthering his acting career. Recently, though, Baron was part of an independent film [...]

Zimmermann Hard-Luck Loser As Nats Bats Silenced By Friars

If you set up a script for how to win a baseball game, it would go something like this: Get good starting pitching that gives you at least six innings and allows less than three runs. Make good defensive plays that keep the other team off the board and line up three quality relievers to [...]

Reminder: Orange and Blue lines have four closed stations

Metro is hard at work this holiday weekend to conduct some serious repairs on the Orange and Blue lines.  They’re replacing almost 5,000 track fasteners, adding 5 miles of communications cable for cell phone access, repairing 21 escalators and 8 elevators, and replacing four track switches as part of the work. Capitol South, Eastern Market, [...]

Michael Morse is Mr. Walk-Off for a Night

’6TH’ courtesy of ‘MissChatter’ Friday night’s Nationals game versus the San Diego Padres can best be summed up by the father-daughter duo I encountered on the Metro last night after all was said and done: “It was perfectly awesome.” Without a strong heart of the order and Ryan Zimmerman out of the lineup, the Nats [...]

Friday Happy Hour: Granita Cocktails at Casa Nonna

Wednesday started out pretty poorly for me. One of my favorite people celebrated his birthday on Tuesday night (his “actual” birthday, following the “pre-birthday” celebrations at U Hall on Saturday, mind you) and things got a bit saturated. I woke up the next morning feeling pretty sick. After some coffee and water, I got around [...]

DC Social Innovation Launch Party

courtesy of ‘Official U.S. Navy Imagery’ Two years ago Congress enacted the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act and created the Social Innovation Fund.  The fund aims to improve the lives of people in low-income communities by mobilizing public and private resources to grow promising, innovative community-based solutions that have evidence of compelling impact in [...]