Archive for May, 2011

We Love Food: Where to Eat Memorial Weekend

‘happy for the flag’ courtesy of ‘philliefan99′ A human being can only eat so many hot dogs and hamburgers around the grill with family and friends. So here’s a helpful roundup of some food events that will get you out the door and give you something to do other than wondering if the steaks are [...]

Homestand Preview: Padres and Phillies

‘Bright and Ballsy’ courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’ There are few things that say summertime quite like baseball. With the long weekend coming, the Nationals (21-28) return home for a six-game homestand against the Padres (20-30) and Phillies (31-19).  The road trip wasn’t as kind to the Nationals as the previous one, with the Nationals going [...]

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This Week in Food

‘bangers & mash @ againn, DC’ courtesy of ‘Plantains and Kimchi’ Oh, establishments Can’t argue with an institution, right? This week Esquire released The Best Bars in America 2011 list which includes favorite newcommers and old staples. Two Capitol Hill DC Bars made it on the list: Tune Inn and Hawk ‘n’ Dove. Can you guess [...]

We Love Music: A Q&A with Rene Moffatt

Rene Moffatt wasn’t always a songwriter. Though, he confesses to always being a songwriter at heart. Moffatt grew up in Texas and sang in the elementary school choir while taking piano lessons. He soon switched over to sports, ultimately landing himself a gig as a collegiate soccer player for three years. But being an athlete [...]

Have you seen Matt Hill?

This comes to us by friend-of-the-blog Nathan Martin. Matt Hill, pictured above, went missing on Tuesday morning after leaving the Verizon Center in his black 1996 Honda Civic with DC plate DT2747.  He hasn’t been seen since, nor has his car.  There’s a Facebook group going for coordinating the search for Mr. Hill started by his [...]

First Look: SAX Restaurant & Lounge

The first thing I notice as I walk in to the opening party of SAX, the new Metro Center area restaurant and lounge, is not the luxury-goth club decor or even the writhing bodies behind plate glass above the bar. All of that comes later. What hits me first is that the average age of [...]

Screen on the Green to debut July 25th

‘Cartoon <3′courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’ Ah Screen on the Green, we’re happy to see you back.  This year’s event will take place between 8th and 14th streets on the Mall, and will be underwritten by HBO and Comcast. The set of films in this year’s batch are all classics, so you’d be silly to miss [...]

We Love Weekends: Memorial Day Style

Fedward: The Social Chair is busy with work all weekend, and after the week I’ve had it’ll be nice to put my feet up and not do much of anything. Accordingly only two days are planned, for a wedding (not mine) on Friday and an associated celebration Sunday afternoon. Other than that I might pay [...]

National Geographic Museum: Race to the End of the Earth

‘National Geographic – Race Preview – 05-24-11 01′ courtesy of ‘mosley.brian’ What would you do, what would you go through, to be the first explorers to the South Pole? Would you go through months of trekking through -40F degree cold, on a strict ration of food, constantly freezing and wet, and risking death every day? [...]

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The Week in Drinks in Pictures

All photos by the author If you follow me on Twitter, you might be aware that this has been an eventful week. Literally. Friday the Social Chair and I hosted her birthday party, Sunday we hit our usual brunch, Monday I had a tasting, and Tuesday saw the launch party for Dan Searing’s new book, [...]

When God Gives You Junk…

For several weeks between March and April, members of Luther Place Memorial Church combed through their garages, recycling bins and—in some cases—the very streets of DC for junk: old newspapers and office supplies, takeout containers and bottles, even rusty appliances. Then, at weekend workshops, supplied with glue, paint and chicken wire, they got to work… [...]

It Wasn’t Supposed to Be This Way and the 5/25 Ticker

‘Rock the Red Light’ courtesy of ‘afagen’ The Lead Item: Last night in double OT, the Vancouver Canucks punched their ticket to the Stanley Cup Finals. With a win tonight in Tampa, the Boston Bruins can join in that tango as the Eastern Conference representative. And this I say to you: it wasn’t supposed to [...]

We Love Arts: Pinter’s Old Times

Tracy Lynn Middendorf as Kate, Steven Culp as Deeley and Holly Twyford as Anna in the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s production of Old Times by Harold Pinter, directed by Michael Kahn. Photo by Scott Suchman. If a picture is worth a thousand words, what’s a video with one word worth? In this case it’s a pretty [...]

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LaRoche sidelined, Nationals in trouble

‘Washington Nationals second baseman Danny Espinosa (18) and first baseman Adam LaRoche (25) and catcher Wilson Ramos (3)’courtesy of ‘Keith Allison’ Last evening, the Nationals announced that Adam LaRoche’s shoulder injury is worse than they had previously suspected; instead of a slight tear of his labrum, it’s a far more serious tear to his labrum, [...]

The Winning Ticket: Alexander and Fam

As a way to say thanks to our loyal readers, We Love DC will be giving away a pair of concert tickets to one lucky reader each week. Check back here every Wednesday morning at 9am to find out what tickets we’re giving away and leave a comment for your chance to be the lucky [...]

Just in time for commuting: Metro Cocktails

Comic by Emily Some days on the Metro have gotten so bad lately that this set of beautifully done comics by local artist Emily are both hilarious and too close to home, especially the one above about the Red Line. I’m sure you’ve got your own, leave them here in the comments (or on Emily’s, [...]

Seeing Through the Lens of Award-Winning Photographer Carol Guzy

By Michael T. Ruhl You wouldn’t know just casually talking to Carol Guzy that she’s a world class photographer who works for the Washington Post. The humble four-time Pulitzer Prize winner sits quietly in her Arlington home, tending to her dogs, two of which she rescued from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Her living room [...]