Archive for June, 2011

Theater Spotlight: White Hot Set

If you’ve seen Shakespeare Theatre Company’s excellent production of Old Times, chances are your first impression was of a monochromatic letterbox, as the minimalist all-white set seemed to float against the black proscenium (and if you haven’t seen Old Times, you need to get hopping over to the Lansburgh this week, as closing is July [...]

Your Wizards Draft Cheat Sheet

In case you were too busy hating on Jim Riggleman or trying to figure out Ron Artest’s crazy new name, the NBA held their draft this past Thursday and the Washington Wizards added three new players to the team. Coming into last week’s draft, many regarded the draft class as pretty bland. There weren’t any [...]

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Old Lovers Meet at 14th and Swann

Faded, crumbling, unlikely to survive too many more DC winters or 14th Street-area renovations, I love this mural. It raises a million questions. From the perch of an old row house wall overlooking the Swan Auto parking lot, emerging from a pool? pond? ocean?—two Dr. Seuss-like figures—humans? balding angels? fruit flies?—share a fading yellow apple. [...]

Nationals tap Johnson to lead team through 2011

‘Davey Johnson’s Mets Hall of Fame Plaque Revealed’courtesy of ‘slgckgc’ The Nationals announced late yesterday that they have come to an agreement with Davey Johnson to manage the club through the rest of the 2011 season, and is on contract with the team to serve in some capacity through 2013. Johnson’s career is fairly storied, [...]

Yards to add 7 restaurants

‘Sunrise @ the Boilermaker Shop 3′courtesy of ‘Tony DeFilippo’ Yep, you read that right, 7 restaurants. The Boilermaker Shops near the Navy Yard, sort-of kind-of close to Nationals Park just got a lot more interesting. They’ll play host to two Neighborhood Restaurant Group spots: a Buzz Bakery, which has two locations now, and an as-of-yet-unnamed brewery [...]

Weekend Flashback: 6/25-6/26

Happy Monday, folks. It was a busy summer weekend in DC, and here are some of the best shots by our local photogs. ‘Devil’ (DC Caribbean Festival) by yostinator 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike

Friday Happy Hour: Avery India Pale Ale

Thursday night was an evening of my favorite things. My favorite DC food truck, TaKorean parked outside one of my favorite coffee shops, Chinatown Coffee Co. for one of Chinatown’s brilliant “Food Truck Happy Hours.” With my delicious Korean-inspired tofu tacos, I enjoyed another of my favorite things: Imbibing a tasty beer. The beer/wine/absinthe alcohol [...]

Capital Chefs: Nick Stefanelli of Bibiana (Part 2)

‘Risotto Frutti di Mare at Bibiana’ courtesy of ‘bonappetitfoodie’ Risotto can be like a wild beast in the kitchen. If you don’t cook it long enough, it’s like eating little rock pellets. If you don’t stir it, you will end up with a gloppy mess. But in reality, risotto is not all that hard to [...]

Rigglegate: The train wreck at 1500 South Capitol

‘Head in Hands’courtesy of ‘Alex E. Proimos’ So. That happened. Everything that came out of Nats Park yesterday wasn’t a fever dream, it actually happened. The Nats won their 11th game out of 12, in the bottom of the 9th, on just one run. They pitched well, they fielded well, they’re on a streak of [...]

Capital Chefs: Nick Stefanelli of Bibiana (Part 1)

‘Nick Stefanelli of Bibiana’ courtesy of ‘bonappetitfoodie’ While being a chef wasn’t in Nick Stefanelli’s original career plans, Italy (and it’s food) was and still is a common thread in the arc of his work. Stefanelli, the executive chef at Bibiana Osteria started out studying fashion design in Milan, when his interests switched over to [...]

Hot Ticket: Fucked Up @ Rock & Roll Hotel, 6/27/11

photo by Michael Darpino First, it’s worth noting that, given their band name, Fucked Up never would have made it 20 years ago. You know, back when you discovered music by listening to corporate radio. I can just imagine all the record execs sitting around, begging Fucked Up to change their name. “Wal-Mart will never [...]

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Hot Ticket: Dinosaur Jr. w/ OFF! @ 9:30 Club, 6/25/11

On Saturday night the 9:30 Club has the fixings for the tastiest show of the week. Ingredients: – One legendary noise-rock band (Dinosaur Jr.) performing their most revered album (“Bug”) in its entirety. – One hardcore icon (Henry Rollins) interviewing the same legendary noise-rock band (Dinosaur Jr.) live on-stage. – One hardcore super-group lead by [...]

Shortly after Nationals win 11th of 12, Manager Jim Riggleman Resigns

‘Washington Nationals manager Jim Riggleman (5) and Baltimore Orioles manager Buck Showalter (26)’courtesy of ‘Keith Allison’ Shortly after today’s dramatic 9th inning 1-0 win over the Seattle Mariners, the team’s 11th in 12 games, and 16th in 21 games, Manager Jim Riggleman quit his job over a contract dispute with the Washington Nationals. The world [...]

We Love Arts: The History of Kisses

Photo by Carol Pratt The ocean is a silent character in David Cale’s The History of Kisses at Studio Theatre, a one-man show that is currently enjoying its world premiere. Cale was inspired to write the semi-based-on-real-life piece after discovering an old photo of an unknown couple kissing on the deck of a boat. He [...]

No Chompie for Shark Week

‘Happy Shark Week 2010!’courtesy of ‘Dan Dan The Binary Man’ This aggression will not stand, Discovery Channel.  Sure, your fancy building Silver Spring employs hundreds, if not thousands, but until you reinstate the lovable inflatable Chompie the Shark, I’m not sure I can go along with your Shark Week Shenanigans. I remember when you used to [...]

We Love Weekends – June 25&26

‘W Is for Werth’ courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’ Tom: My weekend starts today, with the matinee of the Nationals and Mariners, followed by Neil Gaiman’s book signing at the Press Club for the tenth anniversary of American Gods. Saturday morning we’re headed out to the Farm before we head up to Baltimore to celebrate a [...]

This is an outrage

Seen here is the arrest of Pete Tucker, for the crime of reporting on government business. At the end you see another official assert that “you don’t have permission to record.” Shortly afterward the individual taking the video, Jim Epstein, was arrested himself. You can read his details of the whole thing here. The suggestion [...]

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