Archive for June, 2011
New Food Truck Basil Thyme Hits the Streets
Brace yourselves, foodies. A new food truck, called Basil Thyme, focused on from-scratch Italian food made from local ingredients hit the streets this week. Brian Farrell and chef Malik Umar are bringing the District fresh pasta, homemade sausage, ricotta and sauces, each and every day. And they’re also making their own tiramisu and cannolis, if [...]
More »Hernandez Throws Complete Game Shutout, Trumps The Cards
‘Livan Hernandez’
courtesy of ‘Keith Allison’
The St. Louis Cardinals seemed to have left their ability to play defense somewhere in the Midwest because the Washington Nationals put them to shame Wednesday night. Pitcher Livan Hernandez threw complete game shutout to lead his team to a 10-0 victory. The game was Hernandez’s 50th complete game and ninth [...]
A Capitol Fourth: 2011 Concert Lineup Announced
If you’re anything like me then you tend to steer clear of the National Mall on Independence Day due to massive crowds. This year, though, I may make a trip down there. Why? The lineup for the Capitol Fourth concert sounds like fun.
Acts ranging from multi-platinum recording artist Josh Groban to rock legend Little Richard [...]
A PSA from VP Joe Biden
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Scandal Tracker, DC Council Edition
‘Grand Larceny vs. Petty Larceny; Or, Political Justice Exemplified’courtesy of ‘Cornell University Library’
Let’s see if we can do some yeoman’s work tracking where we are with a lot of the political scandals that are currently underway here in the District relating just to District Operations. If we had to handle Congressional and Executive scandals, this [...]
We Love Music: Dawes/M.Ward/Bright Eyes @ Wolf Trap, 6/11/11
Bright Eyes photo courtesy of Wolf Trap.
We recruited Alexia Kauffman to hike out to Wolf Trap and cover this show for us.
Saturday night the audience at Wolf Trap heard three unique angles on American indie-folk music. Omaha, Nebraska’s Bright Eyes, currently on an international tour, brought along Portland’s M. Ward and Los Angeles’ Dawes for [...]
The Winning Ticket: Michael Franti & Spearhead
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 [...]
More »Nats mount comeback, deal Cards 8-6 loss
‘bang, zoom go the fireworks’courtesy of ‘philliefan99′
On the night when Ryan Zimmerman returned to the lineup for the first time in over two months, the Nationals put together one of their more impressive rallies. In the seventh inning tonight, they plated six runs against the St. Louis Cardinals, four of which scored with two outs. [...]
Clearing the air, with Nats COO Andy Feffer
This morning, a lot of fans and writers were bristling at Nationals’ COO Andy Feffer’s comments about the opening of the new Miller Lite Scoreboard Walk in center field at Nationals Park, wherein Feffer said that the fans would remember the new concessions and social area out there more than anything else. A lot of [...]
More »Nationals Park Adds New Food Options
All photos courtesy of the author
Although Nationals Park already features a number of iconic Washington-area restaurants, such as Ben’s Chili Bowl and Hard Times Cafe, the Nationals partnered with New York City’s Union Square Hospitality Group to bring in four new dining options: Blue Smoke BBQ, Box Frites, El Verano Taqueria, and Shake Shack (which [...]
Smithsonian Snapshot: The Star-Spangled Banner
‘Old Glory’
courtesy of ‘Tyrannous’
In honor of Flag Day, the Smithsonian Snapshot brings you some history of a very famous flag. In the summer of 1813, Mary Pickersgill was contracted to sew a 30 x 42–foot garrison flag for Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland. That flag later became known as the Star-Spangled Banner, the very flag [...]
Featured Photo
‘I Can’t Hear You’courtesy of ‘pablo.raw’
Juxtaposition is a powerful tool, especially in photography. It lets you make commentary on an otherwise silent picture.
Pablo.raw must have either waited for a bit in front of the Studio Theater, or was lucky enough to have a flip-flop wearing, iPhone toting guy walk by as he got on [...]
We Love Music: Glee Live 2011 at the Verizon Center
The pilot episode of the award-winning Fox television program Glee describes the definition of its moniker within the first two minutes of run-time. “By its very definition,” the show reveals, “Glee is about opening yourself up to joy.” Two seasons and a few Billboard records later, Glee has gone beyond its namesake. It is a [...]
More »Homestand Preview
‘the best chance to score’courtesy of ‘philliefan99′
The Nationals return to DC on Tuesday, and there’s a lot for everyone to look forward to. One of the longest homestands of the season starts with a three game set against the St. Louis Cardinals. The Nats are here through the middle of next week, and there are [...]
Call for Food Truck Tracker Pictures
‘The Barr Building’
courtesy of ‘vpickering’
Every day we, along with the strEATS DC, bring you the Food Truck Tracker. And everyday all of you fine readers add more pictures to our awesome We Love DC flickr photo pool so that we can continue to bring you snazzy, cool content.
Now this is somewhat of a personal [...]
National Geographic Museum: The Etruscans – An Italian Civilization
‘Nattional Geographic – Etruscans 01 – 06-09-11′courtesy of ‘mosley.brian’
I love history. And for me, the older the history, the more I love it. There’s something that fascinates me about seeing how the first people of a given culture tried to figure out the concept of civilization. And for the first couple of [...]
