Archive for September, 2011

Friday Happy Hour: Ginger Smash – Fall Version

This week has been busy, but just looking at my calendar for the next month or so is tiring. (Maybe the rest of the year, actually. I have already gotten enough holiday party invitations that I went ahead and scheduled my own before my guests booked up. Crazy.) In any event, I was grateful for [...]

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Redskins Preview Week Four: The St. Louis Rams

‘Sam Bradford’ courtesy of ‘Jeffrey Beall’ By now you have heard this game called a must win for the Washington Redskins. I am not sure it is a must win with so many games left in the season, but it is a should win. The St. Louis Rams have been one of the worst teams [...]

We Love Weekends: October 1-2, 2011

‘Miss Pixie’s Balloons’courtesy of ‘spiggycat’ Brittany: The weather is finally scheduled to drop down to “sweater” – and, accordingly, the busy autumn social calendar is getting into full swing. Friday night you will find me poolside (hopefully chilly!) for the “Rebirth of Cool” party hosted by art-star Kehinde Wiley, in association with the amazing 30 Americans [...]

Onion plays ill-advised joke

‘moldy onion’courtesy of ‘scrapygraphics’ The Onion is a publication near and dear to my heart. They so often catch a good zeitgeist of humor in politics and news, but today’s #CongressHostage stunt is about as far from the usual material as to make me wonder who had taken leave of their senses.  They started with [...]

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‘Big Cheese truck’ courtesy of ‘BrianMKA’ I got a fever…and the only cure is more food trucks. Should you share the same affliction, click through to see the strEATS-powered map and find out where all the food trucks are. Be the first to like. Like Unlike

The Winning Ticket: Deerhoof

This week we are giving away a pair of tickets to see Deerhoof with Benjy Ferree and the Dees, E.D. Sedgwick perform at the 9:30 Club on October 1st at 7pm. Be the first to like. Like Unlike

We Love Arts: Parade

The hardest part of watching Parade at Ford’s Theatre is knowing that the story of Leo Frank’s trial and lynching in 20th century Atlanta is true. Tony award nominee Euan Morton (Leo Frank) sheds a light on the tragic tale of Mr. Frank and his struggle as a Jewish pencil factory worker ostracized for his [...]

One Year Later: Estadio

National Geographic Live: October 2011

The National Geographic Live series is back for the fall and we here at WeLoveDC want to share their great lineup of programming with you once again. Thanks to the generosity of our friends at NatGeo, we’ll be again offering two pairs of tickets for our readers to go and experience some great talks, lectures, [...]

We Love Arts: 30 Americans at Corcoran Gallery of Art

At Tuesday night’s preview of 30 Americans, a representative of the Corcoran told the story of how, in 1940, a young, female, African-American artist secretly entered a contest held by the gallery, sending a white friend to drop off the painting because she feared she would not be allowed past the building’s grand front stairs [...]

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We Love Arts: Mad Forest

Photo by Melissa Blackall Entering Caryl Churchill’s "Mad Forest" is a step back into late 80′s Europe during the final years of the Cold War. Forum Theatre sets the mood just right. Pillars with busts of Nicolae Ceaușescu, the Communist leader of Romania, loom over the action like big brother. Drab fashions and chain smoking Romanians is reminiscent of [...]

We Love Arts: Trouble in Mind

If there’s a theme emerging from this year’s theater offerings it’s definitely the play-within-a-play. From Venus in Fur to The Habit of Art, many recent productions have highlighted the rehearsal process itself to uncover uncomfortable truths about power and control. These are all relatively new plays riffing on an old theme, but Trouble in Mind, the [...]

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‘Feelin’ Crabby Food Truck’courtesy of ‘bonappetitfoodie’ Toot toot, beep beep. Was that a food truck that just rolled by? Well, don’t just stand there. Go get it! Be the first to like. Like Unlike

Cowboys defeat Redskins 18-16

‘Tim Hightower’ courtesy of ‘Keith Allison’ Last night the Redskins lost their first game of the season in a dramatic defensive battle between two of the biggest rivals in sports. Depending on the narrative a person went into the game with that is likely to be the story they spin out of the game, and [...]

Smithsonian Snapshot: Skyhooking

In the 1930s, U.S. postal officials tried different ways of moving the mail. One technique was called “skyhooking,” which brought the mail to rural towns that had no adequate railway or highway mail routes. Unfortunately, the towns which needed this type of service usually did not have adequate landing fields for planes. Although a low-flying [...]

Photo Op: Scaling the Washington Monument

‘Washington Monument closed indefinitely after rare earthquake’courtesy of ‘Glyn Lowe Photos’ While the Washington Monument is closed indefinitely due to damage from the Earthquake, that doesn’t mean there won’t be some awesome photo ops this week as a “Difficult Access” team rappels down the side of the 555-foot tall obelisk to inspect the damage. That [...]

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‘windows are my floor’ courtesy of ‘philliefan99′ I’m fascinated by window washers. Every time I see them setting up at building downtown, I just want to stop and watch them work. I think it’s the combination of being gusty enough to trust your life to a rather thin piece of rope while also having a unique “office” view. The suction cups they use also remind me of 1960s Batman.

We Are The Redskins. We Are The Redskins’ Fans. Just One Big Family.

They just don’t make videos like this anymore. I wish Dan Snyder would organize a remake; I’d love to see Okrapo, Grossman, Fletcher and co. in their best 80s entire. 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike