Archive for December, 2011
Holidays at the White House
The White House Drivewaycourtesy of tbridge
The White House’s Office of Public Engagement and Office of Digital Strategy combined yesterday to host about 150 people for another White House Tweetup at the Old Executive Office Building, and upped the ante by providing with it a tour of the White House made up for Christmas. I [...]
Featured Photo
‘Flamingo’ courtesy of pablo.raw The eyes, the eyes, the eyes. I’ve said it before: to get a good wildlife shot, you have to aim for the eyes.
More »Caps Come Up Short Against Cats
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courtesy of Brian Isemann
The Washington Capitals dropped another game in their latest skid, losing to Southeast Division rival (and current leader) Florida. The Panthers held off a late-game rally by the Caps for a 5-4 victory and now lead Washington in the division by seven points.
The loss is the team’s ninth out of their [...]
Corcoran in 1921 and Today
Historic photoblog Shorpy recently showed this view of the Corcoran as it was in 1921:
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A Choral Christmas: A Round-up of Holiday Concerts
‘Columbia Heights Holiday Tree’courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’
This is a phenomenal part of the year for music, and one of the best cities in the country for choral music. Between the Cathedral Choral Society, the Washington Men’s Camerata, the Choral Arts Society of Washington, the Christmas Revels, the Folger Consort, Choralis, the GMCW, you [...]
Jets defeat Redskins 38-19
dolphins3
courtesy of Homer McFanboy
This past Sunday’s game against the New York Jets got off to a good start for the Redskins with two young offensive players continuing to show development. Fred Davis caught a long pass to put the Redskins in scoring range and then Roy Helu ran it in. Helu had a good [...]
Today’s Gridlock Brought To You By
Ouchcourtesy of Fedward Potz
PSA: If you play chicken with a firetruck, you’ll lose. This was at the corner of 18th & L NW this morning. You’ll note the sheet metal from the car’s door is still stuck to the firetruck’s bumper.
I hope everybody is OK.
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Weekend Flashback: 12/2-12/4
‘MPD watching the perimeter while the arrests take place’ courtesy of Joe in DC One more weekend down. The inevitable march to the Holidays and the New Year goes on. I don’t know about the rest of you but I’m looking forward to the coming of the Holiday Trinity, for no other reason than to get the traditional Kwanzaa gift.
More »We Love Arts: Krapp’s Last Tape
There are moments when economy, especially in words, must suffice.
(Shakes head. Backspace, backspace. Types.)
John Hurt. Krapp’s Last Tape by Samuel Beckett. Produced by Dublin’s Gate Theatre, at Shakespeare Theatre Company this weekend only. 55 minutes.
55 minutes of your life spent watching a master actor perform a master playwright’s reflection on the absurdity of life, memory [...]
Friday Happy Hour: Port City Tidings
One of my first Christmas beers of the season, Tidings from Alexandria’s Port City Brewing was a very pleasant welcome to this year’s winter warmers.
The strongest of all Port City’s offerings at 7.8%, Tidings is a Belgian Pale Ale with the addition of honey and seasonal spices. The honey was especially prominent in the glass [...]
ROC Guide Highlights DC Restaurants
‘Ben’s Chili Bowl’
courtesy of ‘Michael T. Ruhl’
When picking a restaurant for your next meal out, why not choose a place where workers haven’t coughed all over your dinner because they’ve been forced to work with the flu?
Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC-United) and their local branch ROC-DC just released their first annual Diners’ Guide: a Zagat-like [...]
FBI, Treasury raid home of Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr.
‘FBI Police’courtesy of ‘cliff1066�’
According to several local sources, the home of Ward 5 Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. was raided this morning by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Treasury Department in connection to an on-going investigation. It’s not immediately clear if this is related to Thomas’ admission that he would return $300,000 [...]
Redskins Preview Week Thirteen: The Jets
‘Mark Sanchez’
courtesy of ‘Jeffrey Beall’
Last Sunday the Redskins won their fourth game of the season. After starting out 3-1 the Redskins then proceeded to lose their next six games to fall to 3-7 before winning last week. While the Redskins were 3-1 there was talk of a playoff run, but for that to happen now the [...]
Celebrity Ornaments for the Parks on Display
Did you miss out on the lottery for tickets to this year’s National Christmas Tree lighting, held last night? Even if you did, it is not too late to take home a little piece of the celebration. All of the performers at the event have participated in creating Ornaments for the Parks.
Here at We Love [...]
Q&A with The War on Drugs
Philadelphia’s The War on Drugs is the brainchild of Adam Granduciel- singer, guitarist, writer, Kurt Vile-collaborator. Their first full-length album, Wagonwheel Blues was released on Secretly Canadian in 2008, and they have toured extensively since then. Over the years the band’s members have changed, but Granduciel remains front and center. Their latest LP is Slave Ambient, released on [...]
More »Give Back While Eating
‘panettone inside’
courtesy of ‘willsfca’
The holiday season has arrived, and it’s the perfect time to start thinking about how to give back. It gets easier and easier every year – bring cans to work, send a text contribution, add an extra dollar to an online bill payment – you really have no excuse. Food lovers have a simple [...]
