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Stuck at home?
If you and the kids are stuck at home maybe some of these toys will work well for you. Eligible for Amazon Prime so you can have it by tomorrow (if UPS has a boat in your neighborhood) – the Fisher-Price Little People Noah’s Ark is just barely over $20. Or if you have wooden [...]
More »We Love Weekends: The Ark Edition
‘Hippo hanging around after lunch’ courtesy of ‘afagen’ Who’s got the saw? And how many feet in a cubit anyway? Well it looks like the internal domain name the We Love DC team uses to communicate amongst themselves should have been sandbagged – it floated away in the night and our ability to coordinate anything [...]
More »Theater last-chances and possible cancellations
Just a quick pre-weekend roundup on what’s going away and what may or may not be threatened by the weather. We’re not aware of anyone officially cancelling anything as of yet; several places have made affirmative statements they’re going on with the show. Shakespeare Theater Company’s Free-for-All is still on. They’ve promised to update via [...]
More »We Love Weekends – August 26th through 28th
Mosley: Fun filled weekend for me! One of my photographs (above) was selected as a semi-finalists for the DC State Fair Photo Contest. I could win a blue ribbon. A ribbon! And it could be blue! Tough competition though, so keep your fingers crossed for me. And since I’m going to be waiting with bated breath [...]
More »We Love Arts: Reggie Watts at Woolly Mammoth
Reggie Watts, photo by Wendy Lynch Redfern Andy Kaufman would have loved Reggie Watts. Be careful how you take that bit of praise. If you’re of my generation and largely remember Kaufman solely as loveable goofball Latka on TAXI you’re not getting the right picture. Watts’ stage performance is reminiscent of Kaufman – a wandering [...]
More »Double Donation Dollars for DCCK
Double your money! Admittedly it only doubles after you part with it, but what the hell – you want to be a better person, don’t you? (I’ve met some of you – if you don’t, you should. For serious.) Well you have a few hours left to do more good with less – DC Central [...]
More »We Love Weekends: August 19-21
‘yellow zucchini’ courtesy of ‘ekelly80′ Tom: This weekend is all about the glories of summer. I’ve been putting off and putting off a visit to the Bloomingdale Farmers Market, where I’m sure they’re drowning in sweet corn, peaches, and fresh tomatoes, and that sounds an awful lot like salsa to me. While we’re in the [...]
More »The Winning Ticket: Cherry Red’s THE ARISTOCRATS
We’re changing it up a little this week from the usual concert ticket giveaway. This week we’re happy to be sending you and a victim friend to see the very last Cherry Red show ever on the 27th: The Aristocrats. Yes, those are wangs. This should tell you something about what to expect here. 2 [...]
More »SlutWalk DC is over but the discussion continues
No, not in the comments of our last post, though Zesty and I are having a rousing back-and-forth over there. At the American Association of University Women, tomorrow night. It’s free and open to the public – simply register online. SlutWalk organizers, critics, and others will be on a panel to talk about the event [...]
More »Why are all these people talking about walking sluts?
‘SlutWalk Tampere 6.8.2011′ courtesy of ‘Kulttuurikahvila Hertta’ There’s been a few news tweets about the SlutWalk that happened this weekend and unsurprisingly several of them – maybe most – have touted photos. I’m not condemning that – I like looking at provocatively dressed women myself. But don’t miss the very serious reason it’s called SlutWalk [...]
More »A little Reggie Watts preview with added Doctor Who
It’s 8 days till Reggie Watts – the man whose voice is behind one of my favorite very-not-worksafe YouTube videos ever – comes to town for his limited engagement at Woolly Mammoth. If you need a little something to tide you over till then… how about watching him do a little percussive backup for Amanda Palmer as [...]
More »We Love Weekends – August 13th through 15th
‘A pickle-back’courtesy of ‘theCSSdiv’ Tom: Saturday is the highlight of my weekend, without question. We’re headed out to Berryville for the wedding of our good friends John and Whitney at a lovely piece of Georgian architecture. Friday night, I think it’s time we finally got out to Toki Underground, but I suspect that given their [...]
More »If you’re working for Wolf Trap watch what you tweet. Maybe.
‘Leisure in the Grass’ courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’ The Wolf Trap Foundation presented its employees with a new social media policy this year. Unless you happen to work for them this probably strikes you as about as interesting, news-wise, as the Pope continuing to be Catholic. Social media policies aren’t anything new or even necessarily [...]
More »We Love Weekends: July 30&31
‘Rita’s’ courtesy of ‘ep_jhu’ Tom: While the mercury is once again heading for the triple digits, I’ll be helping a client move their offices into Dupont this weekend, just a stone’s through from the delicious Shake Shack. Perhaps after the long day, you’ll catch me heading for Rita’s Water Ice on Rhode Island Avenue. Sunday, [...]
More »Borders liquidations start today. Don’t be a sucker.
” courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’ Borders closing their doors has been widely reported in the news this week and today’s the start of their complete liquidation. There’s a number of stores to choose from in our area, though none remain within the city itself. If you decide to go looking for bargains [...]
More »Tomorrow is Code Red
‘Mtn Dew Reach (5)’ courtesy of ‘Robby Green’ No, no the soda. If you’ve never been in DC when a code red was declared before, here’s the long and short of it: it means air quality will be poor and you should limit your outdoor activities. If you have been in DC before you might [...]
More »We Appreciate: DC Central Kitchen and its volunteers
On the most recent episode of NPR’s excellent Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast, Stephen Thompson proposed a new holiday: Appreciation Day, “on which each and every world citizen takes the time to say the nicest possible thing to each of the treasured people who surround us.” He proposes that twitter is a great place for [...]
More »Do Something Good
” courtesy of ‘DC Central Kitchen’ You want to do it tomorrow? DC Central Kitchen needs people to be the muscle in helping to try to make use of the 50 tons of food that might otherwise go to waste when the Fancy Food Show closes. You’d be working with them from 2pm to 9pm [...]
More »We Love Weekends – July 9 & 10
‘Army Photography Contest – 2007 – FMWRC – Arts and Crafts – The Colors Emerge’ courtesy of ‘familymwr’ In the real of complaints I have to say “jeez, the weekend again already?” might be my favorite. If you’ve only now started to recover from your own “day of food and fire,” as my friend Suzanne [...]
More »A Tragic Charge
” courtesy of ‘Helernn’ WUSA reports that prosecutors in Bristow, VA have indicted Karen Murphy on felony murder and felony child neglect after her son died June 17 as a result of being left in a vehicle. It’s not terribly surprising that the grand jury would agree to the charges but it’s disappointing that the [...]
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