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DC Farm To School Network
‘i fear school lunch’ courtesy of ‘amarino17′ Although I’m not THAT far out of high school, my memories of cafeteria lunches are fairly limited, which leads me to believe that the food served was…well…unmemorable. That is, it wasn’t good enough to be noteworthy and it wasn’t bad enough to be permanently seared into my mind. [...]
More »Eater Names Fojol Bros To Top 20 Food Truck List
‘Fojol Bros. of Merlindia’ courtesy of ‘Dave Kleinschmidt’ Ahhhh…Fojol Brothers. You make lunch in DC so strange, wonderful and delicious. You are well worthy of your newly bestowed spot on Eater’s “List of Top Twenty Food Trucks in America.” Represent DC baby! Represent! If you have yet to experience the cuisine and showmanship of this [...]
More »Commute From Hell: 23 miles in 8.5 hours
I stumbled across this video on YouTube of tickman1′s commute home last night. It took him 8.5 hours to travel 23 miles from DC to the VA suburbs. Fortunately, the pilgrimage has been sped up and condensed for our viewing pleasure. Warning: For those of you who braved the roads last night, this video may cause panic [...]
More »Kill The Tow Truck: Avoid Snow Emergency Routes & Rush Hour Parking
‘Tow Truck in the post blizzard mayhem on Ft. Hamilton Pkwy.’ courtesy of ‘emilydickinsonridesabmx’ During last night’s commute home, I saw plenty of drivers pull their cars off to the side of the road, get out and start walking home. This was a fantastic idea, especially for those headed north up steep, steep Wisconsin Avenue [...]
More »Buses Operating On Snow Emergency Routes
‘Metro in the snow’ courtesy of ‘BrianMKA’ After last night show dumping, Metrobuses began the Thursday morning commute operating on snow emergency routes. What that means to us Metrobus commuters is that your bus will likely be operating on a revised or even limited route, because side streets have not been plowed enough for complete [...]
More »Matchbox Rockville
If you enjoy the dining experience at Matchbox’s Capitol Hill and Chinatown locales, then the newly opened Rockville location will be to your liking as well. Situated a 5 minute walk from the Twinbrook Metro Station on the Red Line, along Rockville Pike, this latest addition to the Matchbox franchise is vast. Despite a seating [...]
More »Missed The Lunar Eclipse?
‘Just a Hint of Red’ courtesy of ‘Samer Farha’ If you were pleasantly asleep last night from 1:30 to 4:30am then you missed the lunar eclipse. No worries because WeLoveDC’s Flickr photo pool, NASA and Huffington Post have you covered with a robust recaps, videos and photos of the celestial event. The total lunar eclipse [...]
More »Christmas Lights Car and Bike Parade
‘Hoggie’s Entry’ courtesy of ‘GollyGforce – on a new quest’ This Saturday, Brightest Young Things hosts a holiday lights bike and car parade where participants decorate their vehicle with bulbs, wreaths, tinsel, antlers, etc. and parade around town from 7-9:30pm. The parade route starts at Jack’s Boathouse at the Georgetown waterfront at 7pm, heads to [...]
More »Grand Opening: CitySports Georgetown
If your morning commute takes you along the Georgetown section of M Street, then on Tuesday morning you likely saw a long line of cold, sports enthusiasts waiting to get the first peak (and swag gift bags and prizes) at the City Sports flagship store located at 3338 M Street, NW. The two story, 1000+ [...]
More »Freeze Your Nuts Off With Capital Bikeshare
‘Ready, set, go?’ courtesy of ‘fromcaliw/love’ In an effort to keep ridership up during the frigid winter months, Capital Bikeshare is holding a two-month long biking competition starting January 1, 2011. The crux of the competition is to crown the area’s Winter Weather Warrior (aka: the participating member who makes the most trips by February [...]
More »AOL Unveils “DC’s Bests”
‘DC Flag’ courtesy of ‘kevnkovl’ America Online (AOL) has released its 2010 DC Best Bets list and, personally, I find it underwhelming. Nominees for the various categories were selected by AOL editors and then voted on by AOL readers. Tops on this year’s list include: Best After-Work Bar: Lucky Bar Best Day Drinking: Cantina Marina [...]
More »Holiday Decorations At The Four Seasons
If you’re looking to get into the holiday spirit and be inspired by gingerbread amazement, you’ll find no better place to go then the Four Seasons Hotel in Georgetown. On display until December 12, the hotel’s lobby is festooned with 10 holiday-theme trees and vignettes, created by Washington’s best interior designers and children/teenagers living with [...]
More »Gingertown 2010
Last night, I had the extreme pleasure of participating in Gingertown, one of DC’s best kept holiday events. Begun in 2006, Gingertown is the brainchild of locally based David M. Schwarz Architects (DMSA) and brings together leading DC architects, designers, and architectural firms with other building enthusiasts (aka: the non-professionals) to create a town made [...]
More »Love The Hill This Friday
I don’t love the “Hill” in the way some people do – I’m not so political and certainly am not involved in all the Congressional happenings, but I do adore the neighborhoods that make Capitol Hill fabulous. Eastern Market has such charm, and I’ve found myself spending weekends on Barrack’s Row. What better excuse than [...]
More »DC Letterboxing
Hidden around DC, secretly placed in strategic, calculated locales are small, weatherproof boxes containing logbooks and stamps; only the dedicated group know of their existence and they are constantly trying to follow a trail of secret clues to uncover them. While this may sound like the latest Spy Museum game or a CIA operation, it’s [...]
More »Madewell Opens Today
Today at 10am, DC’s first Madewell opens its Georgetown doors. The clothing shop offers wears that meet hobo, hipster and preppyster fashion needs alike and is sure to be a big hit with Georgetown college and young professionals scene. Originally found in 1937, Madewell started out as a true-blue American denim company. Now the label [...]
More »Unleashed By PETCO Opens
‘How to Braid Three Leashes’ courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’ Over the weekend, the Glover Park/Burleith/Georgetown neighborhoods got a new addition to pet-owner mania with the opening of Unleashed by PETCO at 1855 Wisconsin Ave NW. The shop is a smaller version of the pet supply mega store and sells the natural, organic, and higher-end pet [...]
More »They Make DC: Dolcezza
This They Make DC marks the first entry in a series that will profile the various small businesses manufacturing their products in the DC Metro area. In these features, we’ll tour the facilities and shops where these goods are made and sold, with the ultimate goal to gain a deeper understanding of what it’s like [...]
More »The Pearl Lady Arrives
‘All dressed up’ courtesy of ‘Blinkofanaye’ Capitol Hill staffers have been keeping a very appealing, little secret from the rest of DCers and her name is “The Pearl Lady”. Apparently every year around the holidays, The Pearl Lady who owns a pearl shop in Beijing, visits DC to sell her pearls at ridiculous low prices. [...]
More »Ben & Jerry’s Giving Away Ice Cream in Support of Dreamgirls
‘ice cream sandwiches!’ courtesy of ‘urban farmgirl’ Get your buttocks out of your seat and run over to the Ben & Jerry’s of Georgetown (3135 M St, NW) so you can test out their new handmade ice cream sandwiches, “Dreamwiches,” in honor of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts’ December production of Broadway’s Dreamgirls. [...]
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