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Five Favorites: Reasons to Bike to Work
’15th St bike lane in use’ courtesy of ‘nevermindtheend’ Bike to Work Day registration is now open, so mark your calendar for Friday, May 20! This awesome event, sponsored by WABA, is a great way to get your feet wet riding your bike around the city. At last year’s event, when I had just started [...]
More »DC Mythbusting: The Washington Monument
‘Washington Monument, Washington, DC’ courtesy of ‘NeonGods’ George Washington was born 279 years ago today, and for the past 126 years our city’s skyline has been dominated by a tribute to him. The Washington Monument is an iconic piece of architecture, but there are so many myths and legends about it that it could be [...]
More »DC Mythbusting: You’re Saying it Wrong
‘I before E’ courtesy of ‘dharmabumx’ Neighborhood names are a touchy subject here in the District, and residents tend to get riled up about what an area is called or what a Metro station is named. But outside of that, are we even saying these names properly? Chances are you’re actually saying or writing some [...]
More »DC Mythbusting: DC Flag
‘DC Slices Flag’ courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’ We love seeing how the District ranks against other cities (not against entire states, thank you very much), especially when we come out on top. So here’s another first place trophy for DC: the best-designed city flag. Back in 2004, the flag experts of North America [...]
More »Five Favorites: Tools for Getting Around DC
‘He matches the bus!!!’ courtesy of ‘fromcaliw/love’ We’ve come a long way from the days of highlighting a route on a paper map to get from Point A to Point B. And in a big city like Washington, there are so many ways to get around: walking, biking (your own or a shared bike), taking [...]
More »DC Mythbusting: Museums
‘Postal Museum — Washington, DC’ courtesy of ‘K’s Clicks’ One of the greatest things about living in DC is the proximity of so many great museums. Always wanted to be a spy? Fascinated by textiles? Love American military medicine? DC is your place. And while you might not be fighting the crowds at every museum [...]
More »Five Favorites: Reasons to Leave the House
‘masked’ courtesy of ‘philliefan99′ It’s easy to just want to hibernate this time of year– it’s dark when you get home, it’s too cold to be outside for more than 10 minutes, and well, not much can compete with a warm couch and a Snuggie. And now that the holiday season is over, there aren’t [...]
More »Best Of: DC Trivia
‘New Year’s Eve’ courtesy of ‘erin m’ DC is a city of nerds, and nerds love trivia. And 2010 was a great year for nerdy trivia here at We Love DC– plenty of busted myths about the District, stories about monuments around town, and plenty of facts about DC neighborhoods. Washington is a pretty cool [...]
More »DC Mythbusting: Everything You Thought You Knew About DC is Wrong
‘The first Inch of winter 2010-11′ courtesy of ‘ianseanlivingston’ In the spirit of wrapping up the year with a nice little bow on it, welcome to a roundup of our favorite myths over the past year. There are so many myths about the transportation, history, and culture of the District that we’ve dug into this [...]
More »DC Mythbusting: A Bus By Any Other Name
” courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’ Welcome to another edition of DC Mythbusting. This week we’re looking into the Metrobus system. The rail system is easy enough to understand– it is organized by color, with five lines in total. But there are over 300 bus routes serving the DC area, so the color [...]
More »DC Mythbusting: Pierre L’Enfant Planned DC
‘L’Enfant’s Plan at Freedom Plaza’ courtesy of ‘CathyLovesDC’ Ask just about any Washingtonian who planned the city, and they’ll know it was some French guy, or maybe they’ll even come up with his name, Pierre L’Enfant. But that wasn’t always the case– for years, Pierre L’Enfant never got credit for designing the city. So while [...]
More »Five Favorites: Neighborhood Elements
‘Colors!’ courtesy of ‘kimberlyfaye’ For the past year and a half I wrote the Where We Live feature for We Love DC. Every edition would take me to another neighborhood in the city, where I’d talk to residents and find out what makes that neighborhood a great place to live. And while every neighborhood was [...]
More »Preventing HIV in the District
‘Old Joburg General Hospital-53′ courtesy of ‘Axel Bührmann’ We know the statistic: With more than 3% of the population living with HIV, the District HIV rate is on par with Uganda and some parts of Kenya. But how can you make a difference in preventing HIV? Here’s a way: the DC HIV Prevention Community Planning [...]
More »DC Mythbusting: Deep Blue DC
‘elephant or donkey?’ courtesy of ‘ekelly80′ DC is a special place: it’s the center of the country’s political power, but it has little to no political power of its own. And every election season, our city is cast as just about the worst possible place in the world. The District is notoriously left-leaning, but we’re [...]
More »The Rundown: November Edition
” courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’ This weekend is the Marine Corps Marathon, one of the largest races in the Washington region. Over 30,000 people are signed up for the marathon and 10K, and many streets in Arlington and the District will be closed for the event. Good luck to everyone who is [...]
More »DC Mythbusting: Obscure Monuments and Memorials
‘Albert Einstein’ courtesy of ‘afagen’ Having lived in the District for several years, and considering myself pretty knowledgeable about how to get around the city, I’m always happy to point tourists in the right direction when they’re wandering around lost. But this past weekend, I was stumped– I was asked for directions to the Titanic [...]
More »Five Favorites: Complete Streets
‘Mount Pleasant and National Baptist Church, Bike lane in foreground’ courtesy of ‘tedeytan’ Just this week, DDOT adopted a complete streets policy that encourages streets that accommodate all users– motorists, cyclists, pedestrians, and transit users. This marks a shift from the auto-centric planning that has long dominated transportation planning throughout the country. Even though DC [...]
More »Army 10-Miler on Sunday!
‘Army Ten Miler Finisher Coin, 2009′ courtesy of ‘[F]oxymoron’ This Sunday is the Army 10-Miler, starting at 8 AM at the Pentagon. The race is the largest 10-mile run in the country, with over 30,000 registered participants. The Metro is opening early on Sunday to get all those runners to the Pentagon, and there will [...]
More »Sorry for the Re-Stealing
‘Bike Backlit’ courtesy of ‘Amber Wilkie Photography’ Whenever I’m having a bad day, I head over to passiveaggressivenotes.com to find people who are having a much worse day. I was happy to find a DC-based note yesterday about a bike. Here’s the text of the note: “This bike was stolen 2 Fridays ago near 14th [...]
More »DC Mythbusting: The Sports Curse
‘Strasburg – Coming Spring 2012′ courtesy of ‘afagen’ We all know about the Sports Illustrated cover curse. And we know the story of the Madden NFL cover curse. But is the worst curse of all just being part of the Washington sports scene? That’s what ESPN claims, saying, “A star-destroying black hole of unimaginable proportions, [...]
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