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Comedy in DC: Cool Dudes Hanging Out
The comedy show for cool dudes is back, and as we have already established, you are a cool dude, in the unisex, non-gendered sense of the word, so it seems this comedy show is for you.
On Friday night, 7 PM at the Velvet Lounge on U Street, 5 measly bucks gets you an evening of [...]
We Love Weekends, February 12-13
‘Cupcakes’
courtesy of ’spiggycat’
John: This weekend I’ll be starting off with a nice quiet dinner at home here at the WLDC DirtLab. Saturday (and Friday as well) my old bandmates in Honor By August will be doing a double-header at the recently renovated IOTA Club and Café in Clarendon. Sunday, I think that the Lyon Hall [...]
TBD.com handed to WJLA GM
‘ABC 7 WJLA-TV Sign’
courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’
TBD.com announced today (okay, the Post announced, and TBD admitted) that their operations have been placed under the management of Bill Lord, general manager of WJLA (also owned by Allbritton Communications). Coincidentally, it’s exactly six months after TBD’s launch. Way to let the new business model percolate, [...]
We Love Weekends, February 5-6
‘30/365′
courtesy of ‘ekelly80′
Michael: Decisions, decisions. Friday night is stacked with good options. Insane Israeli rockers Monotonix are at Comet Ping Pong at the same time as legendary techno-scientist Tom Middleton is at U Street Music Hall. Both will be a blast so it will probably come down to a coin toss. Definitely hitting Chromeo at 9:30 [...]
Sarles named Metro GM/CEO
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courtesy of ‘erin m’
Richard Sarles, who has been the Interim General Manager of Metro since the departure of John Catoe, was officially named the permanent General Manager today by Metro’s board this afternoon. He was also given the title Chief Executive Officer, signaling the board’s desire for a shift in role for Metro’s chief.
In speaking [...]
We Love Weekends, January 29-30
’sweet snowflake’
courtesy of ‘philliefan99′
Addison: If I survive Snow-tastrophe 2011, this weekend I plan on making the trek out to Tysons Corner, since I haven’t bought new work clothes in 2 years and will (hopefully) have a bunch of interviews coming up before I get my master’s in May. Saturday night, I’m going to be hitting [...]
Neighborhood Brunch: Rustik
Friends, sometimes in the course of writing for our humble website, I experience a moral dilemma. Any out-of-the-way spot, any unadvertised specials, any uncrowded weekend brunch locations, and I have to ask myself whether I should share, and risk not being able to get a seat there again, or whether I should keep it to [...]
More »Dispatches from Ward 5
‘DSC_0940′
courtesy of ‘mediaslave’
The Ward 5 lists were active this week, with several things going on to talk about.
Numerous discussions ensued across both the Eckington and Ward 5 lists after the Truxton Circle murder of Billy Mitchell, who was on his way home from the theater when he was shot at the corner of North Capitol [...]
We Love Weekends: January 22-23
‘Looking Glass Lounge’
courtesy of ‘Edward Hoover’
Brittany: Thursday I am going to Virginia. Apparently, going to Virginia either means I like you lots (the boy I am meeting for lunch; the other boy I am meeting for drinks) or you are paying me (my day job, sending me to a conference in Arlington for the day). [...]
Dispatches from Ward 5: Bulldozers edition
‘Shining on the Shrine’
courtesy of ‘Rolenz’
What Ward 5 residents are talking about this week…
The big news from Brookland this week was that the police arrested a suspect in a string of muggings on Newton Street. Everyone who walks home that way (including me) was most relieved to hear the news.
Several of the mailing lists around [...]
We Love Weekends, January 15-16
‘Martin Luther King Memorial – The Eyes – 12-04-10′
courtesy of ‘mosley.brian’
Erin: I’m breaking out of my normal working-for-the-weekends routine to head out to Alexandria with 3,000 of my closest friends and strangers for the 9th annual Magfest, a four-day celebration of videogaming and gaming music and gaming culture and…well…all things gaming. (Tickets are sold out, but [...]
Dispatches from Ward 5: McMansion Edition
‘From Brookland with Love’
courtesy of ‘mediaslave’
The big excitement this week (aside from all the posturing around the At-Large interim council appointment) was on the Brookland list, and started to spill over to the Ward 5 list. Two separate properties were identified by neighbors as “McMansions” (though I think that’s only a fair epithet for one [...]
A difficult morning on Capitol Hill
‘good morning’
courtesy of ‘volcanojw’
If you can avoid Capitol Hill for the next few hours, you probably should.
A woman was found dead inside a burning car on the 800 block of A Street SE in the 5:00 hour this morning. The car was fully engulfed when DC Fire & EMS arrived, and it was only after [...]
RagnaROCK – Comedy, Music, Theater, Epicness
There’s a special kind of magic that happens when three dudes get drunk one night and decide that what their town really needs is an entertainment apocalypse.
At least, I am assuming that copious alcohol consumption was involved in the conception of RagnaROCK, the latest production from the minds of Tyler Sonnichsen, Evan Valentine, and Christopher [...]
We Love Weekends, January 8-9
‘2/365′
courtesy of ‘ekelly80′
Max: After the much needed holiday hiatus (that was much too short), it’s tempting to spend the next few month on my couch watching Netflix movies and hibernating. Alas, there are some great exhibits opening at the galleries this weekend that I will brave the cold for. On Friday, First Friday to be [...]
Holiday Leftovers
While covering the mayoral inauguration on Sunday, Tom snapped this photo of Ward 8 Council Member and Mayor-for-Life Marion Barry. We think it’s begging for a caption. Some ideas to get you started from our Flickr friends:
“What, you mean I have to pay those taxes AGAIN this year?”
“Obama makes it to the White House, and [...]
Dispatches from Ward 5
‘Brookland Hardware’
courtesy of ‘mediaslave’
First in a series where we bring you the best from neighborhood mailing lists, ANC and civic association meetings, and other neighborhood news sources.*
In Brookland, the Patel family reopened the Newton Food Market on 12th Street on New Year’s Eve. The father, Raj Patel, was killed during an attempted robbery on December [...]
Heavyweight DC lawyer vs. the DC judicial system
‘Nacho #19′
courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’
Via Legal Times comes this story about a DC lawyer who was arrested for “disorderly conduct” (after insulting a police officer), was asked to pay $35 at the station and forfeit the right to a hearing or be taken to the District’s central cellblock. He did so in [...]
Merry Christmas, DC
‘Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays To My Panda & Flickr Pals :)’
courtesy of ‘Dan Dan The Binary Man’
We know you don’t all celebrate Christmas. We don’t even all celebrate Christmas. But we all wish you a happy one, filled with the people you love and lots of joy and peace.
See you Monday.
Love,
The We Love DC [...]
