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We Love Holiday Weekends, December 24-26 (and more?)
‘White House Christmas 12′ courtesy of ‘afagen’ Rebecca: The day after Christmas will involve a trip to Two Amys for some simple mozzarella pizza done to perfection. Throw in some oven-roasted olives, deviled eggs with green sauce, salt cod croquettes and this will be one helluva holiday leftovers break. After the meal, I’ll stroll over to [...]
More »Pressed into service as a Metrobus navigator
‘taking the bus’ courtesy of ‘philliefan99′ Or, One More Thing an iPad is Good For There I was, waiting at the bus stop after work, staring at my phone while waiting for Nextbus to load. Nextbus said the H1 bus would arrive in 2 minutes, though the H1 tends to run on Inception time, so [...]
More »Some lion cubs, since you aren’t working anyway
Now that all the National Zoo’s lion cubs have reached the 12 week mark and had their checkups and vaccinations, they’re being allowed into the outside portion of the lion enclosure for a short time each day, usually between 12:30 and 1:30. Since winter is upon us, weather may restrict their ability to go outside [...]
More »We Love Weekends: December 18-19
‘(348/365)’ courtesy of ‘kimberlyfaye’ Carl: Friday I will take my beautiful girlfriend to Don and Darling Wife’s house for holiday festivities. Hopefully this year they won’t make me dive for anything in the outdoor pool. Two years ago I was promised full frontal nudity by another partygoer if I stayed but it never materialized, so [...]
More »Therapeutic Wikipedia Vandalism
‘shift’ courtesy of ‘nevermindtheend’ The Post’s Dan Steinberg brings us this screenshot of some kicking-them-when-they’re-down-style vandalism to the Redskins’ Wikipedia entry. The comparison of the Redskins’ on-field performance to certain sex acts has been repeatedly wiped out by automatic Wikipedia processes designed to thwart just such types of editing, and the IP address responsible for [...]
More »Metro employees blow off assault reports
‘Warp Speed Captain!’ courtesy of ‘Dan Dan The Binary Man’ TBD reports on an assault that happened on the Red Line Tuesday night on a train at Union Station. A group of teens had been getting increasingly rowdy while preparing to exit the train, and as the train idled, one turned and threw his gallon [...]
More »Council passes anti-SLAPP bill
‘Law Books’ courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’ As a DC resident who writes things on the Internet (and been threatened with frivolous lawsuits about it from time to time), I am gratified to note that in the DC Council’s legislative session on Tuesday, the Council passed the Anti-SLAPP Act of 2010. SLAPP stands for [...]
More »We Love Weekends, December 11-12
‘Indian Scarves’ courtesy of ‘Rukasu1′ Max: The weather is set to warm up a bit this weekend but I will still be hibernating as much as possible. I’ll be getting drunkfestive at a holiday party Friday night – hope nobody gets locked in the bathroom again this year! I’ll be going to the Albus Cavus Gala at The [...]
More »Eleventh Street Lounge comedy and food drive
’2010:282′ courtesy of ‘::FiZ::’ The venerable Clarendon Eleventh Street Lounge comedy open mic/showcase/nerd paradise has announced their final showcase of the year, and it is worth your time. The Lounge Lizards showcases are usually well put together, but this Thursday, newly-crowned organizer Chris Barylick seems to have called in pretty much everyone he knows- the [...]
More »Downtown Holiday Market opens today
‘Downtown Holiday Market Beads’ courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’ The Downtown Holiday Market returns this year, featuring a variety of local shop owners, crafters, and other businesses in an outdoor market format centered at 8th & F NW. The market is open daily from noon until 8, and will also have a pretty eclectic [...]
More »We Love Weekends, December 4-5
‘Holiday Market 1′ courtesy of ‘Tony DeFilippo’ Tom: This weekend is a big one. Friday night I’m seeing the band we talked about this fall, Atomic Tom at Jammin’ Java. I’m excited for our first Christmas in our new house, and that means we need a Christmas Tree. As it happens, Café Saint-Ex is having a Christmas Tree [...]
More »Relive your childhood at Wonderland Ballroom tonight
‘DC Meetups – 09-03-22 – Your Move’ courtesy of ‘mosley.brian’ Tonight at Wonderland Ballroom, at 7PM, relive your misspent youth with “Show & Tell: An Evening of Nostalgery from the 80′s and 90′s.” Hosted by Hillary Buckholtz, the event will feature TV theme singalongs, an 80′s/90′s dance party, trivia, toys, and snacks. And Buckholtz has [...]
More »More art Congressional Republicans should censor while they’re at it
‘The Darwin Sisters, Censored’ courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’ No doubt you’ve heard by now that some Congressional Republicans have been making a fuss over a Portrait Gallery exhibition that deals with gay and lesbian identity in the arts. One installation has been removed already, and no word yet if additional works will be taken down [...]
More »Your house was probably not a meth lab
‘meth_lab’ courtesy of ‘speedypete312′ As a recent homebuyer, the story of the Bristol, PA couple who bought their first home only to discover that it had previously been a meth lab is my personal nightmare. They discovered only too late that the DEA maintains a registry of former “clandestine laboratories,” reported by local law enforcement [...]
More »Get an early start on your cold weather freakout
‘Coffeeshop Googly Eyes’ courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’ December starts this week, which means it’s time for the area to begin its annual ritual of freaking the heck out about the weather. This Capital Weather Gang forecast contains a low-confidence prediction that there could possibly be a little bit of snow this Sunday. How was it [...]
More »Simmer down about the Arboretum azaleas, already
‘What’s around the bend?’ courtesy of ‘katieharbath’ Our friends at DCist join in the handwringing today that I thought was confined to the hysterical tones of neighborhood listserves- Yes, everyone. The National Arboretum is planning to take out several (up to 10,000) mature azalea shrubs due to the loss of some grant money used to [...]
More »We Give Thanks for DC
‘Thanksgiving Table With Food’ courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’ It has become a We Love DC Thanksgiving tradition to tell you what we’re thankful for in and around DC. Imagine us all around a candlelit table, counting our blessings over wine and turkey. Please join us in the comments. And remember, We Love DC [...]
More »Transit enthusiasts, fire up your RSS readers
’10 October 2010 – No 085′ courtesy of ‘B Jones Jr’ A friend casually mentioned last night that it looks like Metro’s planning office seemed to have a blog, but he wasn’t sure if it was real. DCist reminded me to check it out today, and it’s clearly far too straitlaced to be a hoax. [...]
More »Organic farm loses humane certification after animal care violations discovered
‘Zola on the Go Blackberries’ courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’ The story people were talking about on Twitter this morning, you know, before Metro went silent, was the organic farm that had supplied several DC restaurants turning out to be a pretty horrible place for animals after all. Black Eagle Farm, in rural Virginia, [...]
More »We Love Weekends: November 20-21
” courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’ Jenn: It seems like suddenly winter is here, so warm up with some hot jazz Saturday night with the Ravi Coltrane Quartet at the historic Sixth & I Synagogue. Coltrane is the son of jazz legends saxophonist John Coltrane and pianist Alice Coltrane, but he’s his own man [...]
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