Archive for the ‘Life in the Capital’ Category
Census: 48% of DC Households Are Single-Occupant
From Fortune, based on data from the 2010 Census: DC has more single-occupant households than any other major US city. DC’s 48% of households is even higher than Manhattan’s 46%.
Are you the 48%?
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Breaking Down The Sh*t DC Says Video
What’s really great about a viral meme based on stereotypes is that it can be easily replicated. The problem about a viral meme based on stereotypes is that it can easily be replicated.
We roared at My New Haircut, laughed at My New Haircut: Asian Edition, groaned at My New Haircut: Irish Edition.
So when Shit Girls [...]
Best of: DC Protests 2011
Occupy DC – In the Capitol’s Shadow 2
courtesy of theqspeaks
It’s been the year of the protestor in DC, and that’s after a 2010 filled with Tea Parties and Rallies for Sanity. We’ve seen protestors on our walks to work, outside and inside our memorials, sitting in the middle of the street and, yes, in [...]
Flex your rights, redux
Radly Balko talks today about Terrance Crossland’s failed appeal over his arrest and conviction for assault on a police officer. Which sounds like a pretty slam-dunk Bad Action, though maybe marginally less so when you discover it came after an inappropriate detention and search.
The officers, who were in full uniform, stopped appellant and his cousin [...]
Sunday Sketchbook 12/18/11
Sunday Sketchbook is a new series by Lauren of My Closet in Sketches. Peer into her notes on “Style by Hood”…
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Good Morning, December
‘Cheverly – Rabbit – 7-31-08′
courtesy of ‘mosley.brian’
‘Bunny’
courtesy of ‘jsprig’
Rabbit, rabbit.
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Pet blood donation
‘Vet Visit’
courtesy of ‘captainpancakes’
Yes. This exists. Apparently. Who knew?
Well, Gene Weingarten knew. At the closing of his chat today he posted this call to action:
Molly’s veterinary clinic, one of the largest in the Washington area, is running low on cat and dog blood. They desperately need donors. They are the VCA Veterinary Referral clinic, at [...]
ESPN Zone Arcade Game Auction
‘ESPN Zone’
courtesy of ‘darkensiva’
Via Thrillist this morning, the now-closed ESPN Zone is auctioning off pretty much all of their arcade games and the going prices aren’t bad. Knowing the WeLoveDC audience, I figured there would be some of you out there interested in getting your gaming hands on some of these classics. Aside from the [...]
Insert congressional/presidential rollover joke here
A car overturned on Connecticut ave today; Mike Riggs has a picture over here. As DCist’s Aaron Morrissey points out we’ve had them in the area during dry weather before – on the same ave, even.
If you’re less interested in this specific incident than the “how the hell do you manage that anyway” question then How Stuff [...]
Brooks Brothers Opens On Georgetown Strip
This year’s latest addition to the Georgetown shopping scene is New York based Brooks Brothers which takes over the former Pottery Barn and Smith Hawken spaces on the corner of M & 31st Street NW. When I attended their grand opening party last week, I had completely underestimated how large this combined location would be. [...]
More »DC Mourns Steve Jobs At Apple Store
If you walk by the Georgetown Apple Store, you’ll find that to left of the store’s entrance, DC Apple lovers have created an impromptu memorial to Steve Jobs filled with posters, letters, flowers and many apples. Personally, I found these tributes to be the purest and most genuine expressions of how Mr. Jobs and his [...]
More »We Are The Redskins. We Are The Redskins’ Fans. Just One Big Family.
They just don’t make videos like this anymore. I wish Dan Snyder would organize a remake; I’d love to see Okrapo, Grossman, Fletcher and co. in their best 80s entire.
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CB2 Fall Line: Space May Be Limited, But It Can Still Be Chic
Continuing on the heels of my Etsy Round Up: Washington DC feature apartment decorating finds, I ventured over the CB2 in Georgetown recently to check out their Fall 2011 collection. The latest and greatest from this Create&Barrel and Land of Nod, “affordable” sister shop centers on providing innovative, space saving options for DC’s small apartment, [...]
More »Etsy Round Up: Washington DC
Oh. My. Goodness. I <3 me some Etsy and the authentic, amazingly beautiful items available on the website; it’s a place I go to for inspiration amd a little break from the monotony of life. To spread the love on DC Residents Day, I’ve combed Etsy to find the latest and [...]
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 and involves [...]
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 anything to [...]
Sick DC Time-Lapse
If the above doesn’t work for you here’s a direct link to the District 1.5 : HDR Time-lapse from Drew Geraci.
Via the power of the interwebs, I stumbled across this awesome HDR time-lapse by Drew Geraci. The shots were taken over a 3 day period, during which Geraci was stopped 9 times by the National Parks [...]
Quick Contest: BLT Cooking Class
Happy Friday everyone! In celebration of the end of the week, BLT Steak and WeLoveDC are giving away two seats for this Saturday’s (aka tomorrow’s) South American Asado cooking class. The two hour plus class will be held at BLT Steak, starts at 12:30pm and features in-depth instruction from Executive Chef Victor Albisu on how [...]
More »DC’s Dolcezza On Today’s The View at 11am
‘Dolcezza 6156′
courtesy of ‘yospyn’
Huzzah! DC’s very own Dolcezza will be on ABC’s “The View” today at 11am and we’ll get to see owners Robb and Violeta Duncan chumming it up with Whoopi, Sherri, Joy, Elizabeth and Babs. I can only assume they’ll be talking about: 1) Gelato–in particular their seasonal summer flavors (Peach, Pineapple Cilantro, [...]
