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Shop for Food, Save Our River

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‘Great Falls in Flood- March 17 2010’
courtesy of ‘Roger Photos’

Hold on to your grocery list! Just in time for Earth Day, next Wednesday you can shop for groceries and restore our water, all at once!

Shop at any of the three DC Whole Foods locations — P Street, Georgetown, and Tenleytown — from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on April 21st, and 5% of the day’s profits will go to Potomac Riverkeeper.

Potomac Riverkeeper staff will be handing out hats, bumper stickers, and brochures to shoppers as well, so you can learn more about this great organization and how it keeps our river (and our drinking water) healthy and clean.

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Capital Drama (Or Not)

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‘Vogel & Kolbe’
courtesy of ‘bhrome’

The puck hasn’t even dropped for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals between the Caps and the Habs, and already Couch Boudreau is lit, according to a blog post by Mike Vogel.

In his morning press conference today, Boudreau blasted the media for making stuff up and creating drama where there is none. “Before I go further, I don’t have a problem answering any questions, but get it right – that’s all I ask of you,” Boudreau said. He was referencing erroneous reports that Nicklas Backstrom had been injured (he’s been bedridden with an illness) and that star forward Alex Ovechkin had beaned goalie Jose Theodore with a hard practice shot (it was actually Dave Steckel’s shot that gave Theodore a stinger). The mainstream media has also been making a big deal over Boudreau’s comments comparing Theodore’s record over the last 20 games to New Jersey’s Martin Brodeur and Buffalo’s Ryan Miller. “Don’t try to create the controversy if it’s not there. If we say the controversy it is there, but don’t try to create it by making [crap] up, or stuff up OK? That’s all I ask.”

Interestingly, it’s been the mainstream media overblowing the reports from practices, not area bloggers. While the frenetic obsession of the Montreal reporters is legendary in hockey circles, it’s sad that our local press isn’t much better.

Well, at least a few of us “second stringers” know better. Watch for my recap of tonight’s game tomorrow morning.

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Celebrate National High Five Day

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‘high five!’
courtesy of ‘hinagiku’

Taxes got you down? Well, here’s a “pick me up” for your enjoyment.

The third Thursday in April is National High Five Day, a holiday UVA started back in 2002.

Keep the festivities alive. Go lay one on your co-worker, classmate, significant other, stranger on the street, or fellow happy hour bar dweller. Anyone anywhere is fair game.

There’s nothing like paying it forward, right?

Need inspiration as to how to best execute your high five? Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat has a pretty good one to imitate.

Plus, if the Caps win, that’ll take the high fiving to a totally other level. Awesome.

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NORAD Fly-By Friday

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‘Etched Glass F-16’
courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’

This is a forewarning of loud noises to come. Just after midnight on Friday, NORAD will be executing a series of training flights over the District’s airspace.

The training flights will continue from midnight until 2 a.m. and then again from 4 a.m. to 6 a.m., according to WTOP.

What’ll be flying overhead? Air Force F-16 fighters, Civil Air Patrol aircrafts and Cost Guard HH-65 Dolphin helicopters.

Entertainment, Fun & Games, Life in the Capital, The Daily Feed
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Georgetown Gallery Gazing

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‘Staring at Lines’
courtesy of ‘Karon’

This Friday, April 16 from 5 to 8 p.m participating Georgetown gallery owners will open their doors with extended hours, welcoming people with art, music, libations, and nibbles. It’s all part of The Georgetown Gallery Gaze featuring fine art, wearable art to adorn, and artful patrons will be there. For a list of participating galleries, maps and more information, visit www.georgetowngallerygaze.com.

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Last chance for tickets! Let Teddy Win!

If you haven’t bought your ticket to join us for Let Teddy Win! at Nationals Park, make sure to get it before tomorrow at noon when ticket sales close.

The weather report is in, and Wednesday is looking mighty nice for a baseball game.

Join us at 5:30 p.m. on April 21 as we cheer on Nat’s mascot Teddy Roosevelt with the founder of LetTeddyWin.com, plus a behind the scenes tour of Nationals Park, Nats stadium character trivia, and prizes.

Let Teddy Win! Get your tickets now! This could finally be his big night. Continue reading →

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Two Seriously Injured In GU Fire

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‘In Case of an Emergency’
courtesy of ‘Samer Farha’

**Updated via Vox Populi @4:45pm — Georgetown Senior Vice President Spiros Dimolitsas wrote in an e-mail to the student body that the two workers who were burned are in stable condition. Two DPS officers also suffered from smoke inhalation, he said, and were treated and released early this morning. The equipment that started the fire was a floor stripper.

Early Thursday morning, a chemical fire broke out at the 221 New North building located on Georgetown University’s campus.  Vox Populi reports that two maintenance workers were cleaning with chemicals, when their tools overheated the chemicals and started the fire. D.C. Fire Department responded to the one room fire which was contained by the sprinkler system.

The two workers were taken to the Georgetown University Hospital with serious burns to their arms and faces, and their condition is reported as critical.

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Grammy-Award Winner Mary Chapin Carpenter To Receive Honor At Newseum

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‘Mary Chapin Carpenter’
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Grammy Award-winning recording artist Mary Chapin Carpenter will be receiving the “Spirit of Americana” Free Speech in Music Award at this Newseum Tuesday, April 27.

Carpenter will speak to her audience about her time spent as a musician and her career as whole before performing live that night, in conjunction Judy Collins and Rodney Crowell, starting at 7:30 in the Leonore and Walter Annenberg Theater.

Tickets are still available for the event and cost $25/general admission and $20/Newseum & Americana Music Association members.

All proceeds from the celebratory event support First Amendment education and the work conducted by the Americana Music Association.


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A DC Artist Raises Their Hand For District Voting Rights

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Living in DC is great. For all intensive purposes I love it (pun intended). But there’s one teeny, weeny detail that often gets overlooked by DC residents — our lack of presence in Congress.

That’s right. As some of your may or may not be aware of, District citizens lack congressional representation.  District artist Peter Krsko plans to raise awareness with his new campaign called “Give Me A Vote.”

WTOP reports that Krsko’s “Give Me A Vote” campaign will place 100 sculptures of a raised hand throughout our city to draw attention to the lack of representation in Congress.

The 3-foot, 5-foot, and 7-foot Fiberglas sculptures will be placed  next week and stay up for at least a month.

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Help Find This Puppy

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"charlie" courtesy of nbcwashington

Out of Prince William Country, VA comes a super upsetting story of a stolen pit bull puppy that was a high school graduation present to the owner’s daughter. The topper is that the puppy was taken right out of the owner’s vehicle.

According to NBCWashington, last Friday, the owner was parked outside a convenience store along Jefferson Davis Highway in Woodbridge. He left the pup in the car, went into the store for just two minutes, and when he went back to the car, the dog was gone.

The little fellas name is Charlie, he’s very friendly, is gray and white and was wearing a name tag. Anyone who may know anything about the dog’s disappearance should call Prince William County police at 703-792-6500.

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Goodbye Dorm, Hello Parking Garage?

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‘Snow Blown’
courtesy of ‘Tyrannous’

The residence hall at 2034 G Street on the GW campus is set to be demolished in order to make some room for a new parking garage/law school building.  I am deeply saddened by this news.  I spent an entire year of my graduate career studying this 3-story gem, selecting this building for my thesis because it was the only low-rise dormitory left on the entire campus, and most scholarly research suggests that high-rise, mall-like dorms can negatively impact a student’s physical and emotional well-being.  Although the residence hall had its problems, it needed to be renovated and made accessible, I am disappointed to see that GW has decided to take away the students only alternative on-campus living option.

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Family nutrition event April 22nd

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‘school lunch’
courtesy of ‘kroopsydaisy’

The “What’s In Your Kids’ Food?” campaign is hosting “Food for Thought” on April 22nd, a panel of local experts will do some education and provide some electronic resources for parents to help them shop better and model better food choices.  The event will be at the Ward 8 Parent and Child Resource Center in the M.C. Terrell Elementary school on April 22nd at 6:00 PM. It’s open to the public.

With all the attention being paid to school lunches because of Jamie Oliver’s show and Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move!” campaign, it’s nice to see some local-level activity designed around helping parents make better nutritional choices for their kids.

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A Little Busey With Your Barack

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‘busey’
courtesy of ‘spectabillis’

Thankfully, it’s not that often that Gary Busey and DC cross paths. However, the geniuses at http://barackandgary.tumblr.com/ have a lot of time on their hands and have photoshopped shots from the official White House Flickr stream with Busey’s head.  My personal favorite is the photo of Busey with Clinton, Gates and Obama. Classic. Not sure what the purpose of this project is, but it was a great way to start hump day.

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Free Coffee at Whole Foods


Whole Foods Market on P Street by Maryland Route 5

In case you’ve forgotten, April 15th is the only deadline you have as an adult, the day to send in your tax return.  Some of you may have done your taxes on January 1st in order to buy an iPad with your refund, but many others will be burning the midnight oil tonight to get them done.

If you fall into the latter group, I suggest you head over to Whole Foods to buy some organic toothpicks for keeping your eyelids open, as well as a free coffee.  That’s right, according to Free in DC, Whole Paycheck is giving away free coffee all day long on April 14th.  A free cup of joe.  You know you want it.

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Faulty Budget Data Led to DC Teacher Layoff

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‘Jerk City’
courtesy of ‘Smath.’

So, you remember how DC Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee laid off all those teachers, citing budgetary pressures? Yeah, so apparently the budgetary pressures were based on faulty data from the schools’ CFO, Noah Wepman. According to Councilman Harry Thomas’ (D-Ward 5) office, the schools CFO based the budget on an average teacher salary of $81,000, when the average salary of a DC teacher is $67,000. So now instead of a $43M deficit, there’s a $34M surplus, which will be used to pay for the new teacher contract rather than to reinstate the laid-off teachers.

I’d say I predict a big, screamy fight between the Council, Fenty, Rhee, and the Washington Teachers’ Union, but it seems cheap to predict laws of nature and pretend you’re insightful.

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Atlantic blogger hates DC real estate, is welcomed to the club.

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‘Assessment’
courtesy of ‘christaki’

There’s been a lot of chatter today among DC bloggers about Megan McArdle’s post on Atlantic.com about the trouble she’s had in finding a house to purchase in the District.

DCist indicates that there are plenty of great houses for sale in the $1M+ range! With tongue planted firmly in cheek, I think. IMGoph at District Curmudgeon points out that there are plenty of great houses in neighborhoods whose lower desirability is probably over-inflated in the minds of buyers. Continue reading →

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Seven thousand bucks worth of gluttony

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‘Fudgie the Whale’
courtesy of ‘barron’

Remember when Paul pledged to shove an entire Fudgie the Whale ice cream cake into his piecakehole for charity? Well the end total raised for the Arlington Food Bank was $7270.12. They raised $3655.06 in donations and the AFB’s matching arrangement from the Feinstein Foundation doubled that.

And I know, that math isn’t right – twice $6555 is 7310, not 7270, so I think someone forgot to carry a 1. Artists, pfft. But who cares? That’s mad charity bank right there any way you slice it. Nice work, guys.

You could thank them – and treat yourself – by going to see them at the Wolf Trap Barns later this month.