‘Setting up at Rock and Roll Hotel’
courtesy of ‘dcjasmine’

I do love the dance parties, and another one has recently hit the scene: Beat Market, every Thursday at Rock and Roll Hotel. DJs Doc Rok and Cold Case become the duo “Stocks N BondZ” (hilarious) to spin hip hop, old school, breaks, and funk in the upstairs Hotel Bar. Best part: it’s free, plus rail drinks are $3 from 6-10pm!

In case the photo is too small for you to tell, that sign is outside the fire station in South Arlington, on Wilson Boulevard. It looks like Peter Griffin in a fireman’s getup, with a big porno moustache, about to put Stewie into a bathtub. The family dog Brian, mysteriously missing part of his nose, is following the sign’s advice to “test the water before putting baby in.”

Let me tell you what happens when a We Love DC writer sees a sign like this. Tom takes a photo of it with his iPhone and emails it to the group, saying only, “WTF?!” The conversation then proceeds like this (verbatim, from the We Love DC authors mailing list): Continue reading →

‘View from the Top’
courtesy of ‘JulieLG’

Last month, we told you about Google’s plan to reach non-driveable places with its new Street View Trike.  They asked for submissions through the end of October, and two DC locations have made the cut.  The National Mall and the Capital Crescent Trail are both finalists, and now the public gets to vote on the winners.  I think both of these places are great, and featuring them on Google Street View would open them up to people across the country.  Plus, I secretly hope that if the National Mall wins, they’ll take the trike up to the top of the Washington Monument and do a panoramic view from up there.  How cool would that be?

Anyway, you have until Monday, November 30 to vote here.

‘Bigotry is gay’
courtesy of ‘JP Puerta’

Carrie Prejean, whose 15 minutes of fame started on the Miss USA pageant when she told Perez Hilton that she is against legalizing gay marriage because “that’s just how I was raised,” is currently squeeeeeezing a few extra minutes out of her time in the spotlight on a book tour. She was all set to come to DC to address the Luce Policy Institute on the tour, but then just an hour before the event was to start, organizers had to call all the attendees personally to tell them it was canceled. Something to do with a disastrous appearance on Larry King the night before, maybe?

In any case, I’m perfectly happy she won’t be gracing District audiences with her presence. Beyond the simple fact that we disagree on gay marriage, which is not all that remarkable in itself, I find her infuriating for two specific reasons:

1. She seems to think that “how I was raised” is an acceptable justification for proscribing others’ behavior.

2. She created a situation in which Perez-freaking-Hilton had to be taken seriously.

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courtesy of ‘erin m’

Well, if you didn’t get tickets to the National Tree lighting maybe you can console yourself by getting an early look at the Capitol’s tree. It’s all over the Arizona news because they’re putting their grubby hands over it before it comes to us.

No, I’m not bitter because it’s 75 degrees and dry there while I’m starting a moss and mushroom farm in my backyard here. Why?

Anyway, the tree makes stops to let people gawk at it in Peoria, Glendale and Phoenix. Did you have any idea that people in the origin state cared this much about the trees they send us? I’m not sure I have ever gone to look at the Capitol tree on purpose and I’ve got a month to do it.

‘Jerk Festival ’09’
courtesy of ‘Bob B. Brown’

The Washington Post’s OnFaith column reports that the Catholic Archdioces has told DC government that they’ll pack up their social programs if they’re put in a position where they have to extend benefits to same-sex married couples.

Councilmember Catania expresses my thoughts on this pretty succinctly: “If they find living under our laws so oppressive that they can no longer take city resources, the city will have to find an alternative partner to step in to fill the shoes.”

‘Jerk Festival ’09’
courtesy of ‘Bob B. Brown’

I wish passiveagressivenotes or their submitter had specified exactly where in Herndon this happened. I have to be out there once in a while and I’d just as soon avoid a place with dining companions like this.

I am inspired to modify my favorite moment from Heathers.

Doesn’t this cafeteria have a “No Fatties Allowed” rule?
Well they, uh, seem to have an open door policy for assholes though, don’t they?

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Fritz at GOG pointed out that Luke’s Wings will be hosting a happy hour tonight at Rhino Bar in Georgetown, with proceeds ($10 via Luke’s Wings or $15 at the door) going to Luke’s Wings to help get the families of those injured in the attack to visit their loved ones in the hospital and during their recovery. The cause is worthy, and the cost is small. Pay tribute, and buy a soldier a beer while you’re there.