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Free-for-all ends tomorrow

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‘The Taming of the Shrew’
courtesy of ‘hans s’

We’ve reached the last three performances of the Washington Shakespeare Company’s Free-for-all production of The Taming of the Shrew. Tonight and tomorrow night at 8pm and a 2pm matinee tomorrow. In all three cases the box office will start issuing tickets two hours before showtime (ie, 6pm for the evening shows and noon for the matinees) but lines start forming well before then. Their webpage says lines are starting two hours before the box office opens; less clear is how late you can show up and still get a seat.

It’s not a minor time commitment, but for a company and venue that charges upwards of $70 for seats it’s not a bad compensation rate for your time. I haven’t been yet but D.C. Theater scene liked the production. Some of their commenters were less enthusiastic but a WSC employee showed up to share a useful tidbit: season ticket holders were allowed to reserve seats for weekday performances but not weekends, so there should be more seats to go around these last three showings.

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White House Farmer’s Market Opens Next Week!

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‘Carrots’
courtesy of ‘staceyviera’

According to the Washington Post, the Farmer’s Market on Vermont between McPherson and Lafayette Squares has been approved, which is great news. It opens next week, so now’s the time to find a sturdy bag to protect your veggies on the way home. The even cooler news is that food stamps, WIC, and Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Coupons will have double value at this market. While I observe that there are plenty of fresh produce bargains to be had at farmers’ markets already, this is a great step in making healthier food habits more accessible to our low-income neighbors.

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Foodie Round-Up (Sept. 7th-11th)

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‘That’s Hot’
courtesy of ‘staceyviera’

Is it just me, or is today quite possibly the worst Friday in recent months? Between the significance of the day, some massive MASSIVE “exercise training” fails, and general crankiness, I’m just not feeling it. But you know what makes me feel better? Food. So without much other pomp and circumstance, here’s all the news fit to eat in the District this week. Continue reading →

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Prince of Petworth’s New Work Wardrobe: Pajamas

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‘IMG_6430’
courtesy of ‘abbybatchelder’

It’s a long-standing joke on the We Love DC authors mailing list about how much better life would be if we could all just quit our jobs and work on the site full time. Prince of Petworth’s Dan Silverman is now living the blogger dream; he’s quit his job to run PoP full time.

We have nothing to add except our congratulations, and also our intense jealousy. Good for you, Dan!

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Gay Marriage Bill Expected This Fall

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‘Capital Pride Parade’
courtesy of ‘spiggycat’

Councilman David Catania (At-Large, I) has gathered ten co-sponsors for a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage in the District of Columbia, according to the Post. The bill, called “Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Equality Amendment Act of 2009” would likely move forward early in the Fall term. Due to the nature of Congress’ involvement, shenanigans are certainly expected, and I’m pretty sure that Bishop Harry Jackson, faux DC resident, won’t let this go unmolested, either. So get ready to hear all about a bunch of outsiders trying to get up in the District’s business.

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Coast Guard Exercise on the Potomac Scares the Shit out of Everyone Needlessly

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‘Potomac Policeboat’
courtesy of ‘diskychick’

According to CNN, a Coast Guard boat on the Potomac river was involved in a confrontation with another boat on the river and fired approximately 10 shots on the craft as it neared a security zone near the Pentagon where President Obama was speaking this morning. This one’s still breaking, not sure what’s happened yet.

Update, 10:37am: Yeah, the whole thing was an exercise. No shots were fired, and CNN’s reports seem to be inaccurate. Mark Knoller of CBS News was part of the Presidential Motorcade and confirms nothing happened during the trip back over the river. In addition, WUSA 9 spoke with DC Police Information and confirmed this was just an exercise. Nothing happened here.

Thanks again, CNN!

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In Memoriam

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‘Pentagon Memorial’
courtesy of ‘jjgardner3’

8 years ago, 19 men bent on murder captured airplanes carrying civilians and ran them into buildings. Two planes crashed in New York, one crashed in Pennsylvania, and one more here in our area, into the wall of the Pentagon. 64 men and women aboard Flight 77, and 125 more inside the Pentagon, were turned to so much ash as the plane obliterated a large section of the building.

Today, we remember their deaths as tragedy. Those lives, and the thousands more who died in New York and Pennsylvania, weigh heavy on us all today. We bear their loss as a scar; it has begun to heal, but shall always leave us marked.

This will be the only tribute to those deaths on this site today. We do not wish to define our city by this day or this disaster, nor should we hold it up to claim victimhood and suffering any longer. We mourn the departed, though it is time to reclaim who we are and continue to rebuild. A year to the day after the crash, repairs were completed at the Pentagon. It is true that you can reconstruct a building faster than you can reconstruct your life, but we must get beyond the viscera of the event. We honor the day, but do not let it own us. Our calendar shall run normally today. If you are moved to leave memories of the day’s events, please leave them here.

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All Hands on Deck Violates Union Contract

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‘big tent event’
courtesy of ‘philliefan99’

An arbitrator has ruled that the police’s All Hands on Deck Policy is a violation of DC Law and the Police Union Contract, and ordered that the MPD stop using the strategy until they can work out the issues at hand. The arbitrator’s ruling, if it stands, would drastically affect the ability of the MPD to call up officers for extra duty without properly bargaining with the FOP Union. The MPD will also have to pay back overtime due the officers who worked extra shifts during AHOD.

Chief Lanier will likely appeal the ruling, but is already saying that AHOD will continue.

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Free burgers and rides for some on Monday

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‘a vegan is crying…………….’
courtesy of ‘LaTur’

On Monday – at undisclosed times and locations – McDonalds representatives will be outside metro stops handing out coupons for transit fares and McD’s new-ish angus burgers. Although Reuters claims the city specifics won’t be announced till the day before, we just got a release from a local PR firm indicating that it’ll happen in our area at 10 undisclosed metro stops on the 14th. Keep your eyes peeled if you want a freebie but don’t expect them to last long – the press release indicates there’s 3,500 burger coupons and another 3,500 free ride vouchers to go around across the 10 mystery locations.

Just to put that in perspective, 700,000 people rode the metro on Tuesday and the start of this week’s work week. So if you do manage to beat the less than 1 in 8 odds of being at a station where the handout is happening, strike while the iron’s hot.

I mean, not literally. Don’t HIT the person handing out coupons. That’s just rude.

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We’re Rooting for (Steroids for) Teddy!

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‘Teddy at Nats Game’
courtesy of ‘travelcorx’

Poor, Teddy. You used that giant head of yours to muster up a plan to use That Darn Cat to help you cheat and win, but someone foiled you. We hope you found that rat and fed him to the Cat.

If you’re just tuning in, Tuesday night’s President’s Race at the National’s game was unfairly won by Teddy, who has never won a single President’s race (just LOOK at his excitement on the jumbo screen – captured by WLDC author Corinne).

Teddy employed That Darn Cat to tackle Abe and Tom. However, after watching the video several times, I’m fairly certain that Abe and Tom willingly fell to the ground. Watch the video for yourself. It seems they were prepared and, dare I say, “In” on the scheme. Perhaps they wanted Teddy to win, too? Continue reading →

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Another Metro Employee Injured, Delays on Blue and Yellow Lines

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‘joy.’
courtesy of ‘nevermindtheend’

It’s just not been a good summer for Metro. Exactly a month ago, a Metro employee was killed while performing maintenance on the Orange line, and today, word comes that another Metro employee was struck by a train between Braddock Road and National Airport stations this morning.

If you’re travelling on the yellow or blue lines, prepare for major delays for the rest of the day: service has been suspended between Braddock Road and National Airport.  The blue and yellow lines are both split into two segments, with free shuttle bus service between King Street, Braddock Road, and National Airport stations.

Update: As of 12:43 PM, normal service has resumed on the yellow and blue lines.  No updates on the injured Metro employee except that he was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.

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Star Wars at Canal Park Tonight!

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‘Waiting for the Movie to Start’
courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’

Many thanks to DC Intraspective for pointing out that the Capitol Riverfront BID is sponsoring movie nights in the Fall at Canal Park near the Navy Yard Metro. This week’s flick is Star Wars, which will air in its classic glory tonight at 7:30. Now, I’m not sure if they’re showing the re-issue or the original, but I do know that I’ll only go if Han shoots first.

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Bright Ideas for Lower Bills

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‘Light Bulbs’
courtesy of ‘Marionaire’

If you want to lower your electric bill, try some simple changes to make your place more energy efficient. This really does work; the changes I made dropped my usage by 18%.

On Saturday from 10 to 2, you can find out how at a Green Your Home Expo on UDC’s outdoor plaza. There, you can learn about various ways to save energy in your own home. They’ll also have live jazz, bicycle eco-tours and farmers market goodies.

And since buildings account for nearly 40% of all carbon dioxide emissions in the US, while you’re lowering your own bill, you’ll also be doing good for the planet.

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Metro to Pull In $25m for Ballston Property

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‘The 10B’
courtesy of ‘Aaron Webb’

The Metro board is expected to approve the sale of the Ballston bus garage property for $25 million at their 9/24 meeting. At just over 4 acres, it will become part of the property that will be home to the new DARPA building. Check out the past WLDC article about the building here. Talk about a way to make some quick cash! Does this mean no fare increases for a few years? Hah. Right.

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Tourist Season Projected to Last for Next 25 Years

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‘see no evil’
courtesy of ‘spiggycat’

Just when we thought tourist season was winding down, this week Dan Brown, author of The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons, is releasing his latest book The Lost Symbol, a fictional novel about Masonic symbolism in Washington, DC.

While Freemasonry is a fascinating part of DC’s history, Brown’s typical mention of imagined artifacts is expected to majorly increase traffic at the local historical sites that he describes in the book. Their names have not yet been released, but a few, like the Masonic Temple in Alexandria, can obviously see it coming. I wonder if he used the mini map of the city at Freedom Plaza? Continue reading →

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Pay Me Rent, Peons!

395 ownage

Yesterday was the launch date of a new online game, Monopoly City Streets. It’s the classic Monopoly game played over Google Maps and is pretty cool in concept – buy any street in the world, build property, collect rent daily and plant hazards on other players’ properties to become a virtual Donald Trump.

The company apparently wasn’t prepared yesterday for the overwhelming demand; after nearly 36 hours of (in)frequent attempts, I managed to finally log in and register. Unfortunately, most of DC has already been purchased by several lucky players but I did manage to snag a key property – the Potomac crossing of I-395. I had just enough Monopoly money to plant a building as well.

No word on if I can modify the tower with gun emplacements and rocket launchers, however.

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More Ghost Bikes Appear in Dupont

In what appears to be an overreaction to the removal of the Alice Swanson Ghost Bike Memorial at 20th and R Streets NW, sixteen twenty-two new ghost bikes have been placed around the intersection this morning.  We haven’t seen a formal statement from the Washington Area Bicyclist Associate so it’s hard to say who’s responsible for this demonstration.  There are many different types and sizes of bikes scattered around, but none of them are locked down except for the bike that is located where the original memorial was.  We’d love to hear from you if you know who’s responsible and what their message may be, but it’s safe to say that these bikes won’t be around for long.  More awesome camera phone photos after the jump.

Update: According to this “quickly done” blog, the project is the work of “DC native, cyclist, and anarchist Legba Carrefour”.  The site claims that if the bike is removed by the city again, “We’ll put it back again.  And Again.  And again.”

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Grabbing tomatoes on the way to the Metro is awesome.

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‘Heirlooms’
courtesy of ‘lorigoldberg’

FreshFarm Markets has applied for a permit to close Vermont Ave. between Lafayette and McPherson Squares on Thursdays from 1-8pm for a Farmer’s market. Personally, I think a weekday market more accessible than Dupont Circle is a fantastic idea, especially since it would be situated right in front of a Metro on a block that hardly anyone drives on, but you know, blah blah blah, traffic, the White House may or may not be involved, and in a political climate where people freak out because the President of the United States tells children they should study hard and stay in school, heaven forfend anyone named Obama should endorse eating more fresh fruits and vegetables.

Anyway, I think it’s a great idea. How about you? Is this your route home every day?

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Happy Birthday, DCist


homemade cupcakes by staceyviera

We here at We Love DC would like to say happy birthday to our interweb neighbors at DCist who turned five today.  That’s like fifty years old in Internet years!  I’d like to personally thank them for their Photo of the Day feature that helped energize my interest in photography, and no doubt countless other photographers.  Between their Unbuckled concerts, their annual DCist Exposed photography show, and their great local news coverage, well, they go above and beyond the call of duty.  Happy Birthday, DCist.  We’ll understand if your Morning Roundup hits sometime around noon tomorrow.

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Ovechkin in 2014

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‘Alexander Ovechkin’
courtesy of ‘Keith Allison’

The 2010 Olympics in Vancouver aren’t even here and already we may have a battle coming for the 2014 games in Sochi, Russia. But it’s shaping up to be not country vs. country, but Ovechkin vs. NHL.

Ovie told ESPN.com during an interview today that he will risk suspension and play for his country regardless of whether the NHL is formally involved or not.

“Nobody can say to me you can’t play for your country in the Olympic Games,” Ovechkin said.

The NHL has no commitment to take part in the Olympic games after next year’s celebration, which has some players questioning what to do. “I’ll go play in the Olympic Games for my country. If somebody says to me you can’t play, see ya.”

Even if it meant suspension by the Caps? Continue reading →