Archive for the ‘The District’ Category
Why I Love DC
‘All quiet on the western front…’
courtesy of ‘kimberlyfaye’
I first moved to the United States from a suburb of Toronto, Ontario, Canada in the summer of 1997. My first foray into the country brought me to Los Angeles/Beverly Hills, which was a culture shock and half. After only a year, I moved to Boston, where I, [...]
DCRA Maps Out Legal Fireworks Stands
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DCRA has put together a useful map of all the city’s legal fireworks locations, so that if you’re looking for a few fun pyrotechnics to make your weekend a little more awesome, you can find the legal stuff. Fireworks are pretty carefully regulated in DC [...]
Love DC? Prove it.
‘arm with obscured dc flag tattoo, dupont circle’
courtesy of ‘JamesCalder’
While some of us partied last night in honor of our fair city (and this here blogz), others of us get a little,uh,more permanent with our love.
DC Concierge, Shana Glickfield, unveils her collection of DC tattoo photographs on the tumblr site District Love. While you’re pretending [...]
Obama Ate Here
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Alex Nicholson at Brightest Young Things has put together a Google Map of where President Obama has eaten, so that if you want to get your eat on in the presence of where greatness stood once, you can do so. While I think the whole “No really, [...]
Paolo’s Georgetown Catches Fire
‘Paolo’s Ristorante’
courtesy of ‘john w’
At around 10pm Saturday night, Paolo’s Ristorante on the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and N Street NW caught on fire. I happened to be sitting across the street having a drink at Martin’s Tavern, when I noticed black smoke billowing out the back roof of the restaurant; shortly thereafter we saw flames. [...]
Why I Love DC: Kirk
‘Pointy Houses in a Row’
courtesy of ‘Bill Jones Jr’
“Creative people have LA and stylish people have NYC,” said a person that I met at the bar. “Nerds like you and I, we’ve got Washington. It’s our city, man.” Flippant, yes, but philosophical at the same time. This stranger that sat down next to me on [...]
Fenty on the Death Toll Count Problems
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Mayor Fenty, in the Tuesday morning news conference at the site of the Metro crash, cited a figure of 7 dead, a number that had been reported by all the media earlier in the morning as 9 dead. Now, we have an explanation from the mouth of the Mayor, [...]
More »It’s Our Party, We’ll <3 DC If We Wanna
‘Hearts on Yellow Wall’
courtesy of ‘M.V. Jantzen’
Hey! The coolest people in DC all have plans on Wednesday night, July 1st. They’ll all be hanging out at the Science Club, celebrating the first birthday of this here blog. And you’ll be there, right? Of course you will, cause you’re a mighty cool kid!
In addition to some [...]
Metro Derailment, Collision at Fort Totten, 6 Dead
Courtesy of WUSA-9 via Twitter & Flickr
Courtesy of NBC Washington via Twitter & Flickr
Shortly after 5pm today, two Metro Red Line trains collided just outside the Fort Totten Metro station. Systemwide delays in the middle of rush hour are now to be expected. It’s not clear at this time if there were any [...]
Where We Live: Mount Pleasant
‘Shrine of the Sacred Heart’
courtesy of ‘NCinDC’
The diverse and eclectic Mount Pleasant neighborhood is the topic of this week’s Where We Live. It was once a streetcar suburb and is now a mix of housing types with a main street of its own. It has great access to downtown and is right in between Adams [...]
Sports on the Hill: Youth Sports As They Should Be
‘get coach! 2′
courtesy of ‘popofatticus’
Last week, Sports on the Hill, nee’ Soccer on the Hill, held the first-ever volunteers and coaches recognition dinner in its 25-year history. As a newbie coach of a U-13 co-ed soccer team with the league, I sat quietly at the dinner and listened as the history of the league and [...]
Why I Love DC: Shannon
‘dupont circle-6′
courtesy of ‘dr_kim_veis [''o ]‘
Ever since I joined We Love DC a few months back, I have been looking forward to writing this post. I’m pretty much a DC fanatic and absolutely love living here, so this list could go on and on. Lucky for you, I’ve narrowed it down to my five favorite [...]
Foodie Round-Up (June 8-12th)
‘foodie blogger damage done’
courtesy of ‘needlessspaces’
Hi Kids! It’s actually sunny out there today! Whee! What a dismal week we’ve had. But that’s okay, brushing it off, let’s talk food for a while. Not a super-busy week, but there have been some notable tidbits round here. So, without further ado, a new mixologist for Proof, wine [...]
Holocaust Museum shooting press conference imminent
PostHunt09-47
courtesy of Me
There’s going to be a press conference about yesterday’s shooting any moment now. You can tune in to any local station or the major cable news networks to watch, though at the moment NBC4 is talking about the slain guard and CNN Is discussing hate crimes in general.
Update [11:15]: Clearly ‘imminent’ means different [...]
DC Mythbusting: “Lobbyist” Coined at Willard Hotel
‘WASHINGTON 2-35′
courtesy of ‘chantoozie’
Welcome to another edition of DC Mythbusting! This week we’ll be busting the myth of the term ‘lobbyist’. The legend that I’ve heard countless times in the District is that the term ‘lobbyist’ originated at the Willard Hotel when Ulysses S. Grant was in office (1869-1877). Apparently President Grant would frequent the [...]
Where We Live: Southwest Waterfront
‘The Forgotten City’
courtesy of ‘M.V. Jantzen’
Hello and welcome to another edition of Where We Live. This week we’ll be checking out the smallest quadrant in the District, Southwest. Can you imagine city planners essentially wiping out an entire neighborhood and starting from scratch? Well, that’s what planners did to this area back in the 1950s. [...]
Getaways: Rehoboth Beach
‘Sandy Palimpsest’
courtesy of ‘M.V. Jantzen’
From boardwalks, to seafood, to sandy stretches to outlet shopping, Rehoboth Beach in Delaware has everything you could ask for in a beach. Three of my friends and I recently struck out for a relaxing escape-our-stressful-jobs girls weekend.
We’re twentysomethings on budgets, so we stayed at the Atlantis Inn. Clean, no frills, [...]
