Posts Tagged ‘dc’

Real Housewives of D.C.

‘Lincoln’s Cottage Southern Exposure’ courtesy of ‘christaki’ Bravo has announced that the Real Housewives of D.C will premiere on the network August 5th at 9 PM.  The  cast will include Catherine Ommanney, Lynda Erkiletian (founder of T.H.E Artist Agency, or as Bravo puts it, “one of the top modeling agents in D.C.” — Bravo, how [...]

SOHO – A Space of Her Own

‘Butterfly Girl’ courtesy of ‘katieharbath’ You are cordially invited to join The Art League & The Alexandria Court Service Units SOHO’s celebratory art exhibit this Thursday, June 10th at 5:30. SOHO - Space of Her Own is an art-based program that serves 5th grade girls “by providing yearlong mentoring through engagement in creative art activities and [...]

Cyclist Struck Twice and Killed in Southeast DC

‘Ghost Bike’ courtesy of ‘eldan’ Sad news to start out the week: Friday night around 10:45, David Haywood Williams was riding his bike along Southern Avenue SE when he was struck by two separate cars and killed.  The driver of the first car stopped, but the driver of the second car sped off when paramedics [...]

DC Mythbusting: City of Neighborhoods

’11th Street NW Rowhouses’ courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’ Washington DC is a city of neighborhoods, many of which the tourists who visit our fair city never really experience. But the unique neighborhoods of the District are what make it special– the beautiful rowhouses in Capitol Hill, the commercial centers in Penn Quarter and [...]

First Look: Behind the Design, Buddha Bar DC

There is nothing understated about Buddha Bar. From the moment you find yourself standing in front of two enormous, yet intricately detailed, iron-clad gates, reading the brand’s etched signage, you just know that you are about to embark on a rather exceptional experience. The play on monumental proportions continues once you step inside the door.  [...]

Thomas O’Brien at the Corcoran Tonight

‘Corcoran Gallery of Art’ courtesy of ‘dcjasmine’ Tonight at 7 PM, interior designer Thomas O’Brien will be giving a talk at the Corcoran, discussing his new book American Modern (Abrams, 2010), a survey of seven of his most influential projects.  O’Brien is the founder and President of Aero Studios, one of America’s most influential design [...]

A We Love DC Interview: ArchitectDesign

Image Credit: National City, Stefan Hurray of ArchitectDesign D.C. is home to its share of blogs and bloggers, and our passions cover a wide range of topics.  Residential architect, Stefan Hurray of ArchitectDesign focuses his writing on architecture, design, and travel – often times, sharing with loyal readers some of the inspiration he finds in [...]

Peter Max in DC

‘Peter Max’ courtesy of ‘brew ha ha’ Pop Icon Peter Max will be in DC this weekend.  Making two appearances at the Wentworth Galleries tomorrow, April 24th. Max is known for his bold colors and ‘psychedelic’ imagery of american culture. This weekend’s show will feature 100-plus pieces of art – ranging from his well known [...]

We Love Music: The Wedding Present @ The Black Cat 4/9/10

courtesy of Frank Bors Jr. This year marks the twentieth anniversary of The Wedding Present’s seminal, break-up album, “Bizarro“; and to celebrate, band founder David Gedge is touring the U.S. playing the album in full. On Friday night The Wedding Present stopped in at The Black Cat to play a handful of non-”Bizarro” tracks and [...]

We Love Music: Serena Maneesh @ DC9 4/7/10

courtesy of Serena Maneesh. Norwegian, neo-shoegazer, wunderkinds Serena Maneesh (finally!) returned to the DC area on Wednesday night when they played a painfully short but brilliant set at DC9. It has been four long years since Serena Maneesh first brought their mammoth live sound to our area; when they played to an embarrassingly small crowd [...]

We Love Music: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ 9:30 Club 4/5/10

courtesy of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club rumbled into town on Monday night to subject a sold-out 9:30 Club to a shock and awesome display of rock-n-roll annihilation. Touring in support of their latest long-player, “Beat the Devil’s Tattoo“, BRMC embraced that album’s raw power style to play a set that was [...]

DC Bag Tax Nets $150,000 For Anacostia River Clean Up

‘Reusable Giant Bags’ courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’ The District’s 5-cent bag tax, which started in January 2010,  netted approximately $150,000 during its first month of enactment. According to the D.C. Office of Tax and Revenue, only 3 million bags were issued in the month of January compared to 2009′s 22.5 million bags per [...]

International Pillow Fight Day

” courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’ I guess that early spring is the time international activity days.  Last week we had Kite Day, which was awesome, and this week we have Pillow Fight Day, which will probably be more awesome.  Capitol Improv is organizing a massive gathering on the mall on Saturday to [...]

DC From Space

“Washington DC” image from Astronaut Soichi Noguchi Smile!  Soichi Noguchi just caught you on film.  He’s a Japanese astronaut on the International Space Station, and he takes photos of various places from space and posts them to his fantastic twitter feed, @Astro_Soichi.  He has posted hundreds of images of the Earth, and yesterday he posted [...]

2010 National Mutt Census Fails DC Dogs

‘DH dog giggle animated avatar’ courtesy of ‘Generic Brand Productions’ This really rubs me the wrong way. The 2010 National Mutt Census, intended for mixed-breed dogs only, allows DC mutt owners to submit their data, but when it comes time to locate DC on the U.S. map and see the summary of DC mutt statistics, [...]

We Love Arts: Josef Albers

Josef Albers, “Homage to the Square: Glow,” (1966). From the Hirshhorn’s collection. “We must teach each other… education is not first giving answers but giving questions.”  – Josef Albers Abstract art is void of narrative.  The composition often speaks only through the viewers mind.  A type of understanding through speculation, providing the sort of simple [...]

Area Parks Are All Wet

Embassy Chef Challenge

‘House of Sweden Podium’ courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’ Awesome food in an awesomely designed embassy…. You can’t go wrong with that. Cultural Tourism DC and the Embassy of Sweden present the Embassy Chef Challenge 2010 on Thursday from 6:30 to 10:00.  Watch 12 embassy chefs representing Belgium, Hungary, Korea, Panama, Israel, Qatar and [...]

Wedding Bells

” courtesy of ‘erin m’ Today is the day that many gay couples in the District have been waiting for: wedding day.  DC has processed the first batch of marriage license applications that were filed last week and will begin issuing said licenses today. Around 150 couples should have the document in hand by this [...]

Stop the Billboard!

‘Friendship Arch’ courtesy of ‘Rolenz’ The DC facade has undergone a few too many facelifts in the past decade or so, turning some neighborhoods – ahem, Gallery Place, Chinatown – into something reminiscent of a once (it’s getting a bit better thanks to NYC finally getting their act together) over-commercialized Times Square. However, a few [...]