Posts Tagged ‘national mall’
The NGA French Galleries Reinstallation
Four Dancers
courtesy of jcm_DC
Last weekend the National Gallery of Art reopened the Nineteenth-Century French Galleries, which contain works by Manet, Monet, Renoir, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Modigliani and Picasso.
The gallery now organizes the paintings thematically and provides textual panels to help visitors understand the reasoning behind the new groupings. In addition, thirteen of the [...]
Stewart’s Rally for Sanity Causes Crowd Size Insanity
Photos courtesy of Author
60,000 people were expected, according to the permit filed with the NPS by Comedy Central, yet 150,000 were planned for when it came to the uber-important decision as to how many portable toilets were needed. Jon Stewart started out the rally with his satirical people count swag of 10,000,000. But how many [...]
Make Plans to See ‘Make No Little Plans’
‘Screen on the Green Anticipation’
courtesy of ‘InspirationDC’
Screen on the Green doesn’t start back up until July 12, but in the meantime you can catch a great movie this Wednesday on the Mall. The National Capital Planning Commission is sponsoring a screening of ”Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City” on the Mall [...]
Live Jazz All Weekend!
‘Live Jazz’
courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’
I make it no secret that I believe Jazz is an underappreciated portion of American music history by the millennial generation. With that said, I shared with you one man’s love for the trombone and how he brought it to the forefront of band leadership. Now, I ask you to give [...]
Earth Day with NASA on the National Mall
April 22nd is Earth Day, so for this whole week NASA is celebrating it with a “NASA Village” on the National Mall near Smithsonian Metro.
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DC Mythbusting: Monumental Myths
‘TJ, from above’
courtesy of ‘philliefan99′
It’s officially tourist season here in DC, and our once-serene monuments and memorials are again overrun with school groups in matching t-shirts and families pushing strollers the size of SUVs. They’re here to see the monuments and memorials all over the city, and to educate future generations about the founding of [...]
Photos From The Smithsonian Kite Festival
The National Mall is a place I don’t visit nearly often enough. Today was an exception to that. A childhood friend of mine surprised me with a call Friday afternoon saying she’d be in town for the weekend and wanted to picnic on the Mall — during the KITE FESTIVAL!
Thanks to her, I got to [...]
Why I Love DC: Rachel
‘Spinning Out of Control’
courtesy of ‘kimberlyfaye’
I love DC because I get to see my dad everyday. This might sound simple but I assure you it’s not. Dad passed away in January, just days before the historic inauguration of President Obama.
Streets were flooded with tourists while I was attempting to flee the city I’ve grown to [...]
9/12 Rally Crowd Estimates: Two Million?
(Picture 075 uploaded by DrrDot)
The Glenn Beck/FreedomWorks 9/12 DC Taxpayer Rally was on Saturday, with conservative Tea Party activists congregating in Washington to protest various things like healthcare reform, federal taxation, government deficit spending, and the President being a Stalinist Nazi Fascist Kenyan Hitler. They drew a healthy-sized crowd, by many accounts much larger than [...]
DC Mythbusting: The National Mall as Protest Central
‘Iran Protest in DC’
courtesy of ’spiggycat’
Welcome to another DC Mythbusting! This week, we’ll be discussing the National Mall and its place as the country’s ‘front yard’ for protesting and gathering. With such a wide open space, in view of both Congress and the President, clearly the National Mall was created to be a place [...]
Have You Seen This Bird?
This here is Pickles, a green and very talkative rose-ringed parakeet last seen in a tree in the Haupt Garden behind the Smithsonian Castle. Pickles’ owner Scott likes to take the bird on his shoulder, pirate-style, for walks around the National Mall on weekends, and on nice days, perch Pickles on tree branches in the [...]
More »Farm Fresh: Cafe Atlantico
WeLoveDC authors Donna (greenie) and Katie (foodie) have paired up to bring you a double-hitting feature about local area restaurants that take on the challenge of being green. Donna will explain the logic behind the environmentally friendly trends and Katie will tell you if the food tastes any good. It’s a rough life, but someone [...]
More »Talkin’ Transit: The Great Pedicab Predicament
‘Pedicab’ courtesy of ‘afagen’
Yesterday, we received a late-day heads-up from a reader that there was an issue brewing with the pedicabs that offer rides to tourists and residents along the National Mall.
The entire issue seemed odd, as pedicabs have been operating on the Mall for a couple years now and haven’t had any issues up [...]
New Pedicab Policy?
Update: I’m getting more information now; watch for our Talkin’ Transit feature tomorrow with more details.
According to a heads-up from a reader, the Park Police are now arresting and impounding pedicabs that operate on Madison and Jefferson Streets around the National Mall. This policy goes into effect today and will most likely kill a 100% [...]
Weekend Flashback: Inauguration 2009
‘look!’
courtesy of ‘erin m’
In case you were under a rock yesterday, we had us an Inauguration yesterday. Our 44th President was sworn in on the steps of the Capitol while an estimated two million people witnessed it and the following parade.
Our prolific area photographers were out in force yesterday; many of them you’ll recognize from [...]
