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We Love Food: Thanksgiving 2011 Roundup
Roast Turkey
Courtesy of tbridge
You’ve been fighting off a cold. You burned last year’s turkey. You’re feeding far too many relatives than you can count on your fingers and toes. Whatever the reason may be for why you won’t be cooking this year’s Thanksgiving feast, we’ve got you covered with a handy list of what restaurants [...]
Jack Rose Offers a Taste of Thanksgiving – One Week Early
Not everybody has room in their apartment for a full-scale Friendsgiving and it can be hard to coordinate with lots of people leaving town to visit family elsewhere. Adams Morgan “dining saloon” Jack Rose offers a solution this Thursday with something they are calling “The Mutha Firkin Turkey Roast of 2011.”
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Thankful (for Drinks)
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courtesy of ‘flipperman75′
Two weeks til Thanksgiving. Maybe you are staying put in DC and hosting your own dinner. Or you’re heading elsewhere and are faced with the inevitable stress of traveling. In either case, chances are you’re going to need liquid courage. Don’t panic, We Love Drinks is here to help.
Some personal disclosure – my [...]
We Thank Thee, O DC…
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courtesy of ‘Ghost_Bear’
Last year, we started a tradition of sorts by telling all of our readers what we’re thankful for in the DC area. We invite our readers to share their own thoughts in comments.
BenR: It’s hard to narrow down what it is about the DC area that I’m thankful for, but I’ll give it [...]
Talkin’ Transit: Holiday Travel Tips
Connecticut Avenue, courtesy of Daquella manera
It’s the day before Thanksgiving, one of the busiest travel days of the year. Here’s some common sense tips to help make your journey a little less stressful – and a whole lot safer.
Chances are if you’re reading this on the day before Thanksgiving, you’re either not going anywhere for [...]
Share Your Thanksgiving Mishaps
‘OH GOD TURKEY.’
courtesy of ‘ibroadfo’
I’m sure we all have them, or have at least been a party to them. My story involves our next door neighbors nearly setting our apartment building on fire by leaving their bird in the oven a tad too long. There we were, just sitting down to our meal, when [...]
Escape Routes for Wednesday
‘Traffic’
courtesy of ‘C Hale’
By the time Wednesday afternoon rolls around, you’ll probably be ready to head home for Thanksgiving, just like most other DC-area residents. While we’re all hoping that traffic is flowing as smoothly as in the image above, chances are you’ll be stuck in some congestion along the way. Luckily, the Washington Post [...]
DC Area Thanksgiving Turkey Trots
‘Turkey trot’
courtesy of ‘philliefan99′
We’re just over a week out from Thanksgiving, so I hope you’re prepared for gluttony and overeating! There are all sorts of calculators out there that show you how many calories are in your Thanksgiving dinner and how much you’d have to exercise to burn them off. But forget about those, because [...]
Thanksgiving Pie Sale Benefits Food & Friends
‘Pumpkin Pie’
courtesy of ‘Bethany Ann Khan’
At the DC foodie happy hour last month, I found out about this great holiday pie sale to benefit Food & Friends, called Slice of Life. While I’ve never volunteered for Food & Friends, it is a great organization with a great reputation. And we all know that it’s going to [...]
It’s December Holiday Season Already?
What is up with all the Christmas/Hanukkah decorations?!! It was like I blinked my eyes on Halloween, and the holiday elves turned everything from orange/black to red/white, and moved all orange and black candy and creepy motion activated cackling wall mounts into the $.05 bin.
I’m not an Ebenezer Scrooge, but seriously, give us consumers some [...]
We Thank DC
In This Temple
Originally uploaded by stuckincustoms
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! As per custom with many today, we here at WeLoveDC want to take a moment and share what we’re thankful for with regards to the DC Metro area, our home.
We all wish you a great and bountiful day today, many leftovers for tomorrow, and good shopping [...]
Extended Weekend: What to Do?
Jive Turkey, courtesy of F1RSTBORN
In town for the holidays and not a cook? Looking for some dining options other than wrestling with a big ol’ Butterball and your mom yammering in your ear? Hosting relatives and looking for things to get them out of the house? Or are you an international visitor and don’t celebrate [...]
Talkin’ Transit: Turkey Time!
Coming and Going, courtesy of M.V. Jantzen
So for the first time since moving down here, my wife and I aren’t driving anywhere for the holiday; since we bought our house this summer, we’re the hosts for this year’s holiday season.
However, I feel your pain, people. If you’re reading this now, you’re either like me and [...]
