Posts Tagged ‘washington dc’
DDOT To Implement New Safety Rules For Pedicabs
‘DSC_2432′ courtesy of ‘bhrome’ Under new rules proposed today by the DDOT, D.C. pedicabs will have to meet additional safety standards. The new rules include requiring seatbelt usage for every passenger, establishing pedicab equipment requirements, mandating that pedicabs only operated on public streets and in accordance with the “safe operation of bicycle regulations,” and prohibiting [...]
More »Get Your Greek/Turkish On
‘Greek Salad’ courtesy of ‘christaki’ Starting April 30th, Dupont Circle will be getting a new Greek and Turkish restaurant. Agora will feature small plates prepared on the wood-fired oven and charcoal fired BBQ grill, and overseen by Turkish born Chef Rasit Gulsen, formerly of Nizam’s Restaurant in Vienna, VA. The restaurants menu will feature Turkish and Greek fare [...]
More »Georgetown’s French Market Kicks Off Today
Today and tomorrow, the Book Hill neighborhood of Georgetown (Wisconsin Avenue: P Street to Reservoir Road) is hosting the 7th Annual French Market from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. This quaint section of Wisconsin Avenue offers fantastic window shopping and perusing opportunities for the art galleries, boutiques, antique shops and cafes. Additionally, there will be discounts of [...]
More »DC Chef Talks Sustainable Seafood On CNN
‘Anacostia Fish Market #34′ courtesy of ‘andertho’ Barton Seaver, executive chef at Northwest DC’s restaurant Blue Ridge appeared on CNN today to speak about the realities of seafood sustainability and ways that Americans, and the world for that matter, can make their menus more sustainable when it comes to seafood. Seaver recommends switching out mainstream [...]
More »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 [...]
More »DC Omni 100: #20 Pistachio Ice Cream
It’s time for another item on the DC Omnivore 100 list of the top one hundred foods every good omnivore should try at least once in their lives. I’m a pistachio ice cream lover, but I haven’t always been. As a kid I was a Mint Chocolate Chip (MCC) ice cream party hack. I subscribed [...]
More »Where Is Everyone?
‘The Georgetown Waterfront’ courtesy of ‘Samer Farha’ I’ll tell you. The Georgetown Waterfront. Place is overflowing. Ice cream and HH sales up. Productivity down. Spring has sprung. 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike
More »Tourism: Dumbarton Oaks
‘Stairs’ courtesy of ‘Amberture’ If you’re looking to escape from the Cherry Blossom hoards and find your own little piece of Washington DC for a few hours, the Dumbarton Oaks house, gardens and museum have your name on it. In 1920, U.S. Foreign Service diplomat Robert Woods Bliss and his wife Mildred Barnes Bliss purchased [...]
More »Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Happy Hour
‘mmm…free goo…’ courtesy of ‘philliefan99′ If you missed last week’s Free Cone Day don’t fret, because the Ben & Jerry’s in Georgetown is throwing ice cream happy hours from 4-7pm. The happy hour special is 3 scoops for a mere $3. That’s an uber steal considering scoops normally go for $2-3 a pop. With the [...]
More »Newest Wax Statue Elicits “Who The F*^k Is That?”
‘Free S. Gomez’ courtesy of ‘PicturesAllDisney’ Today, Madame Tussauds in Washington DC revealed the newest addition to their wax museum, Selena Gomez. Who’s that? You logically ask. She’s one of those tween Disney Channel stars, like the Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus, Zack Efron, etc., that gets swarmed everywhere she goes by screaming 13 year olds [...]
More »FEMA To Redraw DC Flood Maps
‘Potomac River Floods Washington Harbour’ courtesy of ‘brownpau’ Yesterday, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced , they’d be revising flood maps for Washington, D.C. over the next six months. Per FEMA’s flood map database, the most recent DC flood maps are from 1985, so I’d say DC is in good need of some updating. The [...]
More »Chain Bridge To Close Friday Evening Until Monday Morning
‘Chain Bridge’ courtesy of ‘NCinDC’ Starting Friday, March 26 at 8pm and weather permitting, Chain Bridge will be closed to all traffic (this includes pedestrians and bikes, and traffic from both the DC and Arlington side) until Monday, March 29 at 5am. The weekend work hopes to continue the reconstruction work already begun on the [...]
More »A Property Update…
‘C&O at twilight’ courtesy of ‘brownpau’ In January 2012 (although these dates are never quite as fluid as they yearn to be) Georgetown will become home to a new and ultra exclusive hotel. Capella Hotels and Resorts, which currently have six properties across the world and are slated to add five more -including the DC [...]
More »C&O Canal Lock Broken Through, Flooding Feared
Photo by palkynebtab As this morning’s photos and reports indicate, there is some serious flooding going on throughout the DC area. In Georgetown, the C&O tow path has been closed and buildings and residencies that line the C&O Canal are in peril because an upstream lock has broken through. But according the National Park Service [...]
More »How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?
‘O Solo Mio’ courtesy of ‘wickenden’ While chewing on your socks and snatching that piece of ham off the counter top is bad behavior by your pooch, I don’t think it can get much worse than what happen to DC jewelry shop owners Robert Rosin and George Kaufmann. According to the Associated Press, a diamond [...]
More »We Love Arts: Georgia O’Keeffe Abstraction
Black Door with Red, 1954. Oil on Canvas, 48 x 48 in. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia. Bequest of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 89.63 (CR1271). Copyright, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. “Objective painting is not good painting unless it is good in the abstract sense.” – Georgia O’Keeffe, 1976 When discussing [...]
More »Behind the Design: Blue Duck Tavern
‘Rocking Chairs – Blue Duck Tavern’ courtesy of ‘prettylovelythings’ Author’s Note: So often we move through space too quickly – trying to get from one place to the next, without ever taking the time to stop and look around. Behind the Design is a new series that hopes to encourage an appreciation for the places [...]
More »Lincoln Theatre To Screen Documentary “Marching Band” on Feb. 20
This Saturday, February 20, at 6pm, the Lincoln Theatre will host a FREE, one-time screening of Marching Band, a documentary that captures the spirit of the 2008 Presidential election through the young and talented students of the University of Virginia and Virginia State marching bands. While the film centers around the Obama campaign, politics is [...]
More »Pimp Your Peeps: 2010 Peeps Contest
‘sugar overload’ courtesy of ‘philliefan99′ Unless you paid special attention to this weekend’s Washington Post magazine, you probably missed the opening of the 2010 Peeps Diorama Contest. This will be the contest’s 4th year, and I can’t wait to see all of this year’s entries. If you’re interested in entering, the first step is to [...]
More »United For Haiti Fundraiser
‘Dining Room Interior, Policy’ courtesy of ‘Jenn Larsen’ If you’re looking for a place to have your Thursday night out, and honestly who on a Wednesday afternoon isn’t thinking about non-work related activities, then definitely check out United For Haiti Fundraiser to benefit Partners in Health (PIH) taking place at Policy. Starting at 7:30pm, your [...]
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