Posts Tagged ‘why I love dc’
Why I Love DC: Brian Mosley
When I was asked to write this piece, my first thought was “well this could be a long article or this could be very short.” If I listed everything I love about my hometown, I’d have a multi-post series; or I could sum it up with a simple “everything.” But neither would do.
More »Why I Love DC: Jordana Merran
Raised in Potomac, where I attended private school and then a public school whose parking lot doubled as a BMW showroom (my 1990 Honda Civic fit right in), everyone I knew growing up was “going somewhere.” Something like ninety-eight percent of my classmates went on to four-year colleges—an impressive achievement, according to the Montgomery County [...]
More »Why I Love DC: Michael T. Ruhl
‘Birds of a Feather’
You want to know why I love DC? Well, take a look through my lens and see how I view this beautiful city. I don’t claim to be a great photographer – I’m just a guy who likes to shoot. Washington is my arena, my subject, and my muse. DC, my darling, [...]
Why I Love DC: Marissa Bialecki
‘National Sunrise’
courtesy of ‘dyoshida’
It doesn’t take people very long to figure out that I am a proud New Jerseyan, hailing from the great Garden State. And no, it does not smell. Being from New Jersey, which is often regarded as the red-headed stepchild to New York City, I went through life with that smug attitude [...]
Why I Love DC: Samer
All photos by the author
I’ve lived in and around this town for 23 years now. When I got here, DC was where I was headed to college. It offered an interesting backdrop, but I didn’t imagine I’d be here so many years later.
And, yet, here I am. Tomorrow I’ll celebrate my 41st birthday, and [...]
Why I Love DC: Patrick Pho
‘Oz’
courtesy of ‘brianmka’
I never really knew Washington, DC despite traveling there every year.
As a kid my family would pack up the van and we would take semi-annual trips to Herndon, VA where my grandparents lived. Despite being 30 minutes away from The District we hardly went inside the beltway, however the sight of the Washington [...]
Why I Love DC: Dave Levy
‘morning light’
courtesy of ‘ekelly80′
It’s the assignment that I knew was coming. “Why do you love, D.C.?” That’s the requirement for writing here at We Love D.C. (loving D.C., that is, not prose, but I digress), so I’m happy to oblige.
One role I pride myself upon is that of storyteller, and that’s how I plan to [...]
Why I Love DC: Courtney
‘IMG_0650′
courtesy of ‘mkuhnert’
It’s funny, because when I sat down to write this, I was reminded again that DC was definitely not the plan when I was making decisions about college, and yet, here I am. Rewind to my senior year in high school. I was set on a school in the midwest, and even though [...]
Why I Love DC: Samantha
‘(heart) D.C.’
courtesy of ‘rockcreek’
I can’t tell you why I picked DC. People ask me this question all the time when they first meet me and I just don’t have a ‘real’ answer. Was it because of the political scene? Nope, I was about to enter a Masters program for Interior Design. Was it because I [...]
Why I Love DC: Rebecca
‘It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine…’
courtesy of ‘philliefan99′
I moved to DC in January 2006. I had visited a few times before: a hormone-ridden Middle School trip, a brief look at GW and Maryland during the exhaustive college search and a one-day journey to pick my sister up [...]
Why I Love DC: Corinne
Meridian Hill Drum Circle by Corinne Whiting
I admittedly love DC, first and foremost, because it feels partly mine. I picnicked in its triangular parks as a wee one (our downtown visits allowing my dad an excuse for an office reprieve); I’ve played tourist around its sites on countless field trips with classmates and relatives; I’ve [...]
Why I Love DC: Karl Johnson
‘August Blue Hour over Potomac and DC’
courtesy of ‘ianseanlivingston’
Now that I’ve joined the ranks as an author here at WeLoveDC, it’s time for me to prove that I do, in fact, love DC. No more just talking the talk, it’s time for me to walk the walk (er, write the write?).
It’s a bit of a [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Why I Love DC: Katie
All the authors here at We Love DC have written essays on why they love DC. As one of the newbie authors, I was asked to follow in the same tradition. So here it is, why I love DC.
Post-college all my art school and college friends headed for New York. I, instead, decided on DC. [...]
More »Why I Love DC: Jenn
I came to DC on a whim, an instantaneous attraction. Initially the classicist in me was drawn to the cool solemnity of the federal architecture, the romantic to the cherry blossoms. But the pragmatist could see the long-term benefits, and so here I am, after nineteen crazy years.
(Or perhaps it’s because the procrastinator can’t make [...]
Why I Love DC: Paulo
Above: The author poses by the Reflecting Pool shortly after arriving in DC, some years ago. Note the in-line skates.
Before I came to Washington from the Philippines, most of my experience of America had been limited to occasional summer vacations in suburban California, so my general impression of U.S. cities was of vast pockets of [...]
Why I Love DC: Tom Bridge
This is the first of a series of posts from our authors, designed to give you a peek into who we are, beyond what you’ve read from us in the past. We’ll be featuring two authors a day for the next week in this space, as well as our usual features. We hope [...]
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