Monthly Archives: October 2010

capitals hockey, The Daily Feed
By

Caps Need OT to Down Preds

Photo courtesy of
‘Laich vs. Legwand’
courtesy of ‘bhrome’

The Washington Capitals finally showed up for their game against the Nashville Predators near the end of the second period. Outplayed for a good portion of the game, the Caps finally got goals from Alexander Semin and Tomas Fleischman to tie it up in the third and force overtime.

Alexander Ovechkin drew a tripping penalty less than two minutes into OT; with Preds defenseman Ryan Suter in the box, Ovie hammered a slap shot near the blue line that Brooks Laich redirected into the net behind Anders Lindback. And just like that, the Caps netted their fourth win in a row and gave Nashville their first loss on the season.

“They outplayed us so badly in the first 27 or 28 minutes of the game,” said coach Bruce Boudreau. “You look up and you see that you’re only down a goal or two goals, you’ve still got a chance. Every time we play these guys is like this. They’re so fast. The fastest team, easily that we’ve seen.” Continue reading →

Getaways
By

New Bus Service Links U Street to Brooklyn (Win a Ticket to Try It Out!)

Photo courtesy of
‘Knowitexpress’
courtesy of ‘erin m’

“Don’t hate on us. Don’t hate just because we might be cool or choose to live in a creative, vibrant neighborhood,” implores Shalonda Hunter, founder of The Know It Express a new bus service between Brooklyn and DC. You might have heard it casually called “the hipster bus” – but it’s owner has a more inclusive, positive concept.

“The whole idea is to help people from both cities appreciate what the other has to offer – and connect people with their pals, where they live.” Check out Dingo Bus a leading charter and coach hire service Perth Australia. Get a cost effective travel solution – contact Dingo Bus today!

Ms. Hunter originally founded The Know It as a DC tourist-information site (now in transition to more of a traveler’s social network) after years of work in the city and a deep desire to show off both the major tourist sites, but also the personal, hometown side of DC. Even if tourists make their way off the Mall, she says, “There is more to this town than a stop at Ben’s Chili Bowl. I want to show people that.”
Continue reading →

The Daily Feed
By

When can we get a Metro band?

I know there can be some arguments concerning what’s appropriate on Metro, and that this would largely not constitute acceptable behavior given the whole “no music” thing, but I have to say: I would love catching these guys on the Metro at some point.  They’re Atomic Tom, and this fall they had their instruments stolen this fall, and have produced this awesome video, playing just on their iPhones.  Their album is pretty good, too.

Hey guys, come down and play on the Metro, I think it’d be pretty awesome.

News, The Daily Feed
By

“Stand Strong, Bars and Stars” says DC9

dc9_logo-B.jpg

DC9 released a statement this afternoon:

DC9 is deeply saddened by the tragic events that have occurred. Our condolences go out to the family of the victim.

We would like to thank our friends, family, and all the employees of DC9. DC9 is a special environment of some of strongest friendships that could only be compared to a close family, which we consider ourselves.

We very much look forward to our day in court.

The Daily Feed
By

The Texas Rangers, the MLB Playoffs and Washington’s Past

Photo courtesy of
‘Whiffle Ball Fielder’
courtesy of ‘texas_mustang‘

It’s October, and after six seasons since baseball’s return to the Nation’s Capital, we have not yet had the opportunity to root, root-root for the home team in the MLB playoffs. As the District continues to wait for the day to christen postseason baseball at Nationals Park, I suggest an alternative course. Nay, I write with a plea: support the Texas Rangers as the ALCS kicks off this evening in Arlington, Texas. I say this because cheering for the Texas Rangers over the New York Yankees is truly a vote for part of Washington D.C.’s sports past.

American League baseball? Here on the hallowed pages of We Love DC? Believe it. And trust me, we deserve some baseball to cheer for after the summer we went through. Continue reading →

Entertainment, The Features, We Love Arts
By

We Love Arts: Sabrina Fair

Today’s formula for a romantic comedy is pretty clear: take two attractive actors and throw them in a highly unlikely situation. Maybe your Canadian boss needs to marry somebody in order to stay in the country or you have become the next target of your ex-husband who’s also a bounty hunter. As long as you pair up Jennifer Aniston with some hot guy (Matthew McConaughey is always a safe bet),  you’ll probably sell some tickets. Just make sure you include a series of obstacles and challenges on their journey that allow the pair to argue and bicker until the end where they fall in love.

The comedy in today’s RomComs usually come through slapstick and awkward situations. Whether it’s a grown man who still lives with his parents or a woman who’s been a bridesmaid in 27 weddings, the humor stems from a seemingly ordinary person thrown into extraordinary circumstances. Samuel A. Taylor’s “Sabrina Fair” is a product of the 1950’s and follows old conventions of subtlety in its humor and drama. The extremism of today’s comedy is replaced with dry wit. The journey and obstacles are replaced with a fairy-tale clash of social classes where a person of wealth falls in love with a someone from the working class. Continue reading →

The Daily Feed
By

P.J. Clarke’s Opens Today

Photo courtesy of
‘IMG_2802.JPG’
courtesy of ‘The_WB’
Famed New York old school hot spot P.J. Clarke’s opens today in the old Olives spot at 16oo K Street. First opened in New York City in 1884, the original P.J. Clarke’s has a storied history that includes regulars like Jackie Kennedy, Nat King Cole, Buddy Holly and a mention or two in the seminal coming-of-age story, Coyote Ugly.

The Washington location will feature a large raw bar and a menu that focuses on mid-Atlantic favorites. You should expect over-sized entrees (no dainty tapas here), hearty soups and daily rotisserie specials such as local chicken, free-range turkey, pork and leg of lamb.

At the bar you probably won’t find any strawberry infused vodka or anything that would look natural in the hand of Paris Hilton, but you will find 14 wines by the glass and an array of well-known (and less well-known) beers on tap. Don’t be surprised to find the next Frank Sinatra bellied up to the bar, sipping a very un-Paris Hilton drink.

News, The Daily Feed, WTF?!
By

MPD Shutters DC9 for up to four days

Photo courtesy of
‘Police Line Do Not Cross’
courtesy of ‘jayneandd’

Using her emergency powers, Chief Cathy Lanier today announced a shutdown of DC9 for up to 4 days, while DC ABRA reviews their liquor license in the wake of the alleged violence outside the club last night.  5 employees of DC9 were arrested today in connection with the incident that left one man dead, after he threw a brick through a front window, and employees of the club allegedly retaliated.  The manager of the club denies that the individual was badly beaten by staff and that the victim was healthy and alive when they were taken away by MPD.  Chief Lanier disputed this account during a short press conference held late this morning.

It’s not clear yet when the 5 arrested individuals will be arraigned, other than this afternoon, and what charges they would be facing.  DC9 owner Bill Spieler is among those who were arrested last night.

The Daily Feed
By

Sorry for the Re-Stealing

Photo courtesy of
‘Bike Backlit’
courtesy of ‘Amber Wilkie Photography’

Whenever I’m having a bad day, I head over to passiveaggressivenotes.com to find people who are having a much worse day.  I was happy to find a DC-based note yesterday about a bike.  Here’s the text of the note:

“This bike was stolen 2 Fridays ago near 14th and Q.  I am taking it back now.  Sorry for the re-stealing.”

I don’t think this is passive aggressive as much as it is completely awesome.  I’d love to hear the story of the rightful owner of this bike who had it stolen and recovered within 2 weeks.  So mysterious Washingtonian with the yorkie stationery, where are you?

The District, The Features
By

She Loves DC: Kaya Henderson – Interim Chancellor, DCPS

Kaya Henderson, Interim Chancellor of DCPS
Photo courtesy of DCPS

Yesterday afternoon, we had the chance to sit down with DCPS Interim Superintendent Kaya Henderson to talk about her new position within the school system, what she loves about DC, and what her goals are as the new interim superintendent of the city schools.

You graduated from Georgetown, you have a bachelors in foreign service, in diplomacy if you will, when did you decide that Education was what you were looking for?

Kaya: When I went to Georgetown, I thought like most folks in the school of foreign service, I wanted to change the world. The world being a big place, I had traveled a ton when I was growing up and I was fascinated by what was going on in lots of other places in the world.  In the course of my four years, as my friends were headed off to farflung places to help other people, it became pretty clear to me that there was something weird about going to Latin America or Africa or Asia to help other people, I felt there were significant needs here.

Continue reading →

Adams Morgan, The Daily Feed
By

High Heel Race needs volunteers

Photo courtesy of
‘IMG_8489’
courtesy of ‘dbking’

These lovely ladies need your help.  Actually, they and all of their lovely lady friends, too.  The annual High Heel Race is looking for volunteers to help secure the course, and handle registrations, and yes, hand out prizes too.  The run down 17th street is an annual tradition that has taken on all manner of significance in DC, and now you can be a part of it!  Metro Weekly has all the details for volunteers to help out the race on October 26th.  Start practicing your high heel running, everyone, the winner of the race gets a $50 bar tab at J.R.’s after their win  We’ll see you out at the race!

Essential DC, Life in the Capital, People, The Daily Feed, The District, WMATA, WTF?!
By

Move That Gigantic Handbag!

Ladies, ladies, ladies. I realize we have a lot of necessary things we need to take with us to work. Makeup, laptops, mobile devices, gym clothes, chapstick, tampons, pens, epically large wallets filled with receipts and old college IDs…but just because society has leadened us with this burden, doesn’t mean  our ridiculously large handbags are entitled to their very own seat on the bus or metro.

We (or rather you) may have paid Balenciaga or Hermes $3,000+ for your non-water proof, leather handbag, but WMATA didn’t get a dime for that, so either put it on your lap or suck it up and put it on the floor.

News, Night Life, The Daily Feed, WTF?!
By

Man beaten to death outside DC9

Photo courtesy of
‘DSCN3278.JPG’
courtesy of ‘::FiZ::’

This is a deeply saddening story.  A man who threw a brick through the window at DC9 was beaten to death by several patrons from inside the bar.  The 2000 block of 9th St NW has been blocked off by Police for search during the daylight hours.  DCist’s Aaron Morrissey reports that crusader councilman Jim Graham’s communications director has said they will not be seeking a temporary closure of the venue after the incident.

C’mon DC, this is absolutely, positively unacceptable.  Catch the guy who threw the brick, sure, but you hold him until MPD arrives, not beat him to death.  Seriously, what the fuck?

Update, 11:00: TBD has tweeted that 5 employees of DC9 have been arrested in connection with the incident. In addition, they are reporting that MPD may close DC9 for up to 4 days as part of their investigation.

Update 2, 11:10: Additional words from Jim Graham are available on the U Street Yahoo Group.

Update 3, 11:35: DC9’s manager says that the person in question was still alive and healthy when he was placed in the back of an MPD cruiser last night.

The Daily Feed
By

Transformers 3 Star Does Not Approve of Photog Interrupting Reading Time

Ah, to be young and in Michael Bay movies. Sometimes you just want to take a break and enjoy a cup of coffee, like Shia LeBeouf did earlier this week, and curl up with a nice copy of Bad Boy: The Life and Politics of Lee Atwater. For once, you would just be able to be a regular guy, reading a regular book on Republican political history.

Apparently, Mr. LeBeouf didn’t like being disturbed during “Shia Time,” which is probably a normal occurrence since he’s famous and in movies with Megan Fox. While reading outside, a photographer tried to snap photos of the actor, but Shia didn’t want anyone of it. As Patrick Gavin passed along, here’s the video of a bitter LeBeouf chasing down a photographer and “sharing” his coffee with him:

YouTube Preview Image

h/t FamousDC

The Daily Feed
By

Wait, so what’s the deal?

What's The Deal? Click Through to Find Out!

Chances are, if you live in the DC area, you probably know about Living Social & Groupon, as we, and other blogs, have shown advertisements for the services. Today, we’re starting a partnership with So What’s the Deal, which works very similarly to the services you’re already familiar with. Take a second and sign up and check them out, it never hurts to see another deal, right? And, it helps us keep this site going, which is a cause near and dear to all our hearts here.

Entertainment, Music, We Love Music
By

We Love Music: Delphic @ Liberation Dance Party @ DC9 10/8/10

IMG_4795
all photos by author.

Last Friday night DC was treated to a very special, one-off, U.S. headlining gig by the new stars of the British dance music scene, Delphic. This singular opportunity to catch one of the UK’s hottest bands was hosted at the unlikely venue of DC9 thanks to the savvy programming of Liberation Dance Party. Those in the know about these kinds of things were totally freaking out at this random chance to see Delphic perform in one of DC’s most intimate spaces. At home and in the rest of Europe, Delphic have already risen to festival main-stage status; but for the Eyjafjallajokull Icelandic volcano preventing them from making their Coachella Music Festival U.S. debut last Spring, they probably would be well on their way to playing large venues stateside as well. Their mind-blowing performance at DC9 on Friday proved that they are more than ready too.

Continue reading →

The Daily Feed
By

Va. Phone Books Could Go Way of Dinosaur…Finally

Phone Book

In news from across the river, the fine folks in Arlington are all over an environmentally friendly idea: stopping phone books.

Verizon has said that by discontinuing the White Pages in Virginia, it can save 1,600 tons of paper per year. Results of today’s poll by ARLNow.com show 95% of voters want to ditch the practice of tossing trees on every doorstep in a honking big book that only 11% of recipients will ever use.

Don’t want the Yellow Pages either? You can opt out.

Now there’s an idea that makes sense.

The Daily Feed
By

Howard Kurtz wants YOU!

20100831_Blankenship-thumb.jpg

We told you a few weeks back that Howard Kurtz was escaping the Washington Post to head over to the Daily Beast with his quality media criticism background.  Now’s your chance, DC, if you wanted to work for a journalist.  Kurtz is hiring an assistant, and he headed to Twitter to do the recruiting: ”Seeking FT asst for Daily Beast in DC, Web-savvy media and politics junkie, strong researcher, video skills a plus.”

So, if you’re in love with politics, know the ins and outs of the various search services like Lexis Nexus, as well as Wikipedia and The Google, you could go to work for Kurtz as his right hand.  The economy’s tough, you’ll do fine, I’m sure.