That’s a Nice Screen, Be a Shame if Anything Happened To It…
‘Going to the Mattresses’courtesy of ‘Amberture’ There’s a reason that community activism is done best by communities instead of organizations. It feels right to work together for a common cause to...
View ArticleTruck Crashes into Hirshhorn
We’ve gotten word that a delivery truck has crashed into the Hirshhorn. Driver sustained serious injuries, but not life-threatening. Minor damage to the building; the truck broke through flower pot...
View ArticleKatie’s Guide to Summer
‘Every Food Fits: Don’t Bother Us, We’re Crabby!’ courtesy of ‘staceyviera’ Summer is my favorite season, I’ve made no secret of that on this here blog over the years. DC comes alive in the summer,...
View ArticleWashington Monument Extends Summer Hours
‘Standing Tall – Washington Monument’ courtesy of ‘dc-hulls’ We all know and realize that with Memorial Day behind us, the inevitable is obvious. It’s summertime. That also means it’s tourist season...
View ArticleDC Crafts: Find Of The Day
’10-4-4 – Cherry Blossoms – Warm Blossoms’ courtesy of ‘mosley.brian’ Last night’s premiere of TopChefDC, filmed in April, has me thinking back to the cooler days of spring when the city was...
View ArticleWe Love Weekends: July 24-25
” courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’ Rachel: Well, I’m fresh off a stint in Nashville to audition for American Idol. It didn’t go my way but I learned a lot and am ready to rock out harder than...
View ArticleDDOT Unveils Historic DC Photos
‘MacArthur Marquee’ courtesy of ‘kimberlyfaye’ After years of scouring, the DDOT historians have posted some fantastic photos of our beloved city from the 1940s thru the 1960s to their Flickr account....
View ArticleMeteors over Screen on the Green?
‘Strisciata stellare ad Est’ courtesy of ‘gerlos’ Did anyone else see the large meteors that fell over DC, last night? I was at Screen on the Green last night watching 12 Angry Men (always awesome)...
View ArticleDC: We Are More Than What Others Say We Are
‘Fire and Ice’ courtesy of ‘bhrome’ To the Tea Party tourists visiting this weekend: We’d like to welcome you to the nation’s capital. Please note that despite some serious misunderstanding and...
View ArticleRestoring Truthiness
‘Stephen’ courtesy of ‘BrianMKA’ There is a movement afoot to bring a demonstration to DC that will actually be awesome. A movement determined to bring Stephen Colbert to the steps of the Lincoln...
View ArticleTea Party and Black Family Reunion to co-occupy Mall Saturday
‘Sittin’ on the John’courtesy of ‘Rolenz’ If you aren’t attending a rally, maybe you just want to avoid the Mall entirely this weekend. The Black Family Reunion will be held on the Mall between 7th and...
View ArticleOctober’s Best at SAAM & NMAI
Derek A. Bencomo, Hana Valley, First View from the Peaks and Valleys Series, 1997, milowood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Fleur and Charles Bresler in honor of Kenneth R. Trapp,...
View ArticleNMAI’s Indian Summer Showcase Not Just for Natives
‘Bill Miller and Derek Miller (no relation) perform at the 2010 Indian Summer Showcase at NMAI’ courtesy of ‘bhrome’ Tomorrow afternoon, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian is...
View ArticleWhy are all these people talking about walking sluts?
‘SlutWalk Tampere 6.8.2011′ courtesy of ‘Kulttuurikahvila Hertta’ There’s been a few news tweets about the SlutWalk that happened this weekend and unsurprisingly several of them – maybe most – have...
View ArticleThe Song of Emil Her Many Horses
‘DSC_0027′ courtesy of ‘bhrome’ out of the earth / I sing for them A Horse nation / I sing for them out of the earth / I sing for them, the animals / I sing for them. ~a song by the Teton Sioux Emil...
View ArticleThe Last Day of Tourmobile
‘TourmobileXPr’courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’ Good night, Tourmobile. You served our National Mall in an exclusive fashion for 42 years, charging high prices for on-and-off service for...
View ArticleBest of: DC Protests 2011
Occupy DC – In the Capitol’s Shadow 2 courtesy of theqspeaks It’s been the year of the protestor in DC, and that’s after a 2010 filled with Tea Parties and Rallies for Sanity. We’ve seen protestors on...
View ArticleThe 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,...
View ArticleOrchid Mystique at US Botanic Garden
Orchids courtesy of Rukasu1 If seeing cherry blossom buds makes you impatient for late March, the US Botanic Garden has you (and your date…or camera…) covered with their annual display of orchids -...
View ArticleThat Day Molly Smith Led a Protest on Gun Control
It wasn’t hard to spot the gun control crowd marching on Washington last Saturday. They were the ones all the tourists were pointing at. OH: “Who are all those people over there?” OH: “You think...
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