Archive for the ‘The Features’ Category

Holidays at the White House

The White House Drivewaycourtesy of tbridge
The White House’s Office of Public Engagement and Office of Digital Strategy combined yesterday to host about 150 people for another White House Tweetup at the Old Executive Office Building, and upped the ante by providing with it a tour of the White House made up for Christmas. I [...]

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‘Flamingo’ courtesy of pablo.raw The eyes, the eyes, the eyes. I’ve said it before: to get a good wildlife shot, you have to aim for the eyes.

A Choral Christmas: A Round-up of Holiday Concerts

‘Columbia Heights Holiday Tree’courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’
This is a phenomenal part of the year for music, and one of the best cities in the country for choral music. Between the Cathedral Choral Society, the Washington Men’s Camerata, the Choral Arts Society of Washington, the Christmas Revels, the Folger Consort, Choralis, the GMCW, you [...]

Jets defeat Redskins 38-19

dolphins3
courtesy of Homer McFanboy
This past Sunday’s game against the New York Jets got off to a good start for the Redskins with two young offensive players continuing to show development. Fred Davis caught a long pass to put the Redskins in scoring range and then Roy Helu ran it in. Helu had a good [...]

Weekend Flashback: 12/2-12/4

‘MPD watching the perimeter while the arrests take place’ courtesy of Joe in DC One more weekend down. The inevitable march to the Holidays and the New Year goes on. I don’t know about the rest of you but I’m looking forward to the coming of the Holiday Trinity, for no other reason than to get the traditional Kwanzaa gift.

We Love Arts: Krapp’s Last Tape

There are moments when economy, especially in words, must suffice.
(Shakes head. Backspace, backspace. Types.)
John Hurt. Krapp’s Last Tape by Samuel Beckett. Produced by Dublin’s Gate Theatre, at Shakespeare Theatre Company this weekend only. 55 minutes.
55 minutes of your life spent watching a master actor perform a master playwright’s reflection on the absurdity of life, memory [...]

Redskins Preview Week Thirteen: The Jets

‘Mark Sanchez’
courtesy of ‘Jeffrey Beall’
Last Sunday the Redskins won their fourth game of the season. After starting out 3-1 the Redskins then proceeded to lose their next six games to fall to 3-7 before winning last week. While the Redskins were 3-1 there was talk of a playoff run, but for that to happen now the [...]

Q&A with The War on Drugs

Philadelphia’s The War on Drugs is the brainchild of Adam Granduciel- singer, guitarist, writer, Kurt Vile-collaborator. Their first full-length album, Wagonwheel Blues was released on Secretly Canadian in 2008, and they have toured extensively since then. Over the years the band’s members have changed, but Granduciel remains front and center. Their latest LP is Slave Ambient, released on [...]

Caps Fall to Penguins, 2-1

We Love Weekends – December 2-4

‘Circular Stamps’
courtesy of ‘lorigoldberg’
Rachel: I don’t know about you but that whole vacation I took for Thanksgiving left me needing a vacation to catch up on sleep from my vacation. (If that sentence didn’t make any sense then I at least hope it’s apparent that I’m still exhausted from Thanksgiving.) In any case, I’ll likely [...]

We Love Arts: Equivocation

A lawyer in love with a Shakespearean scholar might find the perfect date night with Equivocation. Or a politician whose best friend is a Jesuit. Bill Cain’s play is a thicket of ideas about theater, politics and morality. His language manages to be natural, almost casual, despite the rich quotations of Shakespearean text and the [...]

We Love Arts: Synetic’s Romeo and Juliet

Natalie Berk  as Juliet and Alex Mills as Romeo, photo by Graeme B. Shaw
Synetic Theater is closing out their Speak no More triptych with Romeo and Juliet. Their take on Shakespeare’s classic tale of thwarted young love is presented – as always – without dialog, relying on staging and dance to convey the story. Or are [...]

We Love Drinks (Lots of Them): Repeal Day Ball 2011

All photos by the author
We here at We Love DC are unabashed, unequivocal fans of the DC Craft Bartenders Guild and their annual Repeal Day Ball. So much so that, within about 48 hours of the announcement that tickets were on sale (by which I mean within about twelve hours, really), Jenn, Brittany, and I [...]

Growler Hours: The Rise of DC Beer

‘Chocolate City’courtesy of ‘tbridge’
Ward 5 may claim to be a “dumping ground” for that which the city does not care for elsewhere: strip clubs, marijuana cultivation, and parole facilities, but that same industrial character has given rise to a new phenomenon that’s much more palatable: breweries.
This past Saturday, DC saw its only two truly local [...]

We Love Music: Puscifer @ Lisner Auditorium, 11/26/11

All images courtesy of Puscifer
Are you a Tool fan? How about A Perfect Circle? Well, I hope you skipped your chance to see their front-man Maynard James Keenan on Saturday night. Maynard brought his solo project Puscifer to the Lisner Auditorium for what was supposedly a large production – part multimedia experience, part cabaret. The [...]

We Love Food: Quick Update on Restaurant Happenings

‘America Eats Tavern- Washington, DC’
courtesy of ‘Plantains & Kimchi’
For those of you who avidly follow the food scene, this all might be old news. But to those of you who don’t eat, sleep and drink DC food coverage, here’s a little roundup on some of the latest restaurant happenings around DC.
Have no fear about not [...]

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‘National Harbor 2011.11.26 3.jpg’ courtesy of JasonianPhotography A long exposure can make for an excellent photo. By keeping the shutter open for a few seconds, a photographer is able to pick up a wider range of lighting than in a fraction of a second shot. It can also give some great lighting effects, like the starbursts from the very bright street lights and spotlights.

We Love Food: Casa Nonna’s Tavola 12

‘Chef Amy Brandwein of Casa Nonna’
courtesy of ‘bonappetitfoodie’
If you told me that there was a restaurant in town where I could get a delicious, savory 12-course meal for $55, I’d at least raise an eyebrow at you. But Casa Nonna in Dupont Circle is offering just that at their new in-house concept, Tavola 12.
The 12-seat [...]

Theater Ticket Deals Aplenty

‘Manhattan Day coupon or ticket’
courtesy of ‘The Field Museum Library’
Is there anything for sale anymore other than via coupon? If there is it’s not theater.
There’s a nice flex deal running right now for seats at Woolly Mammoth for the remainder of the season. 6 tickets to use in whatever combination you like – take 6 [...]

Redskins defeat Seahawks 23-17

‘Cardinals7′
courtesy of ‘Homer McFanboy’
Twice in the fourth quarter the Redskins needed the defense to come up big to put the game away and both times the defense answered. On fourth and five the Seahawks offensive line was overwhelmed and Tavaris Jackson was sacked with just over two minutes left to play. The Redskins played conservative [...]