Cymbals Eat Guitars / Title Tracks @ Black Cat
Posted by admin in DC Life on 05 31st, 2009 | No Comments
Cymbals Eat Guitars Go to enough shows and you’ll hear numerous folks say something to the effect of “I like them better live.” Express skepticism about a up-and-coming band and one might hear their defenders say, “Oh, well have you seen them live?” Obviously, these are...
McD Joins McA in Campaign Bid
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NBC Washington reports that former Virginia attorney general Bob McDonnell is the official Republican option for governor of the Commonwealth. McDonnell, who accepted the nomination yesterday, faced no contestant in his bid to represent the GOP. This puts him at a comparative advantage to any of the...
Weekend Gallery: Artomatic 2009
Posted by Tom in DC Life on 05 31st, 2009 | No Comments
From the looks of it, many of you spared a little bit of time from this weekend’s spectacular weather to check out the opening weekend of Artomatic , the collective arts exhibit which is celebrating its tenth year of existence this summer. This year’s space, located near Nationals Park on...
Sunday That About Says It Photo: May 31, 2009
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A big ol’ swig of summer, courtesy of Grahamtastic .
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Sunday That About Says It Photo: May 31, 2009
Marc Fisher Is Gone Fishin’
Posted by Tom in DC Life on 05 31st, 2009 | No Comments
With his final column , Marc Fisher examines the highlight reel from his career total of 1,250 columns for the Washington Post and an additional 1,200 posts for Raw Fisher. Fisher pores over the perennial debates at the heart of his column — failing schools, wishful transit schemes, cynical bureaucracy...
Maryland AG Ponders Same Sex Marriage Recognition
So reports the Baltimore Sun: as the District considers its own same-sex marriage legislation , our neighbors to the north are currently stuck in limbo — Maryland law clearly defines marriage as between a man and a woman, but also strictly recognizes marriages performed elsewhere. Recently, both...
First Lady Visits Garden In Mount Pleasant
Posted by admin in DC Life on 05 30th, 2009 | No Comments
First lady Michelle Obama, and fifth grade students from Bancroft Elementary School, plant a vegetable garden. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Before jet-setting to New York today for another Saturday night date with her husband, First Lady Michelle Obama spent yesterday at Bancroft Elementary School in Mount...
Wanna Be In A Movie?
Posted by Tom in DC Life on 05 30th, 2009 | No Comments
NBCwashington reports that Nationals season ticket holders — the bloated throng of humanity that they are — will get first dibs on the chance to be extras in the upcoming Owen Wilson/Reese Witherspoon flick, which has a working title of How Do You Know? (Honestly, the news that the film...
Go Home Already: Wait for it to Pass
Posted by admin in DC Life on 05 29th, 2009 | No Comments
Photo by staceyviera > > Zipcar starts an interesting new advertising campaign: blocking your path . [PQ Living] > > Marc Fisher posted his last column at the Post today; we’ll be seeing him next doing some ” SWAT team ” style reporting. [WaPo] > > Haha. Katie Holmes...
Marriage Equality Poses Difficulties for Members of Council
When legislation allowing the District to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states came to a first vote before the D.C. Council, it received unanimous support . On its second vote, Council member Marion Barry (D-Ward — a “moral politician,” or so he called himself at...


