>> Well, we know who Diane Rehm won’t be supporting for President in 2008: Newt Gingrich. The former Speaker of the House was on her WAMU-produced NPR show this morning, but ducked out 20 minutes short of his hour-long segment; Ms. Rehm was not pleased. “I think he just came on the show to sell his book,” a caller said, to which Diane replied, “I think so too, and I’m FURIOUS about it.” Another…
Celebrate Your Moms If you’re lucky enough to have your mom or grandma somewhere easily accessible, then you have the distinct pleasure of celebrating Mother’s Day with the real McCoy. As for me, I’ll have to settle for a teleconference with my mom while eating pancakes shaped like Mickey Mouse that I’ll pretend she made for me. Sniff. I love you, Mom! If you aren’t separated by a continent, then you have some meal planning…
After six years of adding to the eclectic flavor of the intersection of 18th and Florida NW, word comes to us this week that Staccato is closing its doors forever next month. Staccato has always sort of been the Little Club That Could, hosting aspiring musicians from a variety of genres in its no-frills, teeny, converted-townhouse venue. Funky little joints like Staccato are the white blood cells of a city’s music scene. Maybe not so…
If you’re anything like this writer, the last big election returns “party” you went to turned into a vast pit of sorrow and despair you’d like not to repeat. Or maybe you joyously tossed balloons and toasted champagne at your party’s continuing reign. Either way, the fate of the next two years of our country is being decided and you need a place to go tonight to watch, with trepidation and a beer, as the…
After last year’s WaPo Best Bet winners turned out to include an un-hip number of national chain stores and discount outlets, the organizers made some changes to the categories. The changes were designed to draw out the local spots and independent retailers that locals cherish. Categories like “Neighborhood Spot” and “Vintage/Thrift Store” were positively begging for an increased hipster presence in the poll. The 2006 Bets are out, and while peppered with Washington-based establishments, many…
It was a late August day that we heard the news — the Capitol Lounge had burned down. Capitol Hill residents and socialites alike mourned the loss of one of the area’s better-known bars, but owner Joe Englert vowed to see the bar back to its old self, writing exclusively to DCist: …this place is something I love too dearly not to mend, fix up and reintroduce to the Hill. I really appreciate all the…
Off the 18th St. strip in Adams Morgan is a bar that we’re a little hesitant to tell you about. You see, this is Adams Morgan — a neighborhood full of people with big beads or popped collars, descending on weekends like a plague of locusts, ending their nights by scarfing down jumbo slices at 3 A.M. Five years ago? Maybe. Nowadays, we’re curmudgeons. One of the exceptions to our general dislike of Adams…
FRIDAY: >> The First Ladies DJ Collective hits the Black Cat for Girl Friday: the I Love the 90s version. As their site says, join them to “go back in time to the decade that brought us the Real World, Sassy magazine, babydoll dresses, our first war in Iraq, and not one but three Amy Fisher made-for-tv movies.” Ah, Sassy magazine. How we miss it. 10 p.m., $5, backstage. >> Monopoli headlines tonight at Club…
We’re certain there is someone out there who was able to figure out yesterday’s DCist pre-St. Patrick’s Day Happy Hour trivia question/riddle. But from what we’ve heard, this DCist has sure stumped a lot of people with our perplexing questions. While we aren’t going to give any big hints, if you can figure out the relationship between the two places on “Grover’s Nutmeg High Street,” you should be able to figure out the rest of…