What if you could look on one screen at all of the public transportation options in DC at the same time and choose the best route home (Metro, bus, Capital Bikeshare, Zipcar, and car2go)? Have you ever tried to cook from a recipe on your iPad or smartphone without getting food on the screen? A…
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Weekend [East City] Event Round Up: Steppin’ Out Edition
Friday November 2 Honfleur Gallery (7pm to 9pm) Both Honfleur Gallery and The Gallery at Vivid Solutions will be hosting exhibitions in historic Anacostia that are part of DC Fotoweek 2012. Steppin’ Out, at Honfleur Gallery by DC-based artist Michael Platt, defies conventional notions of photography. Referring to himself as an “imagemaker”, Platt uses…
Weekend East City Event Round Up: Halloween Edition
All Weekend Hill Center Pottery Exhibition The Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital presents a group exhibition of 15 potters from around the United States. This ambitious project is open to the public on Saturday October 27 from 10am to 5pm and Sunday October 28 from noon to 4pm. A cocktail reception on Friday…
Weekend East City Event Round Up: Outsider Art Edition
Saturday October 12 Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW) (10am) CHAW will be hosting a film festival in honor of their year-long 40th anniversary celebration. Featured films include “Attack of the Giant Pants” and “Alien Invasion,” short films made by CHAW students, and “CHAW@40,” a 15 minute film stitching together vintage footage, video interviews, historical…
And Here’s To You, Union Station
Union Station isn’t as exciting as it used to be. But as DC lives with the monumental landmark through the next few years, Union Station will undergo a 15 to 20 year Master Plan to triple capacity, improve the building and its transit, and probably a bunch of stuff we don’t even know about yet….
A Tree Grows in Brookland
Known for being the home of Catholic University, Brookland, the long-neglected sleepy neighborhood in Northeast, is getting a much-needed shot in the arm. Several large mixed-use construction projects are being built in walking distance of the Metro stop, and new restaurants are popping up here and there. Neighborhood stalwart Colonel Brooks Tavern, is being torn…
Not That You’d Forget, But H Street Festival Is Tomorrow
The allure and fun of the H Street Corridor has runneth over these past few years, with developments and restaurants popping up all the way from 4th Street to 15th, NE. Not only is this a standard night-time locale, but the daytime businesses (eateries, shops, yoga studios) have been thriving as well. Explore all the…
Weekend [East City] Event Roundup: September Super Saturday Edition
Friday September 7 Honfleur Gallery (7pm to 9pm) ARCH Development Corporation will officially present the First Annual East of the River Distinguished Artist Award to B.K. Adams at a reception at Honfleur Gallery. The award is presented to a seasoned artist of any discipline who lives and work East of the River and has impacted…
Ms.Vedral Goes to Washington: Flats are for…
About a year ago, when I first began telling my friends and family that I was considering a move from my native New York City to Washington DC, the first argument against it–without fail–would be “but you have so much style.” I’ll admit, I didn’t disagree with their concern. I had been told by Washingtonians…
DC Style Is Real 