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Celebrate Valentine’s Day Tonight with Romantic Cocktails
RR WTC buildingcourtesy of needlessspaces Valentine’s may be the most divisive of holidays. So many people seem to dread all the hearts-and-flowers and even those who want to celebrate with their...
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We Love Music: Sockets Records Showcase at Black Cat
All Photos: Paivi Salonen for We Love DC Local label Sockets Records put on a showcase at the Black Cat back on January 28th. That makes this recap is terribly overdue – and if I did not so like all...
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La Sandia Tysons Tamal Festival
One of my best friends is from L.A., where winter apparently means tamale festivals, and she was feeling like a mid-winter masa party would be just the ticket one of these unusually California-warm...
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LOVE in Honor of Love: Exclusive Hair Products on Sale
On this day of romance, I want to share with you a love story of my own. It began last week, when I was sent some review samples of a the LOVE product line from Davines, exclusively available in D.C....
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We Love Music: Sharon Van Etten at Black Cat
Kevin Hill, chunkyglasses.com Guest review by Jeffrey Lamoureux All photographs courtesy of Kevin Hill Sharon Van Etten was recently featured in the New York Times Magazine in a piece that took stock...
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Hot Ticket – For a Cause: A Benefit Show for DC Vote
Interested in hearing some cool music while supporting the work of DC Vote? Head over to DC9 on February 23rd for the next in the on-going Monument Music and Arts series of benefit shows which have...
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Friday Happy Hour: Tonic for Everyday Neuroses
Getting together with friends for a cocktail party is pretty great – but even better if your guests include, say, authors and experts who want to talk about their work, a chef who whips up some very...
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Vintage Cabaret Glamour Comes to Strathmore
What is the vintage-lover to do in these winter doldrums? The Washington Ballet’s “Great Gatsby” has been closed for months and yet there are still months to go before that next Seersucker Social....
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A Rock and Roll Opening for a Very Rock Exhibit
the password is…….Fideliocourtesy of LaTur The W Hotel has a history of using their walls to show off cool and interesting art – and using their lounges to throw fabulous parties. Those come together...
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ARTINI: Week One Features
Oyamel ARTINI by Daniel Swartz, Courtesy of Corcoran Gallery of Art It is ARTINI season – which might just be the happiest season of all for your We Love DC lushes, who think a combination of fine art...
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ARTINI Week Three
Frank Jones of The Gibson for ARTINI 2012. Photo credit: Dan Swartz. Courtesy of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. ARTINI 2012 is underway! Twelve** Eleven talented bartenders have created cocktails...
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Historic Howard Theatre Opens for a New Generation
Historic Howard Theatre Opens for a New Generation The newest performing arts venue opening to entertain Washington audiences really is not new at all. The Howard Theatre, re-opening this month, was...
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Friday Happy Hour: Rite of Spring at Room 11
Friday Happy Hour is back after our month of ARTINIs – and, I am pleased to report, we will be including some additional voices from our other drinks writers in this space from time to time, in our...
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Friday Happy Hour: Jungle Bird at Passenger
Tuesday was an amazing day. I went outside to see the shuttle glide overhead – and after that it seemed like my whole day was dusted with little bits of space magic. I was absurdly productive, managed...
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Kiehl’s Opens in Tysons Corner
Kiehl’s second store in the DC area celebrates a grand opening tonight in the Tyson’s Corner mall. The beloved brand’s first store in Virginia joins their Georgetown location to provide...
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Friday Happy Hour: Special-Edition Burial at Sea
One of the many benefits of the recent flourishing of cool small breweries in the area has been the interesting collaborations that result when they put their creative energies together. One such...
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Friday Happy Hour: The Getaway at The Passenger
That photo is terrible. I know. Let me explain. It was taken around 1:30am last night, when I was not planning to taste anything critically and conditions were sub-optimal for drink photography. When...
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Drink Yourself to the 2012 RAMMY Awards
The RAMMY Awards are an annual celebration of members of the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington (thus the clever name) – and the gala is one of the biggest food-industry parties of the...
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Summer Cocktails Debut at the W
POV at the W always launches their seasonal cocktail menus with great flare. This time the cocktail party was summer boardwalk carnival themed with tickets sold to the public through Gilt City and...
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Food, Music, and Charity: Sound Bites 2012
An annual fundraiser for DC Central Kitchen, Sound Bites took over the 9:30 Club – and V Street outside in block party style – on Sunday evening. The event featured music from a variety of local...
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