CakeLove Sweetens Shirlington, Virginia
Posted on November 4, 2007 - Filed Under Reviews, Food, VA/DC/MD Happenings | 3 Comments
As the parking situation in Shirlington Village has risen to new annoying heights, there is now an excellent reason to fight the crowds brought on by all the new building development: CakeLove! That little piece of cupcake heaven created by Warren Brown himself is now in Shirlington Village and only two miles from my house; […]
Read More..>>Yo La Tengo Rocks the Birchmere
Posted on October 24, 2007 - Filed Under Reviews, Music, VA/DC/MD Happenings | 3 Comments
Indie-rockers Yo La Tengo graced the Birchmere stage in Alexandria, Virginia, last night with a melodic and occasionally scratchy acoustic set sprinkled with various tunes from their impressive 23 years on the music scene. Their current tour following their latest album release titled “I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your […]
Read More..>>Radiohead Using “In Rainbows” to Go Green
Posted on October 17, 2007 - Filed Under Reviews, Music, Mother Nature | Leave a Comment
When I heard from Pitchfork that Radiohead is coming out with a new album I felt that all was right with the world. And I am so stoked to learn that their new album is going to be sold exclusively in digital form from their website, thus reducing all that annoying plastic packaging waste.
So maybe […]
Saving American Democracy
Posted on September 27, 2007 - Filed Under Reviews, Politics | Leave a Comment
“In Germany, they came first for the Communists, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist; and then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist; and then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew; and […]
Read More..>>Virgin Music Fest 2007 (Day 2)
Posted on August 26, 2007 - Filed Under Reviews, Music, VA/DC/MD Happenings | Leave a Comment
My husband and I started Day 2 at Virgin Fest by meeting some friends at the Bad Brains stage. I was really excited to hear some punk rock and these 50-somethings not only rocked, they crushed. They played “Banned in D.C.” to a swirling mosh pit fit for even the straight-edge purists, of which I […]
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