DC Merchant LivingSocial Offering Instant Deals

Monday, March 7th, 2011, 6:21pm

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The discount deal provider LivingSocial says it's testing a new service that will let Washington customers get instant discounts in addition to the current daily deals.

Washington-based LivingSocial announced the new deal promotion on Monday. The company says that unlike the current daily deals, which arrive to subscribers via e-mail and are available for 24 hours, the instant deals will be available for shorter periods of time and be accessed on a person's mobile device.

The short duration of the deals will allow businesses to offer a discount during a slow lunch or dinner or to bring customers in for a promotion.

The one-month test of the instant deals will focus on Washington hot spots such as Dupont Circle, U Street and Chinatown.

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"No Kissing" Sign in D.C. Cab

Submitted by Simon Landau, Community Web Producer

Monday, March 7th, 2011, 2:18pm

Check out this photo taken by District resident Jeff Rae in the back of a D.C. taxi...seems to me to be pretty intense restrictions.

Thoughts?

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Metro Board Chair Promises Big Improvements in Coming Months

Submitted by goDCgo

Monday, March 7th, 2011, 11:58am

Metro Board Chair Promises Big Improvements in Coming Months

Acknowledging that we are now dealing with what she calls a “changed” Metro, new Metro board chair Catherine Hudgins issued a statement recently outlining WMATA’s goals for the near future. Although not a transit professional herself, Hudgins shared her history of a close relationship with public transit since childhood through her last four decades in the District, where she witnessed the building of the very first Metro rails.

Hudgins echoed recent statements made by new CEO Richard Sarles’ regarding how they plan to turn Metro around. Hudgins states,

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What D.C. Neighborhood is The City's Most Expensive?

Submitted by Simon Landau, Community Web Producer

Monday, March 7th, 2011, 10:59am

What D.C. Neighborhood is The City's Most Expensive?

The College of Preachers / Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway area is D.C.'s most expensive neighborhood, according to NeighborhoodScout.com.

The website states that the median home value in College of Preachers is $2,495,558. The entirety of NeighborhoodScout's top ten reads as follows:

1. College of Preachers/Rock Creek and Potomac

2. Spring Valley/Kent

3. Broad Branch Road/Ridge Road

4. K Street/Francis Scott Key Bridge

5. Georgetown

6. Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway/Massachusetts Ave

7. Woodley Park

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Get an acting lesson from Mr. Burns at the DCIFF

Submitted by Francis Manuel Abbey, Filmmaker, Wizards Fan

Sunday, March 6th, 2011, 10:39pm

Get an acting lesson from Mr. Burns at the DCIFF

“Eeeeexcellent.”

Harry Shearer, the actor who voices such beloved Simpsons characters as Montgomery Burns, Ned Flanders, and Otto Mann will be offering a master class Saturday March 12 at the Gala Theater as part of this year's DC Independent Film Festival. Besides lending his vocal chords to half of Springfield, Shearer has a body of work that spans four decades including the cult comedy classic This Is Spinal Tap.

Following the master class, Shearer will screen his documentary The Big Uneasy. In the film, Shearer gets the real story of Hurricane Katrina right from the people who lived through it, revealing an account not heard in the popular media.

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Local Women Star in New Television Show Focusing on Style and Lifestyle in DC and Hunt Country

Submitted by Leigh Macdonald, News Where You Live "Ambassador," NoVA, D.C., Maryland

Saturday, March 5th, 2011, 3:42pm

Local Women Star in New Television Show Focusing on Style and Lifestyle in DC and Hunt Country

Episode one of Style in the City, a show that's all about style—and lifestyle—in and around the Nation's Capitol, first aired this week. And if you have access to Fairfax Public Access Chanel 10, it should be easy enough to catch or DVR (since it's showing more than thirty times this month!).

The show's cast comprises Leesburg resident, Leigh Macdonald, DC's Stefanie Ball, and two Middleburg women, Cindy Bapst and Elizabeth Miller. The show's director, Kristin Rustom, resides in both Middleburg and DC. The show focuses on distinctions between the life in the District and life in nearby Hunt Country, and much of the first episode was filmed on location at Delaplane Cellars in Delaplane, VA.

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David E. Talbert’s New Play “What My Husband Doesn’t Know,” brings Hollywood to your city!

Submitted by Chef Huda, Celebrity Chef, Food & Entertainment writer, Good Food Enthusiast & Creator of "A Happy Food Place"

Friday, March 4th, 2011, 2:13pm

David E. Talbert’s New Play “What My Husband Doesn’t Know,” brings Hollywood to your city!

This weekend Hollywood comes to DC! Award winning playwright, filmmaker and author David E. Talbert presents his new play “What My Husband Doesn’t Know,” at the Legendary Warner Theater here in Washington, DC from March 1-6, 2011. David E. Talbert, originally from Washington, DC, is no stranger to Hollywood as a director and producer for theatre, television and film. Talbert remains one of the most creative and prolific minds working in theater today. The premiere of Talbert’s “What My Husband Doesn’t Know,” celebrates his 20th anniversary in theatre.

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