SW - Heyday DC https://heydaydc.com/tag/sw/ The strange but true life and times of Washington, DC Sat, 25 Mar 2023 14:41:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 64826792 Wish We Here — DC Postcards #9 https://heydaydc.com/2014/06/dc-postcards-9/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dc-postcards-9 https://heydaydc.com/2014/06/dc-postcards-9/#respond Fri, 20 Jun 2014 13:03:13 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=947 Happy Summer Solstice 2014, the longest day of the year! Here’s our latest altered DC postcard, encouraging you to tour DC’s Space Needle, follow the National Arboretum trail to the Continue Reading →

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]]> https://heydaydc.com/2014/06/dc-postcards-9/feed/ 0 947 Cowboy Indian Alliance Rally Ends with a Bang and a Whoop https://heydaydc.com/2014/04/cowboy-indian-keystone-protest/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cowboy-indian-keystone-protest https://heydaydc.com/2014/04/cowboy-indian-keystone-protest/#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2014 09:45:20 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=673 On Saturday, April 26, at 11 a.m., thousands gathered on the National Mall for the finale of a weeklong protest to reject construction of a transcontinental oil pipeline and protect Continue Reading →

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]]> https://heydaydc.com/2014/04/cowboy-indian-keystone-protest/feed/ 2 673 Holding Out for Some Heroes https://heydaydc.com/2014/04/awesome-con-costume-record/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=awesome-con-costume-record https://heydaydc.com/2014/04/awesome-con-costume-record/#respond Sat, 19 Apr 2014 14:45:20 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=570 On Friday, DC’s Awesome Con, a self-described “comic-con that embraces all aspects of geekdom and pop culture,” attempted to break the Guinness World Record for most assembled costume players photographed Continue Reading →

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]]> https://heydaydc.com/2014/04/awesome-con-costume-record/feed/ 0 570 Overheard: Spider-Man Caught in Political Web https://heydaydc.com/2014/04/overheard-spider-man-caught-political-web/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=overheard-spider-man-caught-political-web https://heydaydc.com/2014/04/overheard-spider-man-caught-political-web/#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2014 17:57:38 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=616   Welcome to the second in our series of eavesdropped conversations. [We couldn’t help but overhear your private conversation in a public place.]   EXT. NATIONAL MALL, NEAR REFLECTING POOL Continue Reading →

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]]> https://heydaydc.com/2014/04/overheard-spider-man-caught-political-web/feed/ 0 616 As American as Cherry Pie … and Sushi https://heydaydc.com/2014/04/dc-cherry-blossoms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dc-cherry-blossoms https://heydaydc.com/2014/04/dc-cherry-blossoms/#respond Thu, 10 Apr 2014 16:00:05 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=447 Each spring, thousands make their annual pilgrimage to DC to gaze in awe at the riotous blooming of the Japanese cherry trees. Poet Pablo Neruda, distinctly not Japanese, once wrote, Continue Reading →

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]]> https://heydaydc.com/2014/04/dc-cherry-blossoms/feed/ 0 447 The Street of the Righteous Gentile https://heydaydc.com/2014/03/raoul-wallenberg/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=raoul-wallenberg https://heydaydc.com/2014/03/raoul-wallenberg/#respond Tue, 11 Mar 2014 22:04:27 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=51 Renamed by an Act of Congress in 1985, Raoul Wallenberg Place SW is the stretch of 15th Street SW on which the Holocaust Museum is located. While serving as Sweden’s Continue Reading →

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