go play outside: yoga on the mall

now that the weather is getting nice, go spend every moment you can in the sun. because cube life gets quite boring and dreary. go do some yoga, have a picnic, or go on bike ride. please don’t live up to the statistic that the average american only spends 10% of his/her week outdoors, because that may be the most horribly depressing and lame statistic ever! and you know how we feel about lame.

photos by Alia Khayrullina

thank you japan.

so in 1912 japan decided that they were besties with the u.s. and gave dc a shitload of cherry blossoms. and now those lucky of us living in dc or those visiting the city in late march to early april have the pleasure of enjoying japan’s gifts. too bad the city becomes packed with confused families trying to figure out the metro system and when to get off at the smithsonian.

photos by Alia Khayrullina

hear this: alcoholic faith mission.

So…this is probably the only band you should listen to right now. Not because they have interesting faces, or because they are Danish kids dallying around Brooklyn. Not even because they recorded their first album in a Copenhagen apartment lit by candlelight. You must adore Alcoholic Faith Mission because they make music that no one else is making. It’s a little bit Angus & Julia Stone, a little bit inebriated, and often a Bowiesque exercise in sexy subtlety. Did you eat your skin and bones, waiting for the grave? Anyways, there are big things happening for them soon, including the release of their new album, “Let This Be The Last Night We Care” on March 5, and a show coming up in Baltimore which I am going to try very hard to barnacle onto. You’re welcome.