Archive for July, 2005

Tamarind Flickr 2

The second Tamarind Flickr event is set for this coming Saturday night at El Tamarindo in Northwest: “a fusion of food, friends, photography, art, music, and poetry.” We saw some great photography last time, and we’re planning on getting back up that way this Saturday. We hope to see you there!
el tamarindo restaurant
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when pigs fly

when pigs fly

Originally uploaded by tbridge.

When it comes to barbeque, there are two schools of thought. North Carolina, and Tennessee. The third school ought to be Dixie Bones off I-95 in Woodbridge. Their sunday $10 buffet has placed me in such a food coma [...]

Everybody Say “Choo Choo”

Good news to all the folks stuck in body-cavity TSA searches at National Airport
This post appeared in its original form at DC Metblogs
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Man from DC exposes self on plane?!

Okay, this one is just too weird. A guy on a plane from DC to Syracuse, NY is accused of exposing his wang to the flight attendant, but it appears that he was actually wearing underwear?
Gibeau was on his way back from a Florida vacation. Police searched Gibeau and found five Polaroid photos of [...]

DC Tri Club Sprint Tri #4

You notice this cool weather? Realize its gonna be nice all weekend? Then its time for you to work off all those beer + lime + ice drinks and come out to the DC Tri Club Sprint Tri #4.
That’s right, this Sunday July 31, at Haines Point registration for the race starts [...]

Singular, First Person Pronouns R Them

Thanks to Sean in Los Angeles for pointing out Eric Richardson’s new tool: Singularist.
Why, you ask? I was curious too. Here’s what Eric says:

I hate the editorial “we” on sites that claim to be “blogs”. I want to hear a writer’s voice, and I think the we sucks that right out of the [...]

Thank You, Jason

Folks, the life of a systems administrator isn’t always a pleasant one. Generally, when you’re doing your job, no one knows you’re even there. As such, when your presence is required, it’s usually associated with bad things. This is no way to go through life. Six years ago, someone staged the [...]

Libraries

Every so often there is commotion about building a new MLK library in downtown DC. The current library is a mess, not so much for its design, which is actually pretty open and nice, but due to the complete lack of maintenance or simple TLC given to it since, oh 1975. Inside, the [...]

When Traffic Leads To Pain

The folks in LA know a thing or two about traffic, that’s for sure, but only in DC would we build a road that would be so crammed full of cars and traffic that it would back up nearly almost all the way around the city when the drawbridge goes up. Hell, I’ve been [...]

Hecht’s? What Hecht’s?

When Macy’s bought Hecht’s a while back, there were a lot of questions in the air. Will they close stores? Will Macy’s take over the world? Will Hecht’s become Macy’s? Does it really matter what they call it? Are department stores even relevant in this age of Amazon.com?
Well, the [...]

8 and a half games.

That’s how badly the Nats are playing right now. They’ve lost 8 1/2 games in the standings since they lead the division at the All-Star Break. We just got swept by the Atlanta Braves, and we’re headed to Florida to face the Marlins, who have beaten us like rented mules this season. [...]

Which is better

My office is at the corner of 15th and I Streets NW, which makes it just about smack in the middle of the McPherson Square Metro Station. The Vermont Avenue exit is one block to the west, the 14th Street exit one block to the east.
My question to you: Which exit should I use?
Logic [...]

Stormy Moments

I came home from the grocery last night before all hell broke loose, parking my car out of the way of the gigantic tree that always seems to lose part of itself during heavy storms. The sky was still but a light grey, but the smell of rain was faintly present in the thick-as-molasses [...]

Your Friday Night Preview

We here at dc.metblog are dedicated to give you, our loyal readers advice on all things DC. My speciality happens to be ways to get toasted. In that role, here’s an advance look at you’re Friday night options with time saving commentary:

For the cheap-o: DC Independence Division End of the season Party

The boys [...]

Local World Champion: Kate Ziegler

Kate Ziegler is 17 and a senior at Bishop O’Connell High School here in the greater DC area. She’s also the fastest woman in the world in the 1500m freestyle. She recorded the third fastest time in history yesterday in Montreal at the World Championships, just behind Janet Evans’ monster record and Hannah [...]

Court to Comcast: Take a Hike

That’s right, we’re one step closer to the Nats games being broadcast on cable here in the DC area. Of course, it’s really a shame that satanic flames didn’t just engulf the entire proceedings today, since that’s the only way any of us actually get to “win” out of a fight between Peter Angelos [...]

White Hot Sushi

Following our pints-and-fire alarm at Buffalo Billiards last night, we agonized over where to eat dinner. In heat like this, my Viking body just shuts down and food is the last thing on my mind (sleep is the first… but then, it always is). So we decided on sushi at Dragonfly.
Dragonfly’s all-white anime-themed interior was [...]

Fire?

It’s heartening to see how die-hard bar regulars react to fire alarms in this supposed panic-prone city.
Last night I met my husband and his demoralized co-workers at the wonderfully cool (as in AC) and kitschy Buffalo Billiards. It’s basement location off Dupont Circle was the perfect antidote to the shock I experienced upon seeing the [...]

Toasty.

Toasty. Hot. Oven.
Those are the words I would use to describe Dr. Dremo’s last night. We were meeting some friends last night for a beer and some relaxation, walked in the doors, praying for some respite from the brutal heat (92 last night at 9pm), but found a sauna instead. Even [...]

The Writing on the Wall

The Wisdom of my Parking Garage

Originally uploaded by tjbax.

I park on the bottom floor of my parking garage, mostly because the asshats in SUVs insist on jamming their urban assault vehicles into all the compact car spaces on the level nearest the street. (Note to SUV drivers- [...]