Archive for August, 2005
Bomb Scare Downtown
Breaking News
There is a bomb scare downtown – bystanders say there was a bomb threat called in to 1133 15th Street, 11th floor.
DC Police have evactuated the area.
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A non-weather event
Huh. I get this from DC alerts, yet it
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More support for New Orleans
As news continues to come in from New Orleans and surrounds, and things continue to get worse, a story from one of our writers in New Orleans, now safe in Memphis:
At this point it’s pretty clear that nothing will be left when, and if, we return. Right now water is probably up to the roof [...]
Katrina Benefit Happy Hour
We may be getting soaked in a bit thanks to the storm-formerly-known-as-Hurricane-Katrina, but the folks down in the Big Easy are still trying to drain their city from several feet of water. DCist pointed out this benefit happy hour happening on Thursday:
DC JazzFest Happy Hour
To help raise money for victims of Hurricane Katrina
Thursday September [...]
School Days
This morning I felt a wave of nostalgia as I watched the yellow-slickered crossing guard shepherd little kids in their uniforms across the street to Garrison Elementary. As usual I was waiting for the bus, sighing at the prospect of another dreary day at work. Maybe it was the contrast between the guard’s maternally bright [...]
More »Sandwich Nation
There are all kinds of regional sandwiches- the cheesesteak, the Primanti’s sammich (pictured here), the po’ boy, assorted varieties of barbecue between bread, etc.
We were pondering last night (between rounds of an entirely too long pub quiz) that there is no real sandwich culture in DC. Our culinary options are man- some celebrity chef [...]
How to help
The levee has been breached in New Orleans and the city is under water. Biloxi, MS is covered in water, mud, and debris. Dozens of people have lost their lives and thousands have likely lost their homes.
But the worst we’re going to see here is some severe storms tonight and tomorrow. So [...]
Upcoming.org Group
Ever since Meetup.com went for-pay, the world’s been short a good way to handle good group meetings, but no longer. As of today, Upcoming.org supports groups!
Go join our Upcoming.org group!
We’ll be having a Happy Hour next week that once it’s scheduled will go into the group. We hope to see all our readers [...]
You should NOT be here now.
Back in the day, before Internet jukeboxes, you knew the kinda tunes you’d hear in a bar. You know what was in its jukebox and could rest assured you’d hear tunes to your liking while you’re drinking. I miss those days.
I miss them much since I’m sitting in the Big Hunt [...]
Comcast Sucks!
That’s it. That does it. After six months of crap signal, Comcast is out. Everyone’s comments on their RCN experience helped, but its today’s struggle with Cloak and Dagger that put me over the top.
The classic 80’s movie is coming in like poo, with the signal dying every five-ten minutes, [...]
Giant Rat
It’s not every day you walk by a window office and see a giant rat staring at you from the sidewalk. Intrigued, I abandoned my window-less cave and headed for 13th St. Sure enough, there was a line of protestors chanting and screaming in unison about the poor standards of Tri-Con Construction.
These did [...]
A Close Encounter
As I was waiting for the bus to go home yesterday, a tall man asked me if the 66 had passed yet.
I should have known instantly from his eyes, but I was tired.
So when he struck up a conversation with me, I half-heartedly responded. He was wearing a lightweight Indian-style shirt and joked that he [...]
Chasing Aaron Pointer
There’s an infielder at AAA New Orleans chasing after a nearly 45 year old record; his name is Rick Short, and he’s pushing the .400 mark. In 1961, Aaron Pointer hit .401 for the season, the last minor-leaguer to do it. As of yesterday, Rick Short is hitting .389, but he’s got several [...]
More »Have we no civility?
I nearly broached the first rule of the Metro this morning: I nearly spoke to the passengers around me. I came in later than usual this morning, hopping the 7 toward the Pentagon after construction began on my bathroom renovation. A four car blue line train arrived shortly after I did, and it [...]
More »Avoiding The Hill…
Today everyone at work is talking about the Capitol Lounge burning down, and they all seem to have a personal connection or story about their glory days there.
In my fifteen years or so of living here, I’ve actually never been inside the place. Nothing purposeful about that, really, it just never happened.
So I [...]
BRAC says “Closed”
Walter Reed Army Medical Center will be closing after the Base Realignment Committee voted to move its jobs outside the Beltway. Those 9,000 jobs will be sent to Quantico, Fort Belvoir, Fort Meade, and the Bethesda Naval Hospital. Though concerns were raised about the increased traffic due to 9,000 additional drivers, the base [...]
More »Sir Sidney’s Got a Drinking Problem
Well, if the one DUI charge down in Florida wasn’t enough to scare Sidney Ponson straight, perhaps his new DUI charge in Maryland will do the trick. Of course, he might just beat up the judge like he did in Aruba.
Of course, I’d be drinking too if I hadn’t won a start since [...]
Is $60 too good to be true?
Right now my housemate and I pony up something like $150 clams for Cable + Internet from Comcast. That’s much beer money in this Majestic household, maybe too much. I’ve seen the ads and I just checked, we can get RCN if we want. My question to you is simple: Will [...]
More »Your Thursday Night Options
Yes, its Party Planner Wayan, back again with another Thursday night line-up for your drinking pleasure.
First up we have a new entrant to the Thursday night Happy Hour scene, one that I’m not convinced is worth the $10-15 cover and mandatory RSVP, or list of intricate rules to escape either. Still, a Brazilian Sunset [...]
City’s Changes
Let’s say you have a friend coming in tomorrow night, a former college buddy of your husband’s, who left DC in the late 90’s for a jetsetting life of international intrigue.
Where would you take him for a night on the town?
Primary objective: Show him the many changes DC has undergone since his Barry-era [...]
