Archive for April, 2006
The Angriest Man in America
Lewis Black played two sold out shows at the Warner Theatre tonight, as part of a recording deal with HBO that will bring a new Lewis Black Live special to the network on June 10th, 2006. The show tonight was an absolute riot. Black hails from Silver Spring (though he generally claims DC as his [...]
More »Fill your belly for a good cause
Stardust is a tasty little restaurant just off North Washington in Alexandria that apparently has a social conscience. This Sunday, from when they open at 4:00pm through closing closing time, they’ll be donating 25% of the evening’s proceeds to SCAN (Stop Child Abuse Now) of Northern Virginia. Did you know it was National Child Abuse [...]
More »Yellow Line to Expand
Hurrah! I can barely contain my excitement! The Yellow Line will be expanded to Fort Totten in a trial program starting in January! For me this means no more getting off at Mount Vernon (which can be a bit sketch at night) and waiting forever for a Green Line train on trips home to U [...]
More »Babes for Boobs Next Week
Matt for sale! Think ahead. Think all the way to next week. Think of your dating life. Think how empty and barren it is. Think of a fun date. Maybe a night at the Improv? Or a canoe trip down the Shenandoah? Or dinner at Whitlows? Any of that make you pause? Now add in [...]
More »Space for All?
Sometimes it feels like the city is rapidly revitalizing, with the potential to finally become a truly vibrant international metropolis. Other times it feels like the forces of retroactive resistance threaten to strangle that dream in vitro, and keep us in the clutches of special interests that have long ceased to be of any true [...]
More »Bar Dispute Incites Hilarious Journalism
In the heart of Shaw, across from a Church, two guys decided they wanted to open a bar. Apparently, the Church took umbrage to the fact that not only did they serve the demon liquor, the owners are also participating in an alternative lifestyle, but the best moment out of all of us this comes [...]
More »Just don’t eat them
photo courtesy of Eye of Einstein Surplus koi fish? Apparently. I guess when you’re in a pond you eat, swim and breed. And, eventually, breed yourself too many kids for the pond when there’s no predators. So this Saturday the National Arboretum will be selling off some of their koi to relieve crowding. If you [...]
More »It’s not just coffee
He pours the steamed milk into the spartan white cup, swirling the stream just a bit with fine motor control to make an artful pour and a heart shaped design in the surface of the mocha. She stands at his elbow, tamping down yet another pod for the pour. The clack of the grinder, the [...]
More »More Patio Bars!
In reading the Definitive Patio Bar List comments, it struck me that Bin Round is right, we need to look beyond the usual suspects: There must be more! How about Capitol Hill or Columbia Heights? Anyone know of good places there? Other than G’town and GWU, any places near the schools in the area? Last [...]
More »Good Cheap Eats
Anyone who knows me, knows my love of Ray’s The Steaks. Even though I’m a little upset with them, I’m sure one cup of Crab Bisque all will be forgotten. Now, though, there’s a deal in place at the Arlington Ray’s that is one that absolutely, positively cannot be missed. According to Jason Storch of [...]
More »First Velour, Now Politicians
Okay, now I really need a new coffeeshop. First it was velour jumpsuits, now it’s youth assaulting congressmen. Where can I go to have a cup of coffee and be unassailed?! Jim Moran is sitting at the table behind me plotting a demonstration against the detainees in Guantanamo, and while I suppose I appreciate that [...]
More »Falun Gong Takeover of McPherson Square
Falun Gong Dafa If you are downtown today, you might wanna check out the massive Falun Gongregation happening in McPherson Square. Not content with the small ongoing protest in front of the Chinese Embassy on Connecticut Avenue, or last week’s better location of Farragut Park, they’ve now massing for a serious protest – going for [...]
More »Arlington Wins Prestigious…Spittoon?!
Arlington County has won the Travelling Spittoon award for their work with communicable diseases. Okay, that’s great, but can someone please, for the love of all things good and crunchy in milk, tell me why they decided to make the award a Spittoon?! This post appeared in its original form at DC Metblogs Be the [...]
More »Chain restaurant adventures
My darling girlfriend and I had a very unsuccessful evening Monday trying to drop in for the last hockey game of the season. I figured with the Caps being lame ducks it would be easy to grab some cheap seats, have an overpriced beer and watch the last live hockey I’d get till fall. Not [...]
More »Oh Jimmy Bo…
You know, some stories are long in coming. It’s amazing, really, the things that just snap something into context. Sometimes they’re things that happen years later, like your ex-girlfriend coming out to you at a high school reunion some ten years later. Today’s event is Jim Bowden Arrested in Miami for DUI. Oh, wow, does [...]
More »Overheard in my office
Coworker 1: “I think I want to join Flow Yoga because I like how environmentally-conscious they are.” Me: “So, are there a lot of yoga studios out there which aren’t environmentally-conscious? Because you’re kind of screwing with my yoga studio stereotypes right now.” Coworker 2: “Yeah, are there yoga studios where they slaughter kittens while [...]
More »Junkyards or Condos?
Special to Metroblogging from contributor Mik, Junkyards or Condos? Which would you rather see in D.C.? Perhaps DC will go the way of Japan, expanding into the water and building up the city on a rubbish dump. Don’t ask me what that sweet stench is during the Nats game on a hot July night, I’ll [...]
More »Good deals to be had on eclectic stuff.
I’ve been in Bonnie Greer & Company in Del Ray a few times and found it to be a fun mix of stuff – funny knick-knacks, neat cards, weird pajamas, scented body soap sold and dispensed in scoops like ice cream – so it’s a shame that “Bonnie” has decided to close this location and [...]
More »Lovin’ me some craigslist
In my day to day work as a recruiter, I troll through the resumes on Craigslist DC to see if anyone with an interesting skill set is looking for work. At least, that’s what I tell myself. I think the real reason I read Craigslist resumes so much is really postings like this one. Good [...]
More »Air Force One Borfed?
Sure, the President’s ride lives out at Andrews Air Force Base under heavy security, and it’s nearly impossible to get near the place without being fondled in uncomfortable ways by men and women whose job it is to kill people who wish to do things like this, but some guy managed to tag Air Force [...]
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