Archive for June, 2006
a hazmat afternoon
Photo by DC Metroblogger
The DC hazmat team has just shut down Vermont between L street and Scott Circle.
No word on why, I got a curt “hazmat” when I asked and all the buildings on the block are in lock down.
Anyone know more?
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How did this happen?
photo by maxedaperture
Snooping around the DC Metblogs Flickr Pool, I came across this interesting photo of the week’s flooding. Now I wonder – how did she loose lose her knickers?
Was she aroused by the downpours, lightening exciting her with flashes illuminating her lover in the night? Was it a [...]
welcome to dc metblogs happy hour
Photo by DC Metroblogger
This is the newest member of the DC Metblog crew. Please give a hearty welcome to Trudi.
She is a little shy but a few (dozen) beers will let her loose on us and soon, you.
Now give her a moment and read her Improv post.
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Who screwed up here?
Take a close look at this photo. Note how that’s a freshly made curb cut, the concrente is still gleaming white. Now note the big-ass Jersey barriers sitting on it.
Just what series of events led to that odd juxtaposition?
Was it a homeowner, impatient with the slow curb-cut process jumping ahead with [...]
A Summer Hamburger Challenege
Johnny Rockets
Its lunchtime. Are you hungry? Might you want to enjoy
“a place where [you] can escape today’s complicated world and experience the food, fun and friendliness reminiscent of feel-good Americana”?
If so, you will so be in luck. Johnny Rockets is about to open on Connecticut Avenue, just above [...]
Downtown Development Buzz
My Metrobus commute gives me a quick glance every morning and night on the continuing development of downtown, in particular 11th Street. With all the crazy construction over the past year, this has added a lot of frustration as traffic grinds to a halt around sites crammed with dump trucks and hard hats, but it’s [...]
More »O Leksiy? YA LEKSIY!
The Wizards have taken Oleksiy Percherov with the 18th pick in the NBA draft. Standing a monstrous 7 feet tall, he’ll be a forward, and not a center. Best quote so far seems to come from the Washington Post:
Percherov averaged 11.2 points in 23 games for Paris Basket Racing in the France Pro [...]
More »Blue Line Betties and Orange Line Oscars Finally Meet
The Metro is one of those great spots to people watch in DC. Between the tourists and the interns and the hill rats and other downtown workers, there’s always someone to lock eyes with just for a second. Now there’s a place for all of those missed metro connections: Metro Opens Dates.
Organized by [...]
More »coat vs. escalator
coat vs. escalator
A battle raged today at the Mt Vernon Square Metro station.
On one side was the big bad escalator. On the other a little white coat.
The winner? That is open to debate. The coat was eaten but the escalator is now out of service.
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BSO @ Strathmore announces Summer Series
Going to hear the Symphony just got really affordable. The Baltimore Symphony just announced their special summer series on Thursday nights in July at Strathmore Hall in suburban Maryland. The hall itself is a musical wonder, and now that all seats are $25 for the concerts, it’s easy to hear excellent music without [...]
More »Kevin Smith Live on WaPo
Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, all manner of fine films Kevin Smith has produced for us on the big screen. Today, he’s also taking questions on WaPo Live right now. Ask away.
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The War Tapes come to DC
No, they’re not some 21st century version of the Pentagon Papers; it’s an independent movie assembled from video taken by 10 soldiers in Iraq who were sent cameras by the filmmakers. It’s also not a screed from either side; the filmmakers claim that their intent is to let the soldiers speak for [...]
More »2200 Evacuated in Montgomery County
Lake Needwood is 25 feet over its banks and the dam that created the artificial lake is now seeping water. Montgomery County has evacuated the 2200+ people who live below the lake in some of the surrounding housing areas. If the dam were to burst, 19 feet of water could fill the low-lying [...]
More »And now its official – Smoke Free DC is a health issue
While we’ve debated Smoke Free DC before, and some fools people continue to say its about “choice”, U.S. Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona has just issue a definitive report about second-hand smoke. To quote the WashPost article:
Secondhand smoke dramatically increases the risk of heart disease and lung cancer in nonsmokers and can be controlled [...]
Metro Sanctioned iPod Maps
A little birdie pointed us to the swank new Metro-issued iPod Maps, which are tailored for the upcoming events on the Fourth of July (hence the Smithsonian Station being marked as Closed on the maps) and there are different versions for the various Nano/Photo/Video iPods that are on the market. They’ve even put up [...]
More »Rage & Road Savagery in the Heart of the District
It took me 90 minutes to go 8 miles today. I’m going to repeat that, because it bears repeating. 8 miles. 90 minutes. That’s a little over five miles an hour, all the way home.
I left my garage at 12th and F tonight, turned slowly on to F St heading west [...]
More »Rent Control Legislation Signed
Mayor Williams signed new Rent Control into effect today for the first time in two decades. The compromise between landlords and tenants, “abolish[es] the city’s antiquated system of rent ceilings and replace it with legal restrictions that limit future rent increases to 2 percent of current rent plus inflation, or no more than 10 [...]
More »Columbia Heights and Lows
Columbia Heights Yahoo Groups is off on another beautiful tangent again, one that’s worth a few minutes of your work day leisure time. Started off with this short description of a robbery
There were three black males in their early 20s. They held a gun in the cab driver’s face, but thankfully did not shoot. [...]
Flexcar and Zipcar for the CarFreeDC crowd.
If you’re chronologically challenged in such a way that it causes you trouble getting your rental back to the agency, perhaps you should be using one of the short-term rental car options instead. We’ve got a strong ZipCar and FlexCar presence in the area and there’s a number of specials to choose from.
If you’re the [...]
SHRMer learns an important lesson about motorcades
I had lunch today with some recruiting bloggers I’ve met through my other project, and one of them mentioned an interesting anecdote from the night before.
A recruiter in town for the SHRM conference was delayed on the sidewalk across the street from his hotel due to an oncoming motorcade. When this nasty rain we’ve [...]
