Archive for July, 2006
Tunnel To Dulles!
Well, that’s what the American Society of Engineers said to Metro. A tunnel to Dulles may add a quarter billion dollars to the cost, but take up significantly less above-ground real estate. The 4-mile tunnel would take something like $4 Billion to make, and likely wouldn’t be completed in any of our readers’ [...]
More »Ad Awesomeness
A while back, Wayan saw a fun ad for a local political campaign that showed up in our adfeed. Today I provide you with this ad straight from the league of whackjob spellers:
Varginia? Varginia?! For Real?!
Wow. This is silly. Spellcheck, people!
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dj lil’e spins me…
For those of you who missed dj lil’e’s Right Round Mash-UP! at the Black Cat on Friday night, you can download many of her fantastic mashups here. Might I particularly recommend “Domo Arigato, Mr. Brightside.” It’s a personal favorite.
The party was awesome- people danced straight through until 2:15 AM- and a little birdie [...]
Legg Mason Classically Empty
In a stunning surprise, on a Heat Advisory day, the 2006 Legg Mason Tennis Classic stands are empty, as you can see here from a 4:30pm photo emailed to me by one of my supermodels.
Sam Querrey of Thousand Oaks, CA is battling it out with South African Wesley Moodie in oppressive heat. You [...]
Soriano Watch: No Trade!
Well, we’re down to the last few minutes of the MLB Trade Deadline, awaiting word of Soriano’s fate with the Nationals. Watch this space for an update.
Well, the deadline has come and gone, and no word of a trade involving Soriano. Looks like Jimmy Bowden couldn’t do it…
Update, 4:30 ESPN is saying they’ve [...]
More »August in the District
Today’s the last day of July, the last day of civilization in DC for a month. August’s hot, muggy, hazy, uncomfortable nastiness is upon us again. Congress is out of session, gone until the weather improves, or so the tradition says. Gone just in time for the Heat Wave of the [...]
More »Don’t Block the Box
Are you annoyed that annoying tourists others continue to stand in the Metrorail car doors during rush hour? Do you want them to know the door hogs are a public egress hazard?
How about this idea from Life Outta Context? To quote ‘em:
Borrowing from New York’s plan to reduce intersection gridlock, the Metro [...]
You were warned about das boot
Photo by DC Metroblogger
Yes, I warned you it was boot time in Columbia Heights, but you ignored me. You didn’t pay your two or more 30-day-old, unpaid parking tickets and you continued to park in the wrong zone too long.
Now you get what you deserve, das boot. Bright orange [...]
I don’t know what to make of this one…
Okay, my Spanish may not be great but it’s good enough to get the joke in L.A. Story when they go on vacation at “Pollo de Mar,” Chicken of the Sea. So when we drove past “Crazy Chicken,” a seafood restaurant, I had to wonder. Irony? A transition in business direction? [...]
More »My DC Delivery Drawer
There comes a time in kitchen renovation when you just can’t take it anymore. The “temp kitchen” arrangement of juggling patchwork meals made with toaster oven, microwave, and the necessary yet horrifying “slop bucket” – yes, it’s 1890 again in your 1890’s house! That’s when the Delivery Drawer comes in handy.
(Of course, when you [...]
Are you a Pinata Jedi?
When you’re at a BBQ and a mean burro pinata is presented, what do you do?
Are you like WFY here and attempt to use the power of the Force to down paper mache? Or do you be like me and duel a burro with classic fencing moves including a vertical sword twirl? [...]
we are doomed as a culture
Photo by DC Metroblogger
This is the end result of a pinata orgy at the DC Metblogs BBQ.
Little kids pummeling a helpless burro to paper shards, no remorse, all kill lust.
Candy? They forgot about that when the pinata hit the ground. Mercy? Not for the helpless and paper mache.
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bbq action
Photo by DC Metroblogger
This is the good life: the DC Metblog BBQ and I am recruiting new supermodels.
What might you be doing instead? Mowing the lawn? Practing a xylophone?
Stop and join us at Fletchers Boat House.
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RFK Hawker Economics 101
That you Clarence?
While I decry the outrageous prices at RFK Stadium ($6.50 for a Miller Lite!) the August 2006 issue of Washingtonian Magazine does illuminate the life of a RFK vendor.
In their One Mistake and You’ll Be Selling Soft Pretzels for $5 missive we learn that the 40,000 hot dogs sold [...]
Barbeque!
Well, it’s that day, finally! Today is our 2nd Birthday Party out at Fletchers Boat House in Northwest. We’re bringing the fire and the food, you’re bringing the fun and good times. We’ll be kicking off around 1 but going well into the afternoon.
We hope to see you there! [...]
Talk about lobbyists being in bed with Congress!
photo courtesy ofTom Davis’ website
Maybe I just have “corruption fatigue” or something, but when I read this article on Virginia Representative Tom Davis’ apparent efforts to give people all the government they can afford I think “yeah?” I’m so jaded about this kind of thing now that [...]
More »BBQ Hungry Yet?
Do you see this gill o’ treats and feel your stomach grumble? Wanna be @ a BBQ right now, with juice dribbling down your chin?
You’ll have to wait just 24 more hours for the foodie event of the summer, DC Metroblogging’s Second Anniversary BBQ Bash tomorrow at the cool, riverside Fletchers Boat [...]
Right Round Mash-UP tonight! Black Cat!
The incomparable dj lil’e will be spinning her Right Round dance party tonight on the Black Cat’s main stage… with a twist.
This month’s theme is Mash-ups, and I know that e has been laboring for months to bring you the booty-shakingest mashes for your listening enjoyment. She’s been slaving away, listening to countless generic-rap-track-over-famous-guitar-riff [...]
Are you a “foamer”?
Photo by DC Metroblogger
Coming close on the heels of understanding the “scooterist” tag, we now have a new adjective for the stalkers fans of transit systems: “foamers.”
The Examiner reports that these foamers are even causing a little paranoia in transit officals. Luckily WMATA is not NYC’s MTA.
Unlike there, [...]
“Better Know the District”
An absolutely epic video of Stephen Colbert with Eleanor Holmes Norton. You really, really have to watch this if you live around here.
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