Archive for October, 2006
Bangkok Blues – Great Food, Great Music, Horrible for Conversations
My wife and I took a friend to Bangkok Blues in Falls Church last night. Since arriving in the area, this has been one of my favorite restaurants and bars. Everything is low-key, they have music every night (see their calendar here)and the price is right for getting some excellent Thai food. There’s just one [...]
More »Gallaudet protest theater
In the latest skirmish in the Gallaudet protest zanyness, students took over College Hall, a building which houses the President’s office, HR and other administrative offices. For eight hours. In the middle of the night. Then they left. That’s right. Protesters successfully occupied a building after closing and vacated it at opening time. In other [...]
More »You Ain’t Jack!
Okay, so maybe you are Jack Requa, and maybe WMATA’s Board of Directors did appoint you acting general manager to replace Interim ex-General Manager Dan Tangherlini, but that don’t mean we like you. Dan was our man. No matter if he wasn’t a classic interim GM, we loved him anyway. He made things happen, made [...]
More »Hide Behind Your Lens
Even though I’m an avid Apple hater, I love this candid shot taken by Flickr user furcafe. This guy seems to have a camera attached to his eye socket, judging by the number of photos he takes around town, and this one is absolutely made for an Apple promo. Doesn’t it make you think that [...]
More »What Exactly Do You Want Me To Remember?
There it was in my mailbox this afternoon, an exhortation from Major League Baseball’s Memorabilia group to “Remember the season!” What exactly does MLB want me to remember? The incessant stadium drama? How utterly shitty RFK is to watch baseball in? The ineptitude of Frank Robinson? Jimmy Bowden’s crazy and unending shuffling of the deck [...]
More »Outside.in
You may have seen Outside.in somewhere else on the blogosphere today, but it’s a unique mashup between Google Maps, Blogs, Zipcodes, Event Listings and a bunch of other location-based technologies. You can search for activities by neighborhoods, by zipcodes, by place names, by addresses. It’s very extensible, but it’s far from perfect: It seems that [...]
More »My you have big gourds!
Now them pumpkins! My you have big gourds, Madam Organs. Big, round, plump. Smooth, curved. They are mighty. Two men, two pumpkins. All in the fall sun. Want your own? Pumpkins that is? Get a cart-full. Pumpkin purchase party is happening now. This post appeared in its original form at DC Metblogs Be the first [...]
More »Just don’t ask him what kind of computer he uses
photo courtesy of Wikipedia You know him best as PC in the Apple commercials, where he consistently steals the show and seems more likeable than his Macintosh counterpart. John Hodgman is more than an actor in commercials, however, he’s also a humorist who performs (here he is explaining the series of tubes that is teh [...]
More »Bicycle Into DC Transportation Study!
Make room for us! Do you ride a bicycle? Do you live in Columbia Heights or Mt Pleasant? Then you are not alone. The Washington Area Bicyclist Association thinks your neighborhood has the highest bicycle usage rates in the city, yet completely lacks accommodations for bicyclists, both in terms of on road facilities and bicycle [...]
More »Why City Life Can Suck: Reason #492
I’ve lived in a lot of different cities, and I think I’d go insane if I lived in “the burbs”, but for Cripe’s sake, how hard can it be to find a good HVAC contractor? Or a plumber? Or an electrician? Or a painter? Let me set the scene for you. My furnace doesn’t work. [...]
More »POTUS at CVS
Photo by DC Metroblogger Here’s a fun tidbit: Wonkette and The DCeiver claim POTUS himself, the Big Bush went to the Thomas Circle CVS on Friday morning. I don’t know why he went to CVS, but I do know why he went to that CVS. See, if he went to the CVS at Columbia Heights, [...]
More »Slow Down is the New Stop
I knew traffic would be bad here – clear as mulled cider (the weather is just right for this metaphor) – but I had hoped that this volume of traffic would lend itself to safer driving habits than I had seen elsewhere. Disappointed again. Traffic is hell everywhere it turns out. So when did the [...]
More »Fernandes Takes Your Questions at Post
Incoming (and embattled) Gallaudet University President Jane Fernandes will be doing a Washington Post chat at 2pm today, about 30 minutes hence. It’s one of her first public interviews since this latest round of protests has heated up and closed the University. There’s bound to be material aplenty for Fernandes, but feel free to get [...]
More »Can I ask a quick question?
Okay, perhaps I’m just missing it. What’s the appeal of Big Head Rob? I mean, it strikes me that he’s a vindictive putz that’s interested in heaping scorn on those who refuse to feed his hopper with their gossip, but is there really a need for a gossipblogger about dc blogs? I mean, really? Are [...]
More »Cirque du Soleil Color
Photo by JustInDC While I am not a big fan of Cirque du Soleil, yes I am weird, I do like the color they bring to downtown. The giant blue and yellow swirl tent is a great addition to the old Convention Center space. Much better than last year’s NoVA location (or was that the [...]
More »ShotSpotter Credited With Arrest
Though Wayan may have pooh-pooh’d the new ShotSpotter technology in use by DC Police, the system is credited with the swift arrest of a suspect in a muder case this week in Southeast DC. While the system can’t prevent crime, and no surveillance tool is going to be good at crime prevention, it can help [...]
More »Smiling for the Hairy Monkey
Photo by DC Metroblogger When will they learn? When will they realize? When will DC finally know? Never trust a man with a cell phone camera. Abby did. She was a good sport. Smiling for the hairy monkey as he barged into her life. Now, in harsh light of day, does she remember? Does she [...]
More »To Be Young and Beautiful
Photo by DC Metroblogger How is this for a smoking hot couple? My cousin is making moves at Cafe Citron tonight and this young beauty is currently under his spell. Good luck my dear Jose, you are going to need it when her massive no-neck boyfriend comes back from the loo. This post appeared in [...]
More »Six Apart Says “Hi”
Anil Dash Version 2.0 Yesterday I went to the Six Apart conference on business blogging, and while I didn’t learn new blogging tricks – I am a blogging expert of sorts – I did learn new and more efficient ways to promote blogging. I even had an amazing amount of face time with Marissa Levinson [...]
More »Bebo Trattoria Open
Roberta Donna, famous for Galileo and his Laboratorio, has opened his new Bebo Trattoria in Crystal City. I know for some folks, it’s pulling teeth to get DC folks across the river even for a new restaurant like Setto Bello or Ray’s the Steaks, but I’m going to add another to the list: Bebo Trattoria. [...]
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