Archive for February, 2007

Metro Mess Results in Evening Walk

Metro was a mess yesterday, so I skipped the Orange Line and took a taxi to meet up with a friend in Arlington, but it turned out that said friend got stuck on a Blue just short of Rosslyn and eventually had to cancel because no Orange Line trains were coming. Generally, it seems that [...]

Day late and a corset short

photo courtesy of Dr Sketchy

After looking at the entry for this thursday’s media maker happy hour event I surfed a little around Upcoming and came across this entry for yesterday’s today’s Dr Sketchy’s Anti-Art School at Showbar. Shoot! I’ve seen Molly Crabapple’s work linked off Warren Ellis’ [...]

Dove Love

This morning I woke up to an eerie sound outside the bedroom window.
“Twit-twooo-wooo-hooo”
Upon closer investigation, I was staring into the sad little eye of a dove, preening on the windowsill. Completely oblivious to my presence, it called and called, fluffing up its feathers, bowing.
My cat started to go wild, meowing and winding around my [...]

DC Online Dating Profile Stats: At Least 59 Options for “Couples (2 women) seeking Men”

Have you every wondered how many online dating profiles are there in Washington DC? Back in my single days, it was a great guessing game that my crew and I would debate when not hunting.
Now that the clock-stopping hottie has my heart, I’m no longer in the game, but I do know [...]

The Blue Cylon Tower

At Shirlington Library

Originally uploaded by tbridge.

I pulled off 395 heading for the house the other night when I ran into the nigh-blinding glow of the blue light tower that’s attached to the new Shirlington Library. Even from the distance of a tenth of a mile or [...]

Downtown Lights Out

A good portion of Georgetown (or at least the eastern section of it) has no power whatsoever. The street lights are out, the traffic lights are out, the fire engines are going and all manner of havoc is going on downtown today. Between this, the Metro being all fucked up, this is going [...]

Orange Line SNAFU

The Metro appears to be broken, yet again. There’s a major service disruption between Smithsonian and Federal Triangle, essentially cutting the Orange and Blue lines in half. According to the Metro Delays site: “Station closed and bus shuttle service requested due to an emergency situation.. “ No idea yet if this will [...]

It’s DC Fashion Week 2007!

Surprise, surprise! DC has fashion, and this is DC Fashion Week!
A partnership of independent fashion designers, producers and models, DC Fashion Week promotes the area’s fashion design, clothing merchandising and hot models.
It also has the dubious goal of enhancing the visibility of the nation’s capital as a center of international fashion.
While I wish [...]

Framing Fantastico

Here we go again, another snowstorm in the DC area. Or wait – is it rain? Either way, you may be getting sick of us talking about snow or restaurant bathrooms, but I thought I’d take this opportunity to show off what I think is a great photo by Linda O’Dell .
At first [...]

A Possible Pre-Protest Conversation

“Honey, it’s a beautiful winter day in Washington DC. What do you want to do?”
“Oh, I don’t know. Maybe the usual: head down to the White House and put my hood on.”

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“Really? But you’ve done that the last few warm weekends too”
“And I’m going to keep doing it until the illegal [...]

Fluffy Snow

Fluffy Snow

Originally uploaded by tbridge.

It’s a fluffy snow out there today, coming down in big, heavy flakes. I got up this morning expecting sleet and slush, and was greeted with this sight instead. I swept the walk at 11, but looking at it now and [...]

Over an inch already

Well, while Capital Weather says “1-3″ accumulation, esp southwest, west and northwest;” between 10a and 2p, I’d say we already have well over 1.5″. It’s picture-perfect, light and fluffy. Throw em if you roll em… snowballs, that is.
This post appeared in its original form at DC Metblogs
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Cafe Asia Unisex Bathroom Decision Time

It’s a Cafe Asia Downtown happy hour and you brought your passport to drink. You are bloated from cheap Kirin or $3 Japanese sake. You need to wiz. As you stumble into the bathroom, you’re present with a Washington DC first: a unisex bathroom:

Which door are you going to choose? [...]

Fifty Thousand?!

George Washington University has the dubious honor of being the most expensive college in all of the United States, according to a study quoted on tonight’s All Things Considered. You can listen to Robert Siegel’s interview with GW’s President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg. Noted for me is the weaselly sound of justification for their [...]

Dr Watson: a Dulles Arrival Error

Photo by DC Metroblogger

Check out the digital arrival board at Dulles Airport, D Terminal.
Dr Watson was not able to attach to the process and now the arrivals screen is a wack.
When Windows 2000 returns error code 87 and the parameter is incorrert does that mean flights will be delayed?
Maybe Max knows [...]

Hang ‘em if you got ‘em

To follow up on Mr. Whiteside’s post from the other day regarding stupid things on the road and the government’s reaction. It seems that when the Maryland legislature said they dedicate more time on transportation issues, the voting populous had no idea what they would actually do. Well, it seems the Washington Post has covered [...]

Unfortunate signage

photo courtesy of UUMickey

While this lacks the juvenile joy of last week’s burnt-out sign discovery, it makes up for it by sending exactly the wrong kind of message to your customers. Good find, Mick.
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WMATA Green Line Rappers

The next time you are approaching Shaw/Howard University Metrorail station, put an ear out for these two WMATA Green Line Rappers.
Lyrical masters, with tongue twisting rhymes set to their own jams, the two wordsmiths are captured by Jkid4 in this video:

Not a rap aficionado, I don’t know if they’re throwing down their own [...]

So, what’s in a drink?

While inebriating ourselves during the DC Metblogs happy hour (more details to be released soon, if not already), we got to recapping some current news regarding our venue of choice, the newly opened Old Dominion Brewhouse at the DC Convention Center. Much fun was to be had and many beverages were consumed (as well as many [...]

The windy city, at least for tonight

photo courtesy of aron Edwards

I hope Max will forgive me for treading on his usual domain, but when searching for an image on flickr to join my commenting on the gales outside I came across this shot. I expect that [...]