Archive for August, 2007
Fock ART Bus?
I saw this graffiti in my neighborhood and was shocked. Well, I wasn’t so surprised that there was graffiti. There are a million kids in the neighborhood with nothing to do but go grabassing up and down the streets all day because school is out. I was mostly disturbed by the fact that what is [...]
More »Nailing Petworth Eyesore Offenses
No matter if the Petworth Eyesore did get its contrsution permits, it’s still a danger to the community. How? Check out the rusty exposed nails on these boards sitting in its side yard. Perfect to impale passing pedestrians with tetanus-shot requiring punctures until they’re properly disposed of. That’s just yet another reason why its an [...]
More »Awesome or painful? “Yes”
photo courtesy of The Kennedy Center I didn’t make it out for the Week o Accordion at the Kennedy Center, but a friend of mine went one evening. The subject line of this post covers the exchange we had about it. She suggested examining the feed footage on their website, which I am doing now. [...]
More »Clagett Farm’s Weekly DC Farm Share
Despite the tri-state drought, I’m enjoying fresh area farm produce every week. And I’m not talking about the farmer’s markets favorited by Jenn L, either. I’m all about farm shares, the direct support of an area farm by purchasing a portion of its weekly production in association with other Washington DC produce aficionados. Together, every [...]
More »Whole Foods = Whole Paycheck
Doug Clifton said it well. This place is a rip-off for many things but I knew that when I went in the door to get some stuff I didn’t want to drive all the way to My Organic Market for. I was in the bakery section and saw this. $5.03. For what, you might wonder? [...]
More »Metroverheard: P.I.
Summer vacation is coming to an end, which means a probable decrease in tourist conversations on the Metro like this one: Tourist 1: So where do we get off? Tourist 2: “Metro Central,” I think. It’s after Gallery Place. Is this it? Tourist 1: I don’t think so. This is Gallery P.I. Tourist 2: What’s [...]
More »Pooping our way to conservation?
Sadly, no. When I saw the WTOP headline Treated Sewage to Operate Power Plant I thought perhaps we’d be seeing some new system similar to burning buffalo chips. Not the case, though. This is a pretty straight-forward use of what we’d have called “gray water” in South Florida. In a nutshell it means using the [...]
More »Crappy Parking Sunday in Bethesda!
Seen at Wisconsin Avenue and Cheltenham in Bethesda. The tires were right up on the curb, as if Charles Kuralt himself had come back from the grave to pilot this vehicle. Spread the word far and near – crappy parking all day from 12 until 6 today only in Bethesda. Be sure to leave your [...]
More »Giant line to get in…
Giant line to get in… Originally uploaded by tbridge. how do you sell out RFK when the Nationals are terrible? Give oh Bobblehead dolls. This was the line to get into the stadium tonight as the team is giving away Abe Lincoln bobblehead dolls. The Nats have a rough row to hoe, with a sub [...]
More »Fishy Minivan
Were you at the Cheltenham parking garage in Bethesda recently? Is this your sweet ride? I have to say – this really tickled me and brightened my day significantly. Thanks for adding to the factory paint job and keeping the DC area a fun, lighthearted place. Has anyone else seen this vehicle? I love it! [...]
More »My ANSWER to Protest Signs: Removal
Wayan’s DC Photos The ANSWER protest sign drama continues as the anti-war group hides behind the First Amendment in its defacement of Washington DC public property. Yesterday the Department of Public Works fined the ANSWER coalition $10,000 for posting hundreds of signs to promote a peace march September 15 that were illegally affixed to utility [...]
More »Maybe this explains it…
photo courtesy of LarryKang Max told us about DC corrections officials putting a woman in with the male inmates. Perhaps they simply were jealous that the female corrections officers are getting all the play, what with two female officers now being arrested for boffing people under their supervision. Well, less people than person, given that [...]
More »Exorcising the Speed Demons
On the drive from Columbia, I had that feeling creep up on me. It starts in my lower back, and works its way up my spine. I just need to put the pedal to the floor and feel the roar of the engine, to move through traffic like water down an incline, finding the surest [...]
More »Welcome back to the 7-11, day laborers
photo courtesy of Get Your War On Demonstrating the same kind of attack-the-supply thinking that has helped us be so successful in fighting the War on Some Drugs, the Herndon council has decided to start requiring the day labor center run out of the old police station to check the immigration status of workers who [...]
More »Humor in the face of adversity
Someone commented to me over the weekend that I hadn’t put up a vanity plate photo lately, then on the drive to work today I saw this. Fate, I tell you. This post appeared in its original form at DC Metblogs Be the first to like. Like Unlike
More »That’s a Man, Baby!
Actually, no she’s not. In what appears to be yet another major screw up by our fine DC police department, the Washington Post is reporting that a woman was mistakenly booked as a man for “suspicion of prostitution”. Despite her insisting that she was very much a woman, Ms. Virginia Grace Soto was held in [...]
More »Santeria in Arlington’s Parks?
What gives, people? There I am, enjoying a nice walk through Donaldson Run Park and I find a poor, lifeless rubber chicken right next to the path. Sliced up the middle from crotch to sternum, completely gutted, only the skin remaining. Just as curious as why someone would bother to slit a rubber chicken like [...]
More »Get a Running Shoe for Your Unwanted Car
Have you been wanting to take your sweetie out for a nice dinner but can’t scrape together the cash? Or have you been eyeing a pair of running shoes but can only afford one shoe? Maybe your Metro SmartTrip card is running low and you don’t get paid until the end of the month. Well [...]
More »happy little trees
As anyone who has ever gotten a new TiVo knows, the process of teaching your TiVo about your preferences to make the Suggestions feature work well can take a little time. Yesterday, based purely on our expressed enjoyment of a particular Food Network show, TiVo started recording a bunch of arts-and-crafts type programs. As Tom [...]
More »A Sad Coda
In late June, 4 young women died in a horrific beltway crash. Then, I prematurely blamed alcohol for the crash and the resulting fatalities. Many corrected me that there was no evidence of drinking, only alcohol in the car. Today, the toxicology report was released, with a .02 rating for the driver, as well as [...]
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