Archive for October, 2007
Beveragemania is Now Open!
Wayan’s DC Photos
The Upshur Street commercial strip in Petworth just got its newest resident: Beveragemania And to celebrate the proprietor of Beveragemania is giving out free Hazelnut coffee and $1 Hershey’s Ice Cream through Monday.
When I was there this afternoon, a line had already formed. And [...]
Halloween Taxi Strike
In case you haven’t noticed, the anti-meter taxi strike started at 6AM this morning and will go till 6AM tomorrow. D.C. Yellow Cab general manager says they’re operating with just a quarter of the fleet today, word from Union Station is that the taxi queue gets pretty long as more trains arrive, and hotels [...]
More »When Campaigns Go Wrong
Yes, I know, it’s the Halloween before the presidential primaries, but this is freaking ridiculous. Folks, if you’re looking for a last minute costume of something scary to dress up as for Halloween, dress up as Ron Paul, okay? The only thing that’s scary about Chris Dodd are his complete and utter [...]
More »"Zipcar/Flexcar, whatever, they’re the same."
I was at the bar the other day when I heard some guy say exactly that. Well, soon, it’ll be true.
The new Zipcar (they’re taking Zipcar’s name in this marriage, no hyphenation or brand new name) will serve serve 50 cities including the District. With 180,000 customers and 5,000 vehicles between the two [...]
God’s gift…
Gods gift…
Originally uploaded by tbridge.
Ladies, meet Ian. He’s a barista at the famous Murky Coffee in Clarendon, and as of today, he’s God’s Gift To Women. That’s right, for Halloween, he’s got the very best costume I’ve seen for Halloween.
Though my friend Lisa saw a [...]
High Heel Race: Missed
In a sad note on how much my DC experience has changed in the past few years, I missed tonights High Hell Race in Dupont Circle.
Instead of cheering for the Bubble Wrap Queen or even Princess Diana, I was off at work, then working on my house, even sober at that.
I have to say, [...]
The Bethesda Bling Bus
Say what you will about Bethesda being a mostly over-built commercialized area with little soul, but you can’t fault them on this one. If I had a van like this, I think I wouldn’t be able to keep the ladies at bay. Bethesda knows how to do things in style, obviously. This was parked by [...]
More »DC gun ban gets closer to the Supreme Court
SCOTUSBlog reports that the two gun ban cases will be considered by the Supremes in just a few weeks.
The earliest that an order on the fate of the two cases would emerge is probably Tuesday, Nov. 13. The case, if granted, would probably be heard in February or March.
One of our actual lawyer readers [...]
Petworth Pizza Perfection
Moroni Pizza in Petworth
Do you enjoy the fancy Red Rocks Pizza? I know I love its bar and outdoor patio. But like their all Flash website, they’re more style than substance. Yes, they have good beers, but the food… I’ve had better. Specifically, I’ve had Moroni & Brother’s pizza.
Now starting [...]
Georgetown Intro for the Carless DC Noob
Ah, Georgetown! Once I thought of it as “that snooty place I never go to because the rich preppy folk didn’t want a Metro stop*,” but having recently taken a job there, I’ve discovered — and maybe even grown to love — that historic part of DC.
This part of Georgetown wasn’t always so swanky [...]
Well that’s underwhelming
image courtesy of Taco Bell
Our friends in Boston who purchased some furniture during the pre-season are going to get their purchase prices refunded because the Sox won the series.
We can get a free taco if we go to Taco Bell between 2pm and 5pm tomorrow. Beef variety, by the way, though [...]
Wait, these are the cheap seats?
image courtesy of The Shakespeare Theater
If you like your theatrical experiences a little more highfalutin than spoken word poets, how about a little Marlowe? Christopher, not Philip. The Shakespeare Theater is kicking off a new program designed to put more youthful butts in seats and it’s pretty cool. If you happen [...]
More »DC Cabs to Stage Ineffectual, Largely Unnoticed Taxi Cab Strike Wednesday
Well, the DC Cabbies are about to have their revenge on the city for the declaration of meters. Wednesday, coincidentally that’s Halloween, there will be a taxi-cab strike.
Except that there are multiple taxi-cab groups, not all of whom will be striking. So, there will just be fewer taxis on the street, not that [...]
DC Police to Add Industrial Grade Vibrator to Squad Cars
Sure, they call it the Rumbler, but it’s the same concept that sent a woman over the edge on the Howard Stern Show. The idea being, the car puts out some subsonic rumble for 10 seconds or so, causing everyone within 200 feet to turn and wonder if there’s been a localized earthquake, or [...]
More »Word to our library
image courtesy of Signature Theater
It’s hard for me to believe it’s only been a year since I went to the ACLU’s 2006 member conference kickoff, but sure enough, Oct 16 2006 says my byline. At the time I said that the highlight of the evening was Steve Connell and Sekou (tha [...]
More »DC is Officially Uptight
Wayan’s DC Photos
Wandering through Golden Gate Park in San Francisco today, BB and I came across the most interesting sight.
Our collective first thought: imagine a Wonders of Cannabis festival on the National Mall. Now wouldn’t that be groovy? And impossible.
DC is way too uptight to be San Francisco cool.
This post appeared [...]
Rain Found Leak
Wayan’s DC Photos
Look what all this rain has found in my roof: a brand new leak.
Thanks for the tip Mother Nature. I will be sure to fix the roof before winter snows make it worse.
For those that are counting, I am using the amazing safety pin and string in the [...]
so say we all…. so say we all.
Hey! SciFi! What the hell is up with the neglect? Why no BSG movie preview lovin’ for DC?
As if it was not enough that I was left hanging months ago, literally jumping out of my seat and screaming at my television at the end of the season finale, now I’m going to [...]
Jens Lekman at the Black Cat
Jens Lekman may be trying to steal my boyfriend. As we strolled down the moist, chilly blocks from Lekman’s Black Cat performance last night, all my date could talk about was how sweet and charming Jens was, his lovely voice, and general awesomeness. Not that the Swedish indie pop signer’s charms were lost [...]
More »I’m Writing This Through Bacon Tears
This was sent special to Metroblogging DC today.
It was fitting that Mahalo published “How to Make Perfect Bacon” on the same day that Hudson Restaurant officially opened, taking over the same space of the former David Greggory restaurant, because this means we’ll have to make our bacon on our own and won’t be able to [...]
