Archive for August, 2008
Talkin’ Transit: Tysons and Trains
DSC_9921, courtesy of juan.barredo Two items of interest today for commuters on both sides of the Potomac: Tysons Corner and MARC. Tysons Corner. It’s a name that sends shivers up most North Virginian commuters’ spines. Notorious for traffic flow “issues” and the spawning of language more suitable for “R” rated movies, the Tysons area is [...]
More »Steps to Nationals Stadium Disgrace
Look at the close-up of these stairs. Note the grip tape at the edge of the steps is already almost gone. And that the star itself has a large crack in it. These would be Nationals Stadium stairs. Wait, let me describe them better: These are $611 million dollar stairs less than an year old. [...]
More »Lifestyle Article About DC: Out of Touch, Dismissible
Thanks to our blog-friends at YESORNO, I read about this silly article that appears in the current issue of W Magazine. One of the worst pieces of writing about D.C. ever to be drafted on napkins in the Condé Nast cafeteria, it claims that nightlife in Washington is cleaved in twain, with young republican prepsters [...]
More »5 Guys 1 Cup
I saw this pinned to the corkboard while getting lunch at Five Guys in Georgetown. If you don’t get it, you don’t want or need to know. Really. Be the first to like. Like Unlike
More »Smithsonian Offers Online Content via iTunes
The Smithsonian’s amazing museums are instantly familiar to all of us, but their educational programming isn’t quite as popular. Though, now you can get it on iTunes for cheap. $1.99 for 45 minutes to an hour-plus education program? Not a shabby deal. They’ve got four series: Kids, America’s Stories, History and Natural Wonders. Go give [...]
More »We Love Food: Co Co. Sala
With the wine bar trend in full escalation (Proof, Veritas, Vinoteca, Cork, Enology, etc.), it appears we may now be heading into a dessert bar phase. While artisan chocolate cafes like ACKC and bakery empires like Cakelove provide the basics, Co Co. Sala pushes the sweet stuff into high art. If only it weren’t [...]
More »Muxtape, The RIAA and Pandora
Untitled by erin m So, you might be a fan of Brittany’s awesome District Mixtape series of columns that we’ve been putting up. The idea is an age-old one, written about by novelists, charted by all the pop-trend-watchers, and beloved by anyone old than about 25 and younger than about 50. The age of the [...]
More »Metro Escalator Update – Foggy Bottom and Capitol South
Quick update on the Foggy Bottom Metro escalators: Friday’s mess was the result of a passenger’s footwear getting stuck on the middle escalator that afternoon, closing it down in addition to the already-under-repair first escalator, so that only one escalator was left open to serve as stairs. As of today, two escalators are open but [...]
More »District Mixtape: Mike Boggs
Mike Boggs is the creative force behind We Were Pirates. He plays shows under the name with other musicians, but crafted the whole of his EP “The Wolf” on his laptop with two mics and himself. Currently, We Were Pirates is focusing on a full-length album to be recorded in the studio built in Boggs’ [...]
More »Restaurant Week Keeps Going
Sticky Rice RestaurantOriginally uploaded by RSchley While DC Restaurant Week is technically over, DC Foodies has a long list of restaurants extending their deal. Spezie, Dino, Beacon Bar & Grill, and PS 7, amongst others, are extending the deal through the end of August. Enjoy! Be the first to like. Like Unlike
More »EveryBlock comes to DC
The geographically-based super-engine EveryBlock has finally come to DC. Think of EveryBlock like the best mashup of Flickr, Google Maps, The Public Records Office, MPD’s Crime Blotter, the Real Estate Section of the paper, and just about every news story out there in the District, whether it comes from Blogs, or from the Post or [...]
More »fountain time!
Sculpture Garden & National Archives Originally uploaded by NCinDC Unfortunately, my friends, August is returning, bringing back the heat and humidity I have learned to… um, tolerate? I think one of the greatest unsung pleasures of summer in DC is the fact that you can splash your feet in the Sculpture Garden fountain with impunity, [...]
More »Chief Cathy in Some Trouble?
The rule is, according to the Hatch Act, it’s against the law for someone in a government uniform to partake in political behavior. Essentially, that’s exactly what seems to have happened in an ad for Councilman Jack Evans, which features the councilman in a photo op with Chief Lanier. If the photo was staged by [...]
More »Sports Fix: Redskins Romp, United Triumph, Nationals Abysmal
Jets vs Redskins by Erica The Redskins are doing their best to impress this pre-season, racking up their third win on Saturday night against the Jets, 13-10, in New York. Soap-opera star, er, quarterback Colt Brennan was impressive for the ‘Skins, leading a fourth-quarter rally to push us over the top. The big story, unfortunately, [...]
More »Hizzoner Takes All Comers
Today on the Kojo Nnamdi show, Marion Barry (Ward 8, Mayor for Life) will be defending his elected position against those who would seek to dethrone the king. The show description reads thus: The presidential campaign may get all the attention, but Washington, D.C. is also preparing for a full slate of local primaries on [...]
More »Drained Capitol Reflecting Pool
Heads-up to those of you who were hoping for a nice, relaxing wade in the cool, green, avian botulism-infected waters of the Capitol Reflecting Pool: the National Park Service has drained the Pool till Aug 29th. NPS had considered draining as a quick, immediate protective measure to wildlife — cheaper and faster than installing a [...]
More »Foggy Bottom Metro Escalator Mess: AGAIN
Foggy Bottom Metro escalators have done it again, this time at the height of the Friday afternoon rush, and I have once again gotten video of the mess: Last time this happened, only one escalator was barricaded, so desperate riders could at least scamper up the opposing escalator. Today, two were blocked, so only one [...]
More »Gas price wars (sort of)
A friend and I were returning from lunch yesterday when we noticed this little item in Alexandria. Look closely. (The answer to the riddle is past the break…) Be the first to like. Like Unlike
More »Elvis de Mexico esta aqui!
Si aún no tiene otros planes esta noche puede que quiera ir a ver El Vez, el imitador de Elvis mexicano. The Black Cat, 9pm Friday Aug 15th. 1811 14th St, NW Be the first to like. Like Unlike
More »Someone doesn’t like United Airlines
I’ve always wondered what United Airlines did to deserve their treatment at Dulles Airport. I mean, really, you guys have the worst terminal in the airport. No, not sort of. They put you out in ghetto, trailer park, bus stations look better than this, terminal. I don’t know what you did (okay, I can imagine [...]
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