Monthly Archives: September 2008

Sports Fix, The District
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Sports Fix: United goes for First, Nats for Last, Redskins Home Opener Thursday

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Originally uploaded by busybee

Tomorrow night at RFK, DC United faces off with the Charleston Battery in the final of the US Open Cup. Tickets are on sale, and cheaper than the Nationals, and chances are, we’ll come out on top and take home the Dewar Cup for the year. While the US Open Cup used to be an all-amateur competition, since 1995 it’s been open to MLS and other American Pro Soccer teams. It’d be mighty nice to see at least ONE championship come home to DC this year.

United racked up a 0-0 tie against the Red Bulls this past weekend, leaving them at .500, with 32 points. Fourth in the Eastern Division, sure, but that put them inside the playoff structure, given that they can hold it up for another 8 games.

But, what about our other teams?

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Arlington, The Daily Feed
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Arlington Water Main Break

Arlington County Alert system just put out the following warning:

There is a large water main break at N. 26th and Old Dominion Drive.  Water pressure will be very low or none at all. Traffic may also be impacted while the break is being repaired.

Google Map view of the break…

If you are a Marymount student – I wouldn’t expect there to be water any times soon…

Update:

Arlington just posted this update:

The water is back on for residents in the area of the Old Dominion (at 25th Street) water main break. Some residents will still notice lower water pressure and crews will continue to work to restore full pressure. If residents notice discoloration of the water, they should allow the water to run until clear.
Traffic may be diverted in some area, particularly Old Dominion Drive, pending repairs.

The Daily Feed
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What Was L’Enfant Thinking?


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Originally uploaded by erin m

The Post has a fascinating story (and neat-o interactive feature!) about architectural historian Don Alexander Hawkins’ efforts to reconstruct the topography of Washington, DC as Pierre L’Enfant would have seen it as he arrived in 1791.

Doesn’t sound fascinating? Okay, fair. Maybe I’m projecting. But Hawkins’ project has put him in contact with Dan Bailey, who runs UMBC’s Imaging Research Lab, and together they’re putting together the little record we have of old Washington- old drawings, paintings, and even verbal descriptions in travelers’ letters home- into a painstaking digital model of Washington as it was at the turn of the 19th century.

It’s surprising that so little similar research has been done into the geographical context of the nation’s capital, and these digital reconstructions are helpful visual reminders that even after the Capitol was built (and I had no idea the rotunda wasn’t originally part of the building) and functioning, sheep were still grazing half a mile away.

Arlington, Featured Photo
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Yep, it’s Autumn, or might as well be

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I know the season has not quite changed yet, but to me it’s already autumn. The garden has stopped producing, and it was a bum crop anyway this year. Pretty much all I got were some freaky cucumbers (another example here) and a handful of tomatoes that started to grow and then got stolen by some animals who apparently loved my garden as much as I had hoped to.

On the bright side, I was able to get some rosemary well entrenched in place of a dead shrub and with luck my grapes will really take off next year. They say the third year is the magic one, so I hope to have a better report then. The roses did very well in their first year and should winter well in our mild climate.

It’s about time to slow down, pour a glass of wine and make a toast to the passing of summer and the coming of autumn. Who knows – next year at this time we may be celebrating a bumper crop of whatever I plant and snacking on grapes, whose perfume will waft gently on the cool evening air with the promise of a late, delicious harvest.

What culinary delights are you still enjoying from your garden?