Archive for August, 2009
Downtown Parking, Now With Less Price Gouging
‘Parking’
courtesy of ‘Amberture’
Because of the District’s height limit and a variety of other factors, DC doesn’t have many surface parking lots or above-ground parking garages. No, our city is full of a crazy number of underground parking garages, many of which are hidden and hard to find if you don’t know where to look. Luckily, [...]
A Modest Proposal
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courtesy of ‘rekphoto’
Monday’s Editorial on Newspapers, Weblogs and Linking and the health of the news media industry got a lot of comments. It got a lot of people talking about the vast media ecosystem here in DC, from blogs like us and DCist, to blogs like Wonkette and Gawker, to sites like the Washington [...]
I’m begging you, don’t be douche-y
‘Alive Alone’
courtesy of ‘ep_jhu’
Our first instinct was to sit on this so that crappy behavior didn’t negatively impact Thrive DC and the people who rely on them, but we’re just going to hope that the angels of everyone’s better nature are stronger than the snark & jerk angels.
Some of The Real World DC crew [...]
Roddick Makes Debut at Legg Mason
Andy Roddick by Max Cook
Contributed by Paula Schumann
Tickets were sold out for Wednesday’s action at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in anticipation of seeing Andy Roddick play his first match of the tournament. The Stadium only really filled to its near maximum capacity as his match against Benjamin Becker (GER) was about to begin. [...]
Georgetown Cuddler Ought to Be Called Georgetown-Get-the-@$%&^-Off-Me
‘cuddle up’
courtesy of ’staceyviera’
Got a story in our inbox today that is terrifying, weird, and also strangely humorous all at once. There’s a dude wandering around Georgetown, knocking on the doors of group houses, occasionally with a case of beer in his hand, saying he’s there to visit one of the roommates, and then heading [...]
We Love Weekends: August 8-9
‘Free air guitars!’
courtesy of ‘technochick’
Kirk: The highlight of my weekend (and possibly my month) will be the Air Guitar Championships at the 930 Club on Friday. I attended the regional competition in May and have been looking forward to this weekend ever since. The plan is to pregame with some friends at the Saloon on [...]
Restaurant Week Extensions
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courtesy of ‘erin m’
So, like I told you in my Defense of Restaurant Week, there are places that extend the deals. I told you that you should probably not bother with going there during regular Restaurant Week because, well, why? You can go during the off-season and it’ll probably be more relaxed. Jason, over at [...]
Questionable WMATA priorities?
DoD’s common access card
WTOP has a story that leads with “Preliminary discussions are underway for a pilot program that will let federal workers and contractors use their employee identification cards to pay Metro fares, Federal News Radio reports.” That’s apparently an over-statement, as the (very preliminary) discussion is simply a part of DoD’s efforts to [...]
Copperhead Snake Bites in Southeast
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courtesy of ‘forestgladesiwander’
Let’s just assume I have a witty “I am so tired of these m-f-ing snakes on this m-f-ing [noun]!” joke and move on, okay? Fox5 reports that there have been two unrelated incidents of copperhead snakes biting pedestrians in SE. Copperheads are an indigenous species in this area, so this is the kind [...]
Street Car Named DC(ire)
‘Peter Witt 1′
courtesy of ‘Bobolink’
Apparently back in the 60’s Washington, DC used to have a fairly cool little streetcar system running throughout certain parts of town. Since I hail from Toronto, which has a robust streetcar system, and even have great-grandparents who drove the streetcars, I’m a huge fan of them! Well it would appear [...]
Ding-dong the dud is dead
‘If Poop Grew On Trees’
courtesy of ‘maxedaperture’
Howard Kurtz reported today that WaPo has killed Mouthpiece Theater. As you can imagine, I am crushed.
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Washington: A Culture of Single-ism
courtesy of Karl Johnson
A culture of single-ism. That’s what we’ve developed. A culture where being single is the preferred lifestyle. A culture where working your ass off, obtaining as many college degrees as possible, constantly striving to get ahead and catching up at a daily happy hour all at the same time is much preferred [...]
DC-area food specials? There’s an app for that.
Shoofa, courtesy of Me
I was alerted to this a few days ago by the very seductive website, Free App Alert. Personally I have a hard time believing anyone ever spent money for this app, but for free it’s worth a shot. Shoofa is basically just a coupon service for various local restaurants and bars but [...]
Getaways: Maryland’s Eastern Shore
‘Maritime Museum’
courtesy of ‘InspirationDC’
On the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay, across from Annapolis, lies a web of quaint and sparsely populated shore-side towns. If you find yourself searching for a new day-trip from the DC, without the intensity and chaos of the some of the Delmarva seaside towns, a stroll through St. Michaels [...]
Byebye Bebo, hello Kora!
Kora, courtesy of Me
If you’re nostalgic for the dearly departed Farrah Olivia you can breathe a little easier next week: on August 10th Koru will open to the public in the old Bebo space in Crystal City.
Thrillist is reporting that the restaurant opens today but Open Table is still not taking reservations and a call [...]
See Andy Roddick Play for Free
Andy Roddick by Not enough megapixels
Sorry for the late notice, folks, but if you happened to buy tickets to see Andy Roddick play Tuesday night (which he didn’t – he’s playing tonight), you’re in luck. Between 11am and 1pm today, the tournament organizers will be giving out 150 free tickets at the Lacoste store in [...]
DC Beer Week ‘09
‘Maryland Game’
courtesy of ‘InspirationDC’
In two weeks, the DC area is having its third major beer event of the summer (suck it, Rob Kasper). “Hoppy” Jeff Wells and Teddy Folkman, Chef at Granville Moore, will be hosting around 10 breweries during the first annual DC Beer Week. The event will kick off at the Rock and Roll Hotel [...]
