Archive for November, 2009
Shop at Trader Joe’s? Check your meat.
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courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’
My darling wife had to call an 800 number on Saturday to check on some ground beef she’d purchased at TJs. She was relieved to find out she wouldn’t have to throw away a gallon of already-made chili but our good fortune might not extend to you. If you [...]
Super Diamond Comes to 9:30
‘At the Super Diamond Show’
courtesy of ‘rejohnson71′
Super Diamond, the Neil Diamond tribute band, will be playing the 9:30 Club this Friday at 8PM. Yes, you read that right. DJ lil’e will be getting things started with an all-80’s set, and then Randy “Surreal Neil” Cordeiro and his band will be taking the stage to play [...]
Georgetown Halloween 2009
‘Halloween in Georgetown’
courtesy of ‘ep_jhu’
Ever since moving to DC in 2006, I have managed to miss out on the Georgetown Halloween scene for one reason or another, so this year I vowed to check out the madness and see what all the hubbub was about.
Our method of event transportation from Glover Park was on foot, [...]
Animal Rescue Donates Sacks of Food to DC Shelters for Sacks of Vick
‘A puppy is but a dog……….’
courtesy of ‘LaTur’
Main Line Animal Rescue in Pennsylvania, known for some unorthodox tactics like using billboards in Chicago to try to get Oprah to do a show on puppy mills, started a new campaign after convicted dog-abuser Michael Vick was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles- they take out newspaper ads [...]
DC Omnivore 100: #37, Cream Tea
It’s time for another item from the DC Omnivore 100 list of the top one hundred foods every good omnivore should try at least once in their lives.
Cream tea, high tea, afternoon tea… what’s it all about? And why does the Omnivore 100 list have “cream tea” instead of one of the other terms? [...]
WaPo fistfights, with style
‘Fight!’
courtesy of ‘phi’
Several sources are running stories about a little dustup in the WaPo offices last week. Fishbowl actually has an on-record confirmation from a WaPo source that the sock-in-the-face did happen. The lesson here seems to be that you shouldn’t call anyone a c*cksucker and feel confident they won’t swing at you, even if [...]
Rhee Gets Small Victory
‘Field trip’
courtesy of ‘clio1789′
Chancellor Michelle Rhee can now count another small victory in her fight with WTU and the City Council over the round of layoffs in early October. The D.C. Circuit Court has refused to grant a temporary restraining order in the case, which means that the layoffs will go ahead as planned, [...]
Real World Casting in DC
‘MTV’s “Real World” House in DC for 2010′
courtesy of ‘dbking’
It looks like MTV and the Real World just couldn’t get enough of DC. Even though the cast may have left town, Real World producers are coming back to DC to look for the next stars of the 24th (!) season. The District is the last [...]
Weekend Flashback: 10/30 – 11/1/2009
‘SAAM Warning Sign’
courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’
Blah blah blah blah words blah blah bleh. Hope you all were able to benefit from either extended party time or extra dozing time this past weekend. And since I’m fairly sure most of you want to skip the preamble, we’ll just go right to the photos.
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