Archive for January, 2010
Kevin Smith Coming to 6th & I
‘Kevin Smith’
courtesy of ‘jareed’
I have a strange devotion to Kevin Smith. Maybe it stems from my dear friend in high school who kind of looked like him and was indeed a guy named Bob who didn’t say much. But my point is, it’s terribly exciting to me that he’s coming to Sixth & I Synagogue [...]
Getting Polluted: These Guys Wrote the Book
Call it a science project for grown-ups. One day, as a joke, longtime buddies Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie, environmental advocates from Canada, decided to marinate themselves in everyday chemicals for a week — innocent-looking things like shampoos, canned food, sofas with stain-resistant coating — and see what happened.
Why? They had been involved with [...]
Crystal City ramps up the deals for Couture week
courtesy of Me
Crystal City has been promoting their couture week for a while now; events will include t-shirt printing, various design competitions and a multitude of hair and skin consultations. You can check out the full list on their website along with an improvement over last year’s events: more precise timetables.
I enjoyed taking pictures [...]
DC School “Nutrition” Plan Under Scrutiny
‘Levitating Lunch (187)’
courtesy of ‘dougww’
The Washington Times has a story today examining the relationship between DC Public Schools and Chartwells, the company providing school lunch/breakfast services. DCPS pays Chartwells nearly $30 million a year, but has a spotty track record for food quality and safety. The most disturbing incident was failure to warn school officials [...]
We Love Arts: Three Sisters
It’s been over 100 years since Russian playwright Anton Chekhov’s death. We’re still struggling against a traditional view of how to perform, and indeed experience, a genius that straddled two very different centuries. Last year, Theater J attacked some sacred cows with a lively production of The Seagull. I expected a young company like Constellation [...]
More »Eat Shrimp Dressed As A Pirate? Why Not.
‘She loves him.’
courtesy of ‘misskelly’
If you can’t wait until Fall for International Talk Like A Pirate Day (Sept. 19) and Halloween to get your fix of shiver-me-timbers goodness, then get your lil’ pirate’s booty to H St. tonight!
Argonaut (1433 H St. NE) is hosting an All You Can Eat Shrimp (& Pirate Party) . If [...]
Javaris Crittenton Pleads Guilty to Gun Possesion, Gets Probation
‘DSC_3434′
courtesy of ‘Ghost_Bear’
Javaris Crittenton, the less famous gun criminal on the Wizards, plead guilty to a misdemeanor firearms possession charge in District Court yesterday and received a year’s probation for his punishment. In addition, the Wizards’ guard will pay $1,250 in fines, and perform some local community service.
Is this a preview of Arenas’ sentencing in [...]
Featured Photo
This is not Oklahoma by katyray
All day long, tourists wear down the stone of our monuments a few microns at a time with each step, each touch, huffing and puffing as they climb the stairs. As a parent or school teacher you have to keep an eye on your flock to make sure they don’t [...]
Manhole Cover Crashes Through SUV Windshield
‘Eastern Market Manhole’
courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’
What a fustercluck on Georgia Avenue yesterday. The foul odor coming from the sewer system brought out the Hazmat teams to figure out what exactly the smell was. It closed lanes on Georgia Ave in Montgomery County for hours. But that’s not what was horrifying.
Imagine that you’re [...]
Fatal Accident on Metro Impacts Service on Red Line
‘Nacho #20′
courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’
This is not a repeat.
Overnight, two Metro employees were struck and killed by a Prime Mover, a diesel-powered equipment mover, on the Red line between Shady Grove and Rockville. Metro has stopped all service between Shady Grove and Rockville at this time, stopping the Red Line at [...]
Redskins London Fletcher Headed To The Pro Bowl
‘Suisham’s FG’
courtesy of ‘brianmka’
New Orleans might be stoked that their Saints are headed to the Super Bowl versus Peyton Manning and the Colts in a couple weeks, but there’s one person who might be even more excited than every person living on the bayou — London Fletcher.
Thanks to the Saints win last night, the Redskins linebacker — [...]
Adams Morgan: The Movie
‘Where have you gone, Philip Marlowe?’
courtesy of ‘LaTur’
If there’s one thing Paul DeVeaux and I agree on, it’s that DC lacks what some other major cities don’t – a movie about “us.” There is no such recounting of District life from the perspective of an actual resident — or least none that come to mind [...]
Dear Metro, Please Stop Trying to Drift Race the Subway Cars
Mashup Graphic Courtesy of Paulo
Today’s Metro kerfuffle involved a train coming slightly off the track near Silver Spring on the Red Line, which has caused single tracking around the incident. Of course, never to miss a good meme, Paulo points out that the train may well be attempting a sweet multi-track drifting technique only [...]
Cupid’s Undie Run – Another Excuse for DC To Go Pantless
‘Vintage Kewpie Valentine Postcard’
courtesy of ‘chicks57′
Hey DC, want another excuse to take your pants off? Did the No Pants Party on the Metro leave you wanting more? Your prayers have been answered in form of a pantless run around the Capitol scheduled for Feb. 13.
Registration for Cupid’s Undie Run (yes, it’s exactly what it sounds [...]
DC Omnivore 100: #90, Criollo Chocolate
It’s time for another item on the DC Omnivore 100 list of the top one hundred foods every good omnivore should try at least once in their lives.
Finding that the Omnivore 100 contained a chocolate I’d not met was a cause for celebration. After all, most any chocolate is good, right?
A quick search revealed that [...]
National Archives to Ban Photography
‘National Archives Document Lighting’
courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’
This came to us as a special contribution of one of our photographers, Erin McCann
Via the Post comes word today that the National Archives has decided to ban photography. That means that after next month, unless you are a professional photographer, you’ll be forbidden from using a camera [...]
