Archive for August, 2010

Blue Bus is now Circulator

Hey Rosslyn, Georgetown, Dupont: notice anything different transit-wise? As of today, the Georgetown Metro Connection (AKA the “Blue Bus”) has switched over to the DC Circulator (AKA the “Red Bus”). The route and stops are the same, but the buses are different, and now you can use Smartrip. And the really good news is that [...]

All I Know is that I Know Nothing about the Size of the Rally

‘On the hill’ courtesy of ‘theqspeaks’ Glenn Beck says that 500,000 plus attended his rally.  NBC says 300,000 people were there.  Michelle Bachman swears she saw no fewer than 1 million.  CBS estimates 87,000.  My appraisal: neither  I, nor anyone else has a clue.  It seems that we go through some form of this debate [...]

Sports Fix

‘Zim be nimble, Zim be quick’ courtesy of ‘philliefan99′ Nationals Record: 56-75 (Last in the NL East) Last Two Weeks: 5-8 The impossible-to-miss, off-field story involves none other than his Royal Strasburg. Late last week, the team announced that a tear in Strasburg’s pitching elbow will require reconstructive surgery of the Tommy John type. The [...]

Fenty, 17 points back, hoping for early voting turnout

Free DC Shorts Screening at Whole Foods

’2008 in film’ courtesy of ‘erin m’ The DC Shorts Film Festival is coming soon (September 9 to the 16 to be exact). In the meantime,  niche food and environmental films will be shown at a special pre-festival screening at select Whole Foods in the District. The Whole Foods stores on P Street (1140 1440 [...]

Food Truck Tracker

‘the lobstah line’ courtesy of ‘philliefan99′ It’s a poor showing out there today. Fojol Brothers are on vacation this week, and D.C. Slices is taking the day off to clean up from some vandalism over the weekend. That just means the line at the lobster truck will be even longer. Prepare accordingly. 1 person likes this [...]

Nats Beat St. Louis in John Lannan’s Best Game of 2010

Photo by Anthony Amobi / Nationals News Network Tony La Russa’s St. Louis Cardinals are a very good baseball team. Albert Pujols is an undisputed All-Star whose slugging abilities rank him among the best of the best when it comes to Major League hitters. Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainright are Cy Young contenders. Yadier Molina [...]

Michelle Rhee On “This Week”

‘Michelle Rhee’ courtesy of ‘angela n.’ Yesterday morning, DC’s chancellor of Public Schools, appeared on ABC’s “This Week” to weigh in on the current state of America’s public education system. During the round table discussion with Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, President of the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten, and host Christiane Amanpour, Rhee [...]

Roger Clemens Will Be Arraigned in D.C. This Afternoon For Lying to Congress

‘Roger Clemens’ courtesy of ‘Keith Allison’ After the fall out from the MLB steroid era of the 90s, there were three different types of villains. There were the Barry Bonds types of the world, the silent, near unapologetic – but at least they didn’t fan any flames beyond stoicism. There were those who just wanted [...]

Weekend Flashback: 8/27 – 8/29/10

‘Lincoln Memorial’ courtesy of ‘Micha84.’ One more weekend of summer (unofficially) to go, everyone! Hope you all survived this past one; nothing to look forward to this week but heat, heat, and more heat. At least a three-day weekend awaits us at the end. Until then, hide out in the air conditioning and see what [...]

Nats Bats Explode to Pound St. Louis 14-5

Photo by Anthony Amobi / Nationals News Network Remember the first half of the week when the Nationals couldn’t hit for squat? And what about the time Manager Jim Riggleman watched his men strand 14 base runners claiming “it’s better to have men on than not at all” on Friday? Well, if the Cubs series [...]

Sloppy Defense and Stranded Runners Lose it for The Nats

’4TH’ courtesy of ‘MissChatter’ Defense lost Friday night’s game for the Washington Nationals. Left-handed starter Scott Olsen was by no means of Cy Young caliber on the mound, but he pitched a decent game. His problems weren’t his control or pitch count; it was his team’s errors in the field and inability to provide run [...]

These Are The Times That Try Fans’ Souls

Talking about trash to our tea party visitors

DC resident and first amendment attorney/guru to WLDC Kevin Goldberg put together this guest piece for us and we are behind its sentiment 100% ‘trashed’ courtesy of ‘philliefan99′ An open letter to invading masses, I love DC. I’ll even say flat out that I love DC more than you. I grew up the DC area [...]

Campaign Notebook: August 27, 2010

‘DC Flag’ courtesy of ‘kevnkovl’ OK folks, we’re now less than three weeks out from primary day. Eighteen days. What in the world will us journobloggers do once this is all over? These things are getting a bit longer as we get closer to the election, so let’s get started. The Big Race We’re getting [...]

Calling all Juiceheads!

‘The Snooki Sandwich’ courtesy of ‘b0jangles’ Well I guess we know what the folks at BGR are doing every Thursday night. A little fist pumping, a little GTL and plenty of brainstorming after a Solo cup of Ron-Ron juice. After the rousing success of the Strasburger (a cheeseburger topped with a hot dog and 14 [...]

Breaking: Stephen Strasburg Will Probably Have Tommy John Surgery

Photo by Cheryl Nichols / Nationals News Network The Washington Nationals announced this morning that rookie pitcher Stephen Strasburg will be out for the rest of the season and will likely have Tommy John Surgery. The news came to Strasburg Thursday after the result of his arthogram showed a “significant” tear of the Ulner Collateral [...]

Food Truck Tracker

’20100825_fojol_0016′ courtesy of ‘Amber Wilkie Photography’ It’s food truck time. Grab a friend and some suntan lotion, it’s a great day for food from the back of a van. Be the first to like. Like Unlike

Metro Crash Civil Trial Delayed Until 2012

‘unusual destination’ courtesy of ‘philliefan99′ The AP is reporting that the civil suit brought by survivors of those killed in the June 2009 metro accident, originally slated to start September 2011, is being pushed back to January 2012. Following a motion brought by two newer defendants in the claim, ARINC (a provider of communications system [...]

A Flip Camera Liaison

‘Flip-Mo’ courtesy of ‘agent_shir’ The Liasion, an Affinia Hotel located on Capitol Hill, currently has a very intriguing and knowing DC hotels, potentially scandalous, end of summer offer.  Book a minimum two night stay for $229/night and they’ll gift you a Flip Video Camcorder. Hmmm…I wonder what possible uses, aside from capturing our beautiful city, [...]