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Stuck on the Chain Bridge? Nature calling? Fret no more!
I saw this makeshift outhouse under the DC side of the Chain Bridge while walking on the tow path with my Lovely Wife the other day. Shoddily constructed, to be sure, but it’ll do in a pinch if you really need to pinch a loaf on the drive home. Complete with a bucket inside and [...]
More »Blaze a Doobie for New Year’s
I can’t verify that’s what is happening in the picture but that’s how it looks to me. This is an ad at Rock Bottom Brewery in Ballston Mall, advertising a New Year’s Eve party at the popular bar. Check out the guy third in from the left. This is just wrong. For one thing, here [...]
More »Santa Killed Rudolph at Macy’s
That’s kind of how it looks, right? Santa looks like he is beating the poor reindeer senseless, maybe clubbing his head with whatever is in his grubby little mitt. Santa has been known to be jolly at times but is also well known for being a hard ass on the elves. I didn’t know he [...]
More »Bad Driver – No Dessert for You
I saw this truck parked in the garage at Ballston last night. Yes, you caught me – I was buying last-minute gifts for my loved ones and for my We Love DC secret Santa person. (Katie, you are totes going to love what I got you!) Actually, it was the beginning of my shopping spree, [...]
More »Society Still Intact; Mass Repopulation Not Necessary
eggnog almost gone, fraternizing with cream. film at 11. Originally uploaded by carlweaver My Lovely Wife and I decided to venture out today, since the Arlington County snow plows decided to go down our street. Normally after a snow storm they don’t, so this was quite an exciting afternoon. I thought it would be prudent [...]
More »10 Ways to Avoid Eating Your Family
What? You aren’t getting stir crazy? Cabin fever isn’t setting in yet? You must either be one of my friends in Bangkok keeping tabs on me or else you own a four-wheel drive. Me, I am just glad I have not yet been cooked and eaten by my Lovely Wife. We are starting to feel [...]
More »Darnestown Annual Bazaar & Boutique
Beans in the Belfry IMGP6253 Originally uploaded by carlweaver Unfortunately, I will be out of town for this but the annual Darnestown church bazaar will be happening this Saturday from 8:30 to 3:30. They always have some cool stuff to buy and this is a great opportunity to pick up an affordable holiday gift for [...]
More »Hated by Tourists, Loved Only by My Mother
Gators Originally uploaded by carlweaver As promised, I took my mother around to show her some sights during her stay in this lovely city and even took her to the aquarium under the Commerce Department building. Max didn’t care for the aquarium, as I recall, but we had a great time. The admission is now [...]
More »Naked Sushi Comes to DC
naked sushi Originally uploaded by John Sexton Thanks to Angie Goff, who wrote about naked sushi coming to DC. I had heard of such things but always imagined it was a myth. However, Goff writes: I remember going to events like this when I lived in LA! Nyataimori, Also known as ‘Naked Sushi’ is Sushi [...]
More »Secret Service Tagged My Ride
Secret Service Tagged My Ride Originally uploaded by carlweaver Another day of the long line of cars turning onto 29th Street to be poked, prodded and sniffed by the Secret Service and my reward? A Secret Service gang tag. Yesterday they marked my car with the X and, since I rarely wash my car, it [...]
More »Mubarak Visit DC and His Peeps Block 29th Street NW
unmounted Originally uploaded by philliefan99 Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is visiting DC and is apparently kicking up his heels in the wake of Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhall. So Mubarak is staying at the Four Seasons, from what I understand, and people are super worried that he is in danger, on account he says he [...]
More »Today at Work: A Big Bag of Drugs
Bag of drugs Originally uploaded by carlweaver A coworker brought a large trash bag labeled “drugs” into our office and has been calling different pharmacies to see what she can do with them. They are old medications from her boyfriend’s father – prescriptions from over the years that she found in the house she and [...]
More »DC Omnivore 100: #65, Durian
Durian by Perantau Sepi Lodge It’s time for another edition of the DC Omnivore 100, where we explore the top one hundred foods every good omnivore should try at least once in their lives. I am guessing that probably 95% of you have never tried durian. Widely known as the king of fruits, this rare [...]
More »Is the flag upside down at NOAA HQ?
Is the flag upside down at NOAA HQ? Originally uploaded by andycarvin Andy Carvin snapped this photo this morning while riding by the NOAA headquarters. If you look at the full-size image, you can clearly see that the flag has been risen upside-down. As I recall from my Boy Scout days, that is a sign [...]
More »If Only DC had a Llama Farm
Asstastic tea cup Originally uploaded by carlweaver It’s one of those days, I guess. I felt as asstastic as my tea cup at work today so I went home early to sleep it off. It seemed perfectly normal when I woke from a dream this afternoon, wondering about the llamas at the DC llama farm. [...]
More »Blood Drive this Saturday: Be a Hero, Save a Life and Get a Free Breakfast
‘Blood Drive’ Courtesy of Jerry You are going out to the Reston Festival anyway, right, and while there you will see the good folks at Nice Mirror, and do the good deed of entering yourself in the bone marrow donor system. On the way out there, please stop on Route 50 in Fairfax at the [...]
More »Is Homeless the New Sexy?
Homeless in Sugamo 2 by jamesfischer It’s a slow day here in Georgetown, what with it being early still and thus nobody making too much of a fuss over me being the only guy in the neighborhood without one of those shitty men’s scarves all the pseudo-hip guys seem to be wearing nowadays. Being a [...]
More »Office Schedule Change – Ugly Sweater Day Revisited
Justin’s Ugly Cat Sweater Originally uploaded by nerdcoregirl What? A high in the 60′s? It’s June, for Pete’s sake. I just wish I had a nice cat sweater and a beer and I could stay at home, away from the impending craziness, snow-induced accidents and obvious breakdown of order in the world. It’s too cold [...]
More »Recycling woes: People amaze me
People still don’t get it. Originally uploaded by carlweaver I work in an office in DC, where recycling is enforced and violations come with fines. Granted, we are new transplants here, as our office recently moved from Virginia, where lawlessness pervades and you can do anything you want without consequence. Almost. We are simple, country [...]
More »Lovebirds and Ducks Agree: Alexandria Waterfront is Filthy as Homemade Sin
I found this note on a dock at Alexandria’s waterfront area the other day while my Lovely Wife and I were taking what could have been a lovely stroll. Of course, the jerk who was so upset about pollution as to write this note also was dumb enough to make more litter by leaving it [...]
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