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When One “Big Bite” Is One Too Many
Now, this is one of the times where I wished I had my camera out upon first viewing, but on my return trip (I had forgotten my building pass and wallet at home) the flash mob of painters vans, gardening and landscape trucks, and contractors pick-ups were long gone. However, the sight was one to [...]
More »Why The Sites “You” Care About Are Down…
Coming from an extensive IT background, and now, in the position of supporting a company’s 365/24/7 environment, I see now “what not to do”. Now, many of you may be jonesing to order Netflix (supposedly down due to a software upgrade) or trying to blog your way to heaven (LiveJournal or TypePad), buy or trade [...]
More »Review : Colin Hay @ The Birchmere
Much to my surprise at the other DC Metblog authors, very few of them have admittedly visited the Birchmere for concerts. However, the groups and other artists that tend to float through their roster are either for an older set or are not usually mainstream music genres. But, the venue remains one of the few [...]
More »Going Green for The Police
A few months ago, I was complaining that DC is one of the few major US cities not to really see the likes of The Police on their tour this year. Even Baltimore snagged them, but due to the wrangling in DC about Live Earth locations, The Police were relegated to Jersey. I got lucky, [...]
More »Creative use of a stop light
Now, I’ve seen a lot of things during my time on the road and across this country… however, this evening while riding home, at the light at Randolph Road and Georgia Avenue, a cute Welsh gal in a pickup truck (bumper sticker flag gave it away), put on the emergency brake, and whipped out a [...]
More »Hopsicles @ Rustico
For the beer snobs in the audience, or just folks who think they need an adult popsicle for the summer, Rustico in Alexandria is now in hot water with the Virginia ABC over their Beersicle creations. Although known by patrons, it recently gained a wider attention due to coverage by AP, which was the reason [...]
More »Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?!
With those ever so famous words of the Sex Pistols’ Johnny (Lydon) Rotten, you have a chance now to play the Redistricting Game courtesy of the USC Annenberg Center for Communication and the USC Game Innovation Lab. I think this is an interesting exercise for the general public to understand how the system is now [...]
More »World’s Fastest… Native American?!
Maybe I have a license plate fetish, but you can’t help but wonder if local cops can read the syllabary, let alone pronounce Tsalagi on this Cherokee Nation license plate. I still think it’s cool, even if it wasn’t on a classic motorcycle to boot. This post appeared in its original form at DC Metblogs [...]
More »I’m Glad They’re Not Advancing Spelling
I found this on a construction site on 23rd Street next to the Department of State…and you wonder why you get incorrect prescriptions?! This post appeared in its original form at DC Metblogs Be the first to like. Like Unlike
More »HOA, HOA, HOA… And Now The Rest of Story
As if this blog is becoming the CNN of Homeowners Associations (aka HOAs), I felt a little more compelled to add my two cents since it arrives from a different perspective, and, unfortunately, a different outcome. This one involved boisterous altercations, parking stickers, and the police, as well as one restraining order to be issued [...]
More »Summer’s Almost In, Watch for Cyclists
Not Wise on an MC Originally uploaded by webjedi . While I didn’t drag my ass out of bed early enough to consider doing the “National Bike to Work Day“, but besides the now plethora of pedaling folks on the streets and along the parkways, the motoring type of cyclists are now out in force. [...]
More »Is the GW a target for aliens?
So lo and behold, due to a new job, I find myself stuck in the morning traffic along the George Washington Parkway southbound on a regular basis, and while crossing the last Spout Run overpass before diving down below the Key Bridge, I find the odd plastic bag material “X”‘s in the grass on the [...]
More »No DST for WMATA
As of the rush hour this morning (and “rush” is just a word today), WMATA has yet to adjust their system clocks to account for the early switch to DST. I’m not sure if they didn’t feel like paying the average $4000 to Microsoft for the corporate fix (which, BTW, actually has a bug in [...]
More »Hang ‘em if you got ‘em
To follow up on Mr. Whiteside’s post from the other day regarding stupid things on the road and the government’s reaction. It seems that when the Maryland legislature said they dedicate more time on transportation issues, the voting populous had no idea what they would actually do. Well, it seems the Washington Post has covered [...]
More »So, what’s in a drink?
While inebriating ourselves during the DC Metblogs happy hour (more details to be released soon, if not already), we got to recapping some current news regarding our venue of choice, the newly opened Old Dominion Brewhouse at the DC Convention Center. Much fun was to be had and many beverages were consumed (as well as [...]
More »Satellite Monopoly, or Stern Returning to D.C.?
I’m sure many of the wired in folks caught that XM Radio and Sirius are planning to merge… but how does it affect the media market in D.C.? Will D.C. loose it’s new media muscle to New York, or will, if approved by the FCC and SEC, provide for growth in this rather odd media [...]
More »So How’d You Celebrate President’s Day?
So, with a holiday most associated with weird sales at the mall and made up special deals at auto dealerships.. how did you, the loyal DC Metblogs reader, celebrate President’s Day? Gen. George Washington is celebrating his 275th birthday this Thursday, and Mount Vernon is gussying itself up for the occasion. This past Sunday, an [...]
More »No Love from “The Police”
For us old “fuddy duddies” on DC Metblogs, some of us are more akin to liking some older musical acts than the current crop of bands. However, if one remembers correctly, if it weren’t for some of these bands, what you have on the radio now, would have never existed. I no longer listen to [...]
More »Beer says “I Love You” more than Chocolate
DC Metro-ites, sing, rejoice and be, um, plastered on Valentines Day. The venerable DC beer institution (and Guinness World Record holder), The Brickskeller, is celebrating it’s 50th anniversary in 2007, and has scheduled a year full of great beer events. Culminating next week is the annual “Craft Brewed Strong Ale” tasting, on February 14th and [...]
More »Concert Roundup : The Guggenheim Grotto, Alfonso Velez, The Sketches
It’s been a while since I’ve written a honest concert review (at least for no money), but I figured sharing an experience with Metblog readers about one of the best bands you’re probably not listening to, The Guggenheim Grotto. They were headlining Jammin’ Java last night supported by Alfonso Velez (a Paul Simon voice with [...]
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