A friend and I were returning from lunch yesterday when we noticed this little item in Alexandria.
Look closely. (The answer to the riddle is past the break…) Continue reading
By Jonathan
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By Jonathan
By Don
Elvis de Mexico esta aqui!
Si aún no tiene otros planes esta noche puede que quiera ir a ver El Vez, el imitador de Elvis mexicano.
The Black Cat, 9pm Friday Aug 15th.
1811 14th St, NW
By Carl Weaver
Missing Person in Arlington’s EFC Neighborhood
Missing person info from the Arlington Alert system:
The Arlington County Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing woman and her grandson. 60 year old Lansen Li was last seen at approximately 8:30 a.m. on August 15 when she took her infant grandson, Jeffrey, for a walk. Ms. Li frequently pushes Jeffery in a stroller through the Arlington-East Falls Church neighborhood. Ms. Li does not have any medical problems, but she left without any identification or money. She also did not pack any supplies for the baby, including food or diapers.
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By brownpau
Metro: A Blast from the Past
Notice anything weird about this Metro video I took just yesterday? Watch and listen carefully! Continue reading
By Tom Bridge
Suspicious Package Shutters 15th & K, McPherson Square
200703 – Clint’s work – wall art – Inspectors-in-training – teambuilding – HAZMAT basketball – 112-1299 – 20070315
Originally uploaded by ClintJCL
A suspicious package has shut down the intersection at 15th & K while hazmat teams and the police deal with two containers that appeared there around lunchtime. Expect a full on fustercluck as the afternoon continues.
By Wayan
Killing Trees at GWU
Cut trees along 23rd Street NW
For being a university, I’m often surprised at how callous George Washington University can be to its Foggy Bottom neighbourhood. Just check out its most recent transgression.
In building the mixed-use commercial space on “Square 54“, all the trees along the massive construction site, have been cut down. A 23rd Street clear-cut.
And its not just the removal of the trees that peeve – its the killing of tress on public property. Trees that my tax dollars paid for. Trees that I’d love on my block. Now dead.
Thanks GWU.
By Tom Bridge
42 Jailed in Dulles Raid
As much as we’ve been talking about Dulles in our travel columns, it’s interesting to see things take a turn in the construction of the new subway and terminals. 42 illegal laborers were arrested yesterday at the Dulles Construction site. A full 20% of the workers checked by Immigration & Customs Enforcement were tagged as without having valid work documents and were detained pending hearings about their status.
By brownpau
Red Line Delays Due to Track Fire
A small track fire on the Red Line at Metro Center prompted single tracking between Dupont Circle and Judiciary Square earlier this morning (around 7:30 AM), causing a cascade of delays down the Red Line in both directions all through the morning rush. The fire has been put out and trains are moving, but between 8:30 and 9:00 AM things were still a fair mess, with crowds of people filling trains and platforms to capacity.
To WMATA’s credit, communication with passengers from train and station PA systems was clear and thorough, and the rush hour crowd, though thick, flowed with tolerable courtesy and smoothness. (As quickly and safely as possible, as they say.) At least, that was my experience getting to work this morning. Does anyone else caught in the crowd feel differently?
(NBC4 reports that the fire started in a “stud post.” What are those?)
By Tom Bridge
Dr. Sketchy’s Returns Sunday
At long last, Dr. Sketchy’s is coming back to DC this Sunday at Palace of Wonders in the Atlas District. $5 gets you and your sketch pad in the door where you can hang out with Rev. Loveseat for Dr. Sketchy’s Anti Art School.
It’s actually a big weekend at the Palace, with the Olde City Sideshow coming on Friday night ($10) and the ladies of the Gilded Lily Burlesque performing on Saturday night ($10) as well.
Palace of Wonders
1210 H St NE
Washington DC
By brownpau
Foggy Bottom Yard Sale
I stopped by this little yard sale in Foggy Bottom this morning to chat with the lady of the house and give her terrier a pat. (833 New Hampshire Ave NW if you want to check it out) She has one every year to clear out junk, and there was extra cool stuff this time around because her newlywed son had just moved. We got to talking about how nice the neighborhood is, and how home prices have swung, and how they used to cook everything in gelatin and aspic back in the 60s.
The weekly Foggy Bottom Farmers Market will be there too this afternoon, so you might want to drop by. I snagged a couple of books.
By Tom Bridge
Free Gelato!
mounds of gelato
Originally uploaded by roboppy
Last night at Dino, Tiff had hazelnut gelato that she said “gave her life new meaning” (look forward to our review coming later today) and made her a gelato fan for life. Today, with thanks to James Liu of DCist for pointing it out, there will be free gelato for all. In fact, for each of the next three days, Ciao Bella will be giving out free gelato. Here’s the deets:
Today:
Alexandria Harris Teeter (4641 Duke St) from 11am to 2pm.
Arlington Whole Foods (2700 Wilson Blvd) from 4pm to 7pm.
Tomorrow:
Harris Teeter on Glebe (600 North Glebe) from 11am to 2pm
Harris Teeter on Harrison (2425 Harrison) from 4pm to 7pm
Friday:
Balducci’s in Bethesda (10323 Old G’town Rd) from 11am to 2pm
Harris Teeter in Pentagon Row (900 Army Navy Rd) from 4pm to 7pm
Dude. Free gelato. Go for it!
By Tom Bridge
DHS Contractor Arrested on Kiddie Porn Charges
So here’s a good question. How the hell can you resolve the conflict of interest between working at Department of Homeland Security and Peddling Kiddie Porn? That’s a question that Peter North of Alexandria will have to explain, as he was arrested at his home with 80GB of the stuff.
Few questions:
Good God, 80 Gigs?!
What, you didn’t think you’d get caught?
Who’s going to be first to point to the other Peter North as part of the blame?
By Tom Bridge
Will There Be Charges?
The Bay Bridge accident this weekend that sent a semi into the Chesapeake and has wrought havoc on the pair of spans, claimed one life and put three others in the hospital, seems to be the fault of a driver who fell asleep at the wheel. Candy Baldwin has admitted that that she fell asleep at the wheel early in the morning, and witnesses saw a car matching the description of her Camaro cross over center into the path of the truck that later plummeted into the Chesapeake.
Will there be charges for Ms. Baldwin? I dunno. Probably should be, for the death of the trucker who wasn’t able to maneuver his rig out of the way of her sleepy driving, probably for the cost of the police response, probably for the cost of keeping the bridge down to one span for the duration of the repair.
But will there be? No one’s said.
By Carl Weaver
Arlington County to Smoke-Test Sewer Lines
In case you were wondering what that smoke coming from the sewer was, it’s intentional. The county is looking for leaks. From the Arlington Alert system:
Starting Tuesday, August 12, Arlington County will test its sanitary sewer system with smoke to detect leaks and cracks.
The testing, which will last through Monday, September 15, will be conducted from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the area bounded on the north by Route 50, on the west by S. Wakefield Street, on the East by S. Highland Street and on the south by 22nd Street South.
Residents can expect to see workmen in their neighborhoods, and may see white smoke rising from the sanitary sewers, residential vent stacks and open drains. The smoke is odorless, harmless and does not stain. This is the fourth consecutive year the County has used such testing to detect defects in the sewer system.
For more information contact Allan Rowley with the Arlington County Department of Environmental Services at (703) 228-6542
By brownpau
Lovely Out
Did you get a taste of that lovely Monday outside? If not, Capital Weather’s got good news: it’ll be comfortably cool again today: breezy, dry, and only slightly warmer. Outdoor lunch suggestions welcome in the comments.
By Carl Weaver
No Touchy at Murky Coffee
For those of you who haven’t seen previous posts about Murky Coffee, it does get mentioned here from time to time, as it turns out. The latest thing I can say I love about Murky is this sign I had probably seen a hundred times and not given any thought to. It both tickled and admonished me, delivering efficient coinciding messages. The biscotti are a favorite of my Lovely Wife and she claims they are right good. Me, I am not such a big fan of the hard anise-flavored breads. But my real question is whether I can get it iced. I thought about asking but then thought better of it.
By Throwdown: Gymnast vs. Breakdancer
Breakdance 2
Originally uploaded by starbuck77
I love the Summer Olympics, because I have an unrepentant love of watching gymnastics. The grace, the discipline, the fearlessness it takes to hurl yourself across a 4″ beam without falling, spin around bars several feet off the floor with only your armpits and fingertips to keep you from hitting the floor, or backflip off a raised pedestal with a deafening roar in your ears awes me.
But I have to say, in some ways, the finest Olympic gymnasts have nothin’ on a breakdancer. They get nice soft mats to break their falls. Let’s see you do those triple back-handsprings on concrete, sucker.
By brownpau
MetroBra
Bra on Metro Elevator
Originally uploaded by brownpau
Someone must have partied especially hard in the Gallery Place/Chinatown Metro elevator on Saturday afternoon, as evidenced by this bra left on the trash-strewn elevator floor. I’d have picked it up (hey, free bra) but it was a bit damp and muddy, and not my cup size anyway.
By brownpau
Plane Trails on DC Cam
I’m a big fan of the National Park Service’s webcams, especially the Washington DC cam viewing the Mall area from the Netherlands Carillon on the GW Parkway. Having a windowless inside office I like to keep this cam (among other outdoor DC cams) open in a separate browser window to provide an outside view through the course of the work day. I’ve also used it for at least one time lapse video.
Checking the cam tonight brought an especially cool treat: a long exposure shot catching a plane making the River Visual approach to landing at National:
Webcam captures plane
(Here’s how that approach looks from a pilot’s perspective aboard a small plane in daylight. More here.)
Update: Oh nice, check out brianmka’s incidental capture of a landing plane at night from right near the same webcam.
By Wayan
Expectant Mother Parking
Now here is a parking privilege I never expected to use: Expectant Mother Parking.
Yet when my baby’s mamma and I went shopping this weekend, we jumped at the convenient perk.
Baby’s mamma’s swelling feet say thanks to the progressive thinkers at Westfield Mall but no thanks to the two men who pulled into our space as we left.