By Wayan
Can you see those little dots down there? Those would be baseball players, viewed from the ultimate nosebleed seats: the very top row in the entire stadium.
Thanks to Carl, my friend Adam and I are enjoying the Nationals scene from these heights tonight. The view is actually decent even if distant.
Now if only the Nationals were not losing 6 to 2.
By Tom Bridge
…looks good…
Originally uploaded by christaki
After making an abortive attempt at getting an iPhone this morning, I decided to stand in a line that was both tasty and sane. I hit up the Toigo Orchards market stall at the Courthouse Farmers Market, instead. There was a line, but at the end of it was persian cucumbers, ultra sweet bing cherries (they’re like sex, in your mouth.) some hot-house tomatoes, and holy crap, what’s that?!
First peaches of the season. Now, it was still a little crunchy, and it wasn’t nearly as pretty as the one in christaki’s photo here, but peaches have come to market, and thank heavens for them.
In other news, I’m about a week or ten days from the first roma tomatoes, and my first yellow cherry tomato should be ready for tasting by Wednesday.
By brownpau
Ron Paul, the anarcho-capitalist cryptolibertarian neoconfederate survivalist Texas congressman and sometime presidential candidate who published a racist newsletter and opposed a medal for Rosa Parks, civil rights, MLK Day, Tibetan freedom, DC voting rights, and the 14th and 16th Amendments, and enjoyed endorsements from such greats as the John Birch Society, Stormfront White Nationalists, and the Ku Klux Klan, is having a march and rally today! Continue reading
By Don
Christ almighty, traveling back and forth to Baltimore on the MARC these last two days (why have a 615 train if it never even shows up till 630?) I thought i’d reached the limit to how much suffering mass transit could heap on me. But no, someone had to leave a copy of the USA Today on the seat I plopped myself down on. Which is how I came to read about how HBO, amongst their other greenlit projects, is going forward with a half hour series based on Cutler’s Washingtonienne novel.
Now, in fairness, I think this makes a lot more sense than creating alternate media based on books like the DaVinci Code, which some people have actually read – this way there’s something new on the screen for people. But how much mileage can you get out of a low-wage worker slacking her way through the day, screwing people indiscriminately, sometimes taking money for it, and failing to live up to one of the most basic tenets of being a whore by not talking about it?
photo Amplified Pain by by besto-Baker
By brownpau
Jerome Jones was the first African-American superintendent of St. Louis Public Schools from 1983 to 1990, hailed by many as one who extended new opportunities to women and people of color in the SLPS. More recently he left retirement to teach here in DC, at Howard University, where he founded the Department of Educational and Administrative Policy. He was about to move on to become Dean of Academic Affairs at University of the Virgin Islands at St. Croix — when he was hit by an SUV while crossing a street on June 26th. He died on July 4th, just three days after his 71st birthday.
I mention this because it turns out that all this time, Mr. Jones was my neighbor and I didn’t know it. He lived in my apartment building, and I would greet him frequently, though I knew him only as “that guy I see in the lobby who’s always going out jogging.” Only the day after he was hit by that SUV did I learn who he was, and only yesterday did I learn of his death.
Sad, sad passing of a neighbor whom I would have liked to know better. May he rest in peace.
By Tom Bridge
C’mon Lerner Family. Was it not enough that the city paid $600M-plus for the stadium, in which you play games frequently, without issue? Now you refuse to pay rent, and demand damages of the city? For real? You’re kidding, right?
By Ben H. Rome
Russian cap gun that disguises itself as a camera.
Originally uploaded by jellywatson
Trying to escape the oncoming heat wave this weekend? The International Spy Museum’s got you covered on Sunday, July 13. Secret Agent Magician “James Wand” is on hand for two one-hour shows (10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.) to demonstrate the art of misdirection, sleight of hand, and other illusions used by skilled spies. This one-of-a-kind performance is custom-developed especially for the museum and guaranteed to fascinate both children and adults alike.
Tickets are $12 for ages 7 and up. You can call the museum at 202.393.7798 or hit the website for more info.
By Tom Bridge
7-11 1983 SERIES SLURPEE Video Cup :: " SUPER PAC-MAN " i (( 1983 ))
Originally uploaded by tOkKa
Sure, it may be iPhone day, but the line for a free 7.11oz Slurpee is likely a lot shorter. That’s right, most area 7-Elevens will be giving out freebies today, so get ready to find one near you and get a Slurpee.
For, as the internet says, “Happiness is a Coke Slurpee with a Pink Straw.“
By brownpau
Organized by SITES and The Jim Henson Legacy, the traveling exhibit Jim Henson’s Fantastic World opens tomorrow (Saturday July 12th) at the S. Dillon Ripley Center International Gallery, featuring artifacts of the much-missed imagination and visual thinking that brought us the muppets, Yoda, and The Dark Crystal. The Ripley Center can be a bit hard to find if you’ve never been there before, as it’s mostly underground; just look for the copper-domed kiosk sitting between the Castle and the Freer Gallery (map). I’m hoping to see one of my boyhood crushes there, Kira the Gelfling. Rawr.
By Wayan
You have to love the stamina of Washington DC protesters. This Saturday, its going to be a high of 90 °F and Accuweather is calling the “RealFeel” at 96 °F.
That would be hot enough to fry some brains, especially those that are crazy, or dedicated enough to wear a black hood on a DC summer day. Whatcha say is the heat stroke probability for our black hood friend here?
I for one say that instead of sweating, this guy should be enjoying the best summer refreshment: Beer + Lime + Ice.
By Brittany
Photo by Katherine Frey for The Washington Post.
In the Home section of today’s Washington Post, Terri Sapienza writes about “Our Favorite Shops in Baltimore: Where to Go in Charm City For Modern, Traditional And Everything in Between”.
Baltimore does have some excellent shopping. Many of my holiday gifts come from the first store mentioned in the article, Bluehouse. It is a lovely shop with great, eco-sensitive products. (For non-home shopping, I am just crazy about doubledutch boutique in Hampden, but that would be a different article.)
It reminded me, though, of some of the similarly-great home shops here in DC. I am a fan of Go Mama Go!, Home Rule, and RCKNDY, as well as the fantastic mid-century modern vintage store Millennium Decorative Arts – and they can all be found in a few blocks of each other.
Go forth and find the cute little shops – and stop decorating your house from Target!
By Tom Bridge
Apparently, that deal didn’t work out so well for either Giant or Chevy Chase Bank, because at the conclusion of the ten-year deal, they’re shuttering the 54 Grocery Store Branches. It’s not immediately clear what will happen to the 240 jobs that these branches represent.
By Carl Weaver
Come down to the blood drive on Saturday the 12th at Arlington Centennial Glebe Masonic Lodge at 1 S. George Mason Drive in Arlington. You don’t have to be a Mason to donate, just be 110 pounds or more, over 17 and satisfy a few other simple requirements. Can’t make it to this blood drive? Check out the Arlington Red Cross’s site to find one near you.
There is no substitute for red blood cells. Your time – five to ten minutes in the chair – can be the difference in someone’s life.
By Carl Weaver
I found this little critter in my basement yesterday afternoon as I was photographing my cucumber. Literally. I photograph food, especially when it comes from my garden. I looked around the corner and saw this little mouse, who was apparently hungry and weak.
I have a catch and release policy in our home for any wayward critters I happen upon. I felt bad simply releasing him to the back yard, but I knew my lovely wife would freak if I kept him and tried to nurse him back to health, although the cat would love it.
What do you do with little critters like this?
By Tom Bridge
The Well Dressed Burrito just off Dupont Circle has joined the Twitter revolution and will be tweeting their daily specials. Today’s is Seasoned crispy pork, onions, peppers, tomatoes, rice & cheese, wrapped in a tortilla.
Sounds pretty tasty, and now each day they can send that direct to your Twitter stream. Pretty neat, no?
By Tom Bridge
At $15, the price is a little high, but starting tomorrow you can navigate the Metro system on your iPhone. The details of all the functions aren’t available on iTrans’ website just yet, but there are a couple pictures in the new iTunes app store (link requires iTunes) which seem to indicate it’ll be pulling train times from the published Metro schedule.
If they’re not using the Metro train-position API, one has to wonder why they bothered at all. Oh well.
At least it’ll get line service updates?
By Tom Bridge
That’s the gist of what Judge Richard Leon is saying in response to the request from the Partnership for Civil Justice, who want the program that debuted DC’s Trinidad neighborhood from ever being used again. Specifically, he raised the concern that since there’s no current implementation of the “Neighborhood Safety Zones” plan, where exactly would he enjoin the MPD from operating?
Looks like we get to see this one played out only after the MPD tries to put the cordon up around another of DC’s neighborhoods.
By Ben H. Rome
ESPN is reporting Brooks Laich signed a 3-year deal worth $6.1M, ending his arbitration suit. If he can maintain his frenetic scoring pace, he’ll be a bargain-basement steal for the Caps and another feather in McPhee’s hat. If he slacks off…well, I’m sure the fans will let him know.
Also of note, the Capitals and Sergei Fedorov came to a deal; the former Red Wing signed a one-year contract worth $4M – surprising, since it’s a 34% pay cut from his prior contract. Most likely, it has to do with the reported friendship with a fellow Russian, some guy named “Ovechkin.”
By bstanfield
Smooth Sine on Scope
Originally uploaded by phrontist
Mark your calendars, DC geeks. HacDC has announced Grand Opening festivities for the week of July 22-27.
By Tom Bridge
Stupont
Originally uploaded by maxedaperture
We’re Number 1! We’re Number 1! And for once, it’s not the number of murders, or per capita crime, or drug use, or any of those unfortunate Number 1s we’ve been picked up here in the last couple decades.
No, this time it’s really something special, we’re the Best Town in America! Well, at least according to Outside Magazine. Not that they’re wrong, or anything. But yeah, we’re the Best Town in America! Here’s their top ten:
1. Washington, D.C.
2. Chattanooga, Tenn.
3. Ogden, Utah
4. Portsmouth, N.H.
5. Tacoma, Wash.
6. Ithaca, N.Y.
7. Louisville, Ky.
8. Eureka, Calif.
9. Crested Butte, Colo.
10. Columbia, Mo.
Now, will they update their cool website with our victory? Who knows.
