What’s the District’s chief exec really up to today?
MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 2006
Event: Remarks, American University Freshman Service Experience
Time: 4 p.m.
Location: American University, Woods Brown Amphitheatre, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW
The Lowdown: Ah, everyone's back from their summer vacations…
The Dish: catfish sub
The Location: Oohhs & Aahhs, 1005 U St. NW, (202) 667-7142.
The Price: $8.95, with one side
The Skinny: Between the heat outside and the bubbling deep-fat fryer inside, the temperature behind the counter at Oohhs & Aahhs, the soul-food hole on U Street NW, must be close to 110 degrees Fahrenheit. But owner [...]
Hollywood's most anticipated movie opens today, Snakes on a Plane—perhaps you've heard of it? Here is my prediction: It will fail. It will fail because it is already a runaway success. Or, the title is. And, really, the title is the film.
The genius of the title is that it capitalizes on two basic fears. Many [...]
What’s the District’s chief exec really up to today?
FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 2006
No public events scheduled.
The Lowdown: Hmm—five days of “No public events scheduled.” Is someone taking a stealth vacation?
Every Thursday, we round up Pay-Whats and other cheap seats at local theaters. Just so's your weekend is a little easier.
Before we start, remember the general rules: (A) Reservations for these? Not so much. (B) They're offered on a space-available basis, so have a backup plan. (C) Click each theater name for details and contact [...]
Every Tuesday and Thursday, we run down what's going on in local Internet discussion groups.
columbia_heights
Most. Depressing. Post. Ever. Abridged from C.J.’s original poem:
OPTIONS
(For My Parents – Alice F. and Joseph L.)
…During the first realization that you were with Kid
You should've done to me what with your first-born you did -
Taken an Olympic-type dive off of [...]
What’s the District’s chief exec really up to today?
THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 2006
No public events scheduled.
The Lowdown: See, Tony, that's what happens when you take all your vacations when everyone else is working. Now everyone else is gone, and you're lonely.
In tomorrow's City Paper, you'll find:
A cover profile of pickpocket hunter Cedric Mitchell by Huan Hsu. This Metro detective is the city's top cop when it comes to catching artful dodgers—and he has some pretty strange relationships with some of them.
In Loose Lips: James Jones details how Linda Cropp screwed up her smear of fellow [...]
Dennis O'Connor, 2006 graduate of UDC's David A. Clarke School of Law, has just achieved his first legal victory: a claim against his alma mater in the District's Commission on Human Rights. A July 26 decision held that O'Connor, who uses a wheelchair, had been discriminated against by the university because there were stairs in [...]
On Aug. 3, Department of Public Works (DPW) investigators discovered an abandoned boat washed up in a less-than-ideal dock—the shoulder of the northbound access road along Kenilworth Avenue NE near the Maryland line.
The vessel, a MacGregor speedboat, white with steel-blue trim, was tied atop a trailer. Its new environment had not been kind: The trailer [...]
What’s the District’s chief exec really up to today?
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 2006
No public events scheduled.
The Lowdown: No presser? Plotkin misses you, Tony.
Every Tuesday and Thursday, we run down what's going on in local Internet discussion groups.
MPD-1D
On July 27, ebranic stimulates the collective gag reflex by describing a neighbor who hoards “loosely-wrapped” bags of dog crap in her front yard. “Over the course of several days a collection of bags grows on her front step, and on [...]
Heads up: At long last, Trey Graham has posted his final entry (for this year, anyway) over at Fringe & Purge, our Fringe Fest blog. He's got a lengthy wrapup, with lots of input from producers and performers and all the rest. He'd love to have your input, too.
Thanks to all the readers who gave [...]
What’s the District’s chief exec really up to today?
No public events scheduled.
The Lowdown: Spending some time with Madame Chairman down at the Superior Court file room, perhaps?
Posted by Zak Stambor
How does Metro calculate train arrival times? It's definitely not accurate—I've timed it!
Metro knows their passenger information display system monitors (PIDS) don't match the actual train arrival times. Rather, the signs show Metro's train schedule.
As long as Metro trains remain on automatic control (i.e., the driver doesn't actually take over the controls) [...]
