What’s the District’s chief exec really up to today?
TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2006
No public events scheduled.
The Lowdown: Those group-home death reports don't edit themselves, you know.

I was watching TV over the weekend, early morning, when all the channels went black with white lettering. They do this routine weekly test thing with a horn honking, but this wasn't that. The horn honked, but then I read the screen and it was an Amber-alert-type deal. It told the areas that were on [...]

Last month, the co-chair of the Greater Washington Board of Trade PAC, Medstar's Michael Rogers, sung the praises of mayoral candidate Linda Cropp. On June 10, he announced his group was endorsing the council chairman and singled out her attempts to improve the city's stadium agreement with Major League Baseball. “It would have been easy [...]

What’s the District’s chief exec really up to today?
MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 2006
No public events scheduled.
The Lowdown: Tony's feeling Comcastic!

The Dish: “Angry Trout” with pears, bacon, hazelnuts, and sage
The Location: Blue Duck Tavern, 24th & M Streets NW, (202) 419-6755.
The Price: $18
The Skinny: The contemporary interior greeting diners at the Park Hyatt Washington's Blue Duck Tavern is a good match for diners seeking a soft, subdued atmosphere, but lurking in the menu's seafood section [...]

From The Lavender Scare by David K. Johnson (University of Chicago Press, 294 pp.):

The caption: "Lieutenant Roy Blick, head of the Washington, D.C., vice squad, oversaw the arrest of hundreds of gay men and lesbians. In March 1950 he told a congressional committee that Washington was home to five thousand homosexuals and estimated that three-quarters [...]

What’s the District’s chief exec really up to today?
FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2006
Event: Depart for Colorado Springs, Colo., Alliance for School Choice, annual strategy retreat
Time: 12 p.m.
Location: undisclosed
The Lowdown: Nothing like a weekend with the vouchers-and-charters crowd to boost Tony's self-esteem.

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 [...]

What’s the District’s chief exec really up to today?
THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 2006
No public events scheduled.
The Lowdown: In case you want to change your mind, Madam Chairman is going on a gay-bar crawl tonight. Meet at the Duplex at 9:30!

In tomorrow's City Paper, you'll find:

The first-ever Black Man's Guide to Georgetown. With the reinstatement of 2nd District police Commander Andy Solberg, who deemed black men at odd hours in the neighborhood “unusual,” you just might need John Metcalfe’s guide of places to avoid and places where black men can blend in.
In Loose Lips: James [...]

Brookland resident Kristen Fulton-Wright frequently uses the pedestrian bridge that grants safe passage from the Rhode Island Avenue Metro station to the street below. While the bridge prevents those on foot from having to dodge speeding cars, it is not without its own hazards, like marijuana smoke, nasty litter, and, worst of all, piss.
Tired of [...]

On July 26, in the file room of the D.C. Superior Court's civil division, the scene was decidedly Soviet. The service desk was unattended. A computer was down. And—most problematic for anyone browsing court files without the aid of a photographic memory—no copies were available.
Normally, visitors to the file room can cough up 50 cents [...]

What’s the District’s chief exec really up to today?
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 2006
Event: Remarks, weekly press briefing
Time: 11 a.m.
Location: Sherwood Recreation Center, 10th and G Streets NE
The Lowdown: Want the press to love you, Tony? Pick up a couple of these babies.

Every Tuesday and Thursday, we run down what's going on in local Internet discussion groups.
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During a Saturday power outage, Rich took a walk through the neighborhood to see which traffic lights were out. “On this walk, I saw a mother bird and two nestlings on the ground near Trinity Church,” he writes. “I planned to [...]

From Let's Paint the ’90s! by Jason Rekulak (Quirk, 96 pp.):