1. "Downie Won't Knock Down Departure Rumor" by Erik Wemple
After getting his ass handed to him by Valdez last week, rédac-chef regains top spot.
2. "Leonsis: You Need an Eidtor!" by Erik Wemple
At this point, I'd think people involved in professional hockey and people involved in print media would be natural allies.
3. "Jesus Died? Then Let's [...]
I remember seeing my first Sacagawea dollar. It was summer 2001, and I was working at the Boogie Woogie Bagel Boy in Oakland, Calif. I thought it was a joke, like the $200 bill a guy tried to use the day earlier. It was, obviously, for real, and the rest of the summer rained golden [...]
Not since Queen’s “Bicycle Race” has an artist been so fixated on the two-wheel mode of transportation. But now we have Paul Fattaruso’s latest book, Bicycle, which falls somewhere between prose and poetry, with one sentence, one thought, per page, accompanied by an occasional sketch by Adam Thompson. It is, above all else, an ode [...]
Not a bad lineup for the Bethesda Literary Festival, which hasn't succumbed to mid-size-city lit-fest syndrome (i.e., scads of children's authors and self-published poets). Among the locals on the docket for the fest, which runs from April 18-20: novelist Thomas Mallon, poets Stanley Plumly and E. Ethelbert Miller, journalists Philip Dine and Helen Thomas, and [...]
I've just rescued a Popeyes press release from my junk box titled: "POPEYESR (sic) WANTS TO KNOW: WASHINGTON, D.C. . ARE YOU BONAFIDE?"
In the press release for its new "Bonafide" marketing campaign, Popeyes gets strangely political, winking to Obama with its new slogan: "Change Your Chicken … get BONAFIDE.”
According to the press release, the [...]
This morning, the Washington Post flooded the proverbial zone on its Nationals Park coverage—dozens of its reporters documented every last aspect of the ballpark's first official major-league game. The Post also flooded the paper with an inaccuracy: That the stadium cost $611 million.
The $611 million figure reflects the cap that the D.C. Council imposed on [...]
Oh no! Canadian soccer hooligans coming to D.C. this weekend! Or at least the object of their adoration: Toronto FC, which apparently is a soccer team. Apparently, D.C. has one, too, and theirs is visiting ours on Saturday!
Some survival tips vis-a-vis Canadians:
1) The term "going Canadian" refers to not wearing underwear
There's a reason for this. [...]
Yesterday's Washington Post featured a story on District of Columbia parents who escape the horror of the public school system by sending their kids to suburban schools, at a price. Fine story, top to bottom.
But what got me going was the quote from a parent in the story. Mila Salazar hit the jackpot when [...]
Tomorrow's the monthly D.C. Council legislative meeting. This morning, Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray held his usual preview press conference. Here's the rundown:
Vince Gray Punctuality Watch: The presser kicked off at 9:42 a.m.—12 minutes late. Getting better, Mr. Chairman!
Things kicked off with a presentation from At-Large Councilmember David A. Catania on his "Healthy DC" universal-health-care [...]
Usually they don't break. It's especially sad because the eggs came from the farmers market. Fresh and expensive. Maybe supermarket eggs are engineered to withstand potholes.
Much has been said about the nation's adoration for America's youngest, cutest, slenderest, blackest, most hope-inspiring presidential candidate. Heck, even John McCain's daughter Meghan called Barack Obama "sexy." But, for those fans out there who can't simply live with these truths, now there is a product in which Obama, looking as iconic and dashing as [...]
The Washington Post's architecture guru Philip Kennicott writes a withering critique of Nationals Park for today's paper. The critic believes this behemoth, designed by experienced stadium architecture firm HOK, is a dud.
He dubs the parking garages as "disastrously situated" for obscuring the front entrance. And then ticks off all the lost opportunities:
"Approached from the South [...]
All kinds of stuff happening around town–marathons, baseball stadium openings, blossoms. Means there's lots of stories to follow, as well.
*Prince of Petworth opens an interesting discussion on the upcoming bike rental program piloted by d. downtown. The question at hand is whether people will use the bikes. No cabbie strike over this issue [...]
