Todd Stewart of Vertigo Books was on the Kojo Nnamdi Show today offering a few recommendations for some of his favorite books of the year. I've read (and liked) two of the books in his list, Philip Roth's Indignation and Art Spiegelman's Breakdowns, which gives me a fair amount of confidence in the rest. With [...]
Truckers Lounge, 1997
This week we published a cover story about the D.C. Police shooting death of David Kerstetter. Kerstetter lived at the Iowa, a complex located at 1325 13th Street NW. During the course of reporting, I interviewed a neighbor, Sherry Lichtenberg who met with the two cops that morning, who talked to them just before they [...]
This week's Cheap Seats column was instigated by Brock Lesnar's recent win over Randy Couture for the UFC heavyweight championship.
Lesnar's win thrilled me. Mainly because I thought it was great for pro wrestling —Lesnar is a former WWE performer—and I've always been far more intrigued by pro wrestlers than their mixed-martial arts counterparts.
I grew up [...]
On Monday night, Ward 6 Councilmember Tommy Wells thought he'd check out the situation down at the homeless shelters the city's set up on the St. Elizabeths campus, which are hosting many of the residents once served by the now-shuttered Franklin Shelter downtown. So, like the men who patronize the facility, the chair of the [...]
The phone calls, the e-mails, the anonymous comments on this very blog—they have all been heard, read, and registered by the execs at Room & Board, the furniture store that, despite it all, is still planning to move into 1840 14th St. NW.
But for all of the 'hood's lovers of diners and comedy clubs and [...]
The Robert Wone murder case heated up yesterday. One defendant was released. There was the news that all three roommates, who were charged with obstruction of justice, would be living together in a rented apartment. There was the news that a Grand Jury was looking into more charges. And finally, Wone's family filed a wrongful [...]
Let's inventory the things that aren't happening on this day before Thanksgiving.
Traffic is moving pretty smoothly, according to WTOP.
Big headlines say Gates is a likely holdover at the Pentagon. Gee, didn't we hear that as far back as, like, Election Night?
Struggling to keep its Web site lit up, the Washington Post goes [...]
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Happy Turkey Anticipation Day to one and all. In a repeat of last year's matchup, Dunbar will meet H.D. Woodson tomorrow in the 39th Turkey Bowl—11 a.m. at Eastern SHS. LL will be taking the day off from LLD, but [...]
At a news conference last night on Belt Road NW, Chief of Police Cathy Lanier announced that Peiro E. Fuentes Hernandez of Capitol Heights had been arrested and charged with the murders of Michael and Virginia Spevak.
The Post has more details on the Spevak case, and NBC is reporting a connection between Hernandez and 622 [...]
If you followed our election coverage, you doubtless saw (or perhaps skipped over) a number of humorous videos chronicling the various races—local, national, and imaginary. As outro music to many of these videos, I used a snippet supplied by Jason Cherkis. The track garnered at least one serious fan: a regular commenter by [...]
A month ago I suggested that Slate was growing old. I based my opinion on a rather untimely article about the word "FAIL." The argument still stands. My evidence? A new article by Farhad Manjoo on how to use Skype.
From now through Jan. 12, the Goethe-Institut Washington is presenting its Artists in Film series, featuring works on artists such as Beethoven and Bach. With tickets only $4-$6, it's a lovely and cheap way to escape the holiday madness for a couple of hours.
Here's the schedule; for more information and to order tickets visit the [...]
As if WMATA doesn't have enough on its plate with having to implement random bag searches and combat body odor, one of its drivers has landed in some trouble.
Friday evening, in the vicinity of 3rd and D Streets NE, members of the Metropolitan Police Department's Crime Reduction Team (CRT) observed a group of young men [...]
