Raccoon problems, which we've reported on before, apparently persist in Shepherd Park. Discussion on a neighborhood list has recently explored how to keep the critters from feasting on garbage:
Writes one poster:
Currently, a racoon is having his dinner out of my neighbors trash can. It is seldom with a lid and often trash is [...]
Reader's Digest has a new study that ranks countries and major cities.
On the cities front:
Using different data, we analyzed 72 major international cities and ranked them in terms of being green and livable. The sources included The Millennium Cities Database for Sustainable Transport (2001) by Jeff Kenworthy and Felix Laube of Australia's Murdoch [...]
A Roundup of Morning Roundups
Bush nixes more money for a kids' health insurance program while the police union weighs in on the age-old question: Keys or feet? (DCist)
Bill's valuable to Hillary's campaign. Oh, and white males are a key demo. (Wonkette)
A Berkeley education is now a hell of a lot cheaper. And there's good [...]
More dispatches on the Shepherd Park message board about life with raccoons.
My neighbor and I captured 3 raccoons in a trap and released them about 5 miles or so in Rock Creek park.. There was a set of five that was noticed. We live on 1600 block of Roxanna Rd
And:
I had a party Saturday [...]
A hapless cat isn't the only animal to pop up on Shepherd Park's message board.
Reports one poster:
I came face to face (fact to snout?) with a raccoon in my back yard last evening. A neighbor with whom I spoke moments later said she had already called animal control, though she's clearly too young to [...]
A Roundup of Morning Roundups
Debate on Iraq policy took up more than a third of our collective attention last week, Google's still number one, and CBS gets busy perfecting its swing. (Fishbowl DC)
Ponzi schemes never get old! (The Ag)
It's bad to shutter movie houses, even the small ones; FOIA strikes again. (DCist)
From a City Paper restaurant rater:
The only explanation for my behavior (going to the Cheesecake Factory again) comes from this Onion article.
Here's what a restaurant rater has to say about Thai X-ing after visiting earlier this month:
Step in to the charming and quirky ambiance of Thai-Xing and experience it for yourself. Not to be missed!
I haven't visited Thai X-ing yet, though Anne Marson's Young & Hungry column from February makes me curious. If you've had a [...]
The Dish: Roma tomato and artichoke pizza slice
The Location: Alberto's, 2438 18th St. NW, (202) 332-2234
The Price: $4.50
The Skinny: When it comes to pizza, I've traditionally preferred toppings derived from fauna (pepperoni, cheese, sausage) to those from flora. Just cheese and pepperoni sounds fine to me, whether it's before or after 9 o'clock. But the [...]
The latest scuttlebutt around my Mount Pleasant group house is that there may be not just a rat presence in the patio area out back, but a raccoon and possum presence as well.
Maybe it's just part of the cost of living close to Rock Creek Park. What’s the fauna report in your neighborhood?
What's the District's chief exec really up to today?
TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2007
No public events scheduled.
The Lowdown: Day two is no time to start cutting class.
There were maybe three of them. I'm not sure exactly what they were, but they looked like drawers from a metal desk, minus the desk. They were lying out in front of a Mount Pleasant residence with a sign indicating that they were free for the taking.
I've lived in Mount Pleasant for a while, and [...]
A poster to Yahoo's TakomaDC group generated some traffic yesterday when she asked people how they get old DMV registration stickers off their windshields. "Is it just a matter of huge quantities of patience with a utility knife?" she wondered. "These things are a bear!"
Another poster forwarded the following tip, which someone else had sent [...]
In this week's City Paper:
Joe Eaton travels to an Ocean City motel and finds cheap beer and death—but no Russian prostitutes.
In the District Line, Jason Cherkis reports on Southwest's backyard-DJ scene.
In Cheap Seats: Dave McKenna on how even Agawam, Mass., is dealing with Dan Snyder's parking fees.
In Show & Tell, Jessica Gould reports on clubs [...]
A Restaurant Rater reports on Mourayo: "Took a friend from Atlanta with sophisticated taste here, almost as a random pick, and he went aw[a]y jealous of our restaurants."
To see his full report on Mourayo, and for other perspectives, click here.
