Author Archive for John Metcalfe

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CherrydaleCitizens
A homeless man is spotted on Arlington's N. 16th Street rooting through trash bins. Anybody want to overreact to this one? OK—John: “We probably don't need to remind folks that the majority of homeless are mentally ill and/or have various addictions,” [...]

Hipster D.C.’s New Swill

At the P Street NW Whole Foods, wedged between circa-$10 relatives from the Belgian white and Maibock families, you'll find a display touting a “quenching, unpretentious nectar” that's a “local throwback to be proud of.”
Wait—Foggy Bottom's back?
Nope. Those words hawk $4.99 sixers of National Bohemian, Baltimore's contribution to the ranks of all-but-dead macrobrews. Of course, [...]

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Every Tuesday and Thursday, we run down what's going on in local Internet discussion groups.
CherrydaleCitizens
No amount of neighborhood-pride parades or new developments named “Bromptons” can undo the damage done this week to North Arlington's quaint façade. “Believe it or not, when driving back to work on Lee Highway after my exterminator appointment today, I saw [...]

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3DSubstation
The Christian maxim “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” is still alive in Mount Pleasant. On Sunday March 26, two cranks on Walbridge Place NW got into an argument about “religious beliefs,” according to a police report, which identifies them as Complainant 1 [...]

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MPD-1D
“How big a problem is this kind of behavior becoming?” writes longtime Barney Circle activist Jim Myers, referring to an incident this Sunday in which a PCP-crazed man unloaded a few rounds into the sky and a neighborhood car. Myers wants to know if this type of activity [...]