This weekend's Post tackled one of my biggest pet peeves—when politicians use "Washington" as a disparaging euphemism for the national political scene, in which they willingly participate. The topic, covered by Dan Zak in the Sunday Source section, has been ripe for the plucking for years. But, I don't believe I've ever seen a story [...]
Do you brush your teeth twice daily, but they never feel clean? Are you wondering why you have three cavities after a lifetime of healthy pearly whites? Is your longtime allegiance to Colgate starting to peter off, and it's making you question everything that's holy?
Well, you too, might be a victim of New York City's [...]
-Barack Obama still hasn't announced a VP, but Ralph Nader knows who it is. Apparently, people aren't asking him. But, he's still talking! "The smart pick, according to Nader, is Hillary Rodham Clinton. Nader phoned into Politico Tuesday afternoon to offer his prediction that a surprise nod to Clinton is actually what Obama has in [...]
In my weekly search for properties for Buyer's Market (our feature on homes with major price drops in the DC area), I look at a lot of real estate listings, Craigslist advertisements, and random webpages. This image is by far the wackiest thing I've ever stumbled on. I can't say it really came [...]
On Aug. 25, D.C. Public Schools will kick off another school year. As has previously been reported many, many times, Chancellor Michelle Rhee fired 24 principals, and later 22 assistant principals in two distinct waves this Spring. (I must admit, I don't know the total numbers of administrators let go over the course of the [...]
*If you're not watching the Olympics, you're missing some pretty spectacular moments.
*"Declare the District's urban-cool inferiority complex officially over," states the Washington Post. What makes us so hip? So with it? Such a trendsetter? SmartBike DC, apparently. The program will allow riders access to 120 bikes at 10 self-service racks mostly in the downtown [...]
There's really nothing more ominous than a circling police helicopter. Action movies are to blame: for immediate drama intensification, just show a chopper cutting across the sky, or better yet, zipping between skyscrapers. Works every time. When I saw a helicopter in Columbia Heights on Saturday night around 11 p.m., I immediately thought the [...]
Every once in a while the Metropolitan Police listservs provide some sweet relief from the usual reports describing beatings, homicides, muggings, robberies, car thefts and car vandalism. The bad news: dessert crimes seem to be up in the third district. The good news: they don't appear to be affecting the dessert supply in the area.
An [...]
Yesterday, my friend informed me of a blog entirely devoted to cake decorating disasters. My first thought was meh, sounds amusing. I will be sure to check that out. Now, I have to say: I greatly underestimated Cake Wrecks, which has wiggled its way into my heart as the greatest food blog of all time. [...]
*I don't quite know what to make of this sort of fascinating, and yet sort of gossipy and pointless Washington Post story about Mayor Adrian Fenty's bicycle crash last week. The article relies on a totally unattributed account of the accident and claims that Fenty is so image-conscious, he refused an ambulance when one showed [...]
Okay, before people start jumping down my throat about this one, I'll acknowledge Columbia Heights has other oft-mentioned restaurants besides Logan @ The Heights: Rumberos, Taqueria Distrito Federal, RedRocks Fire Brick Pizzeria, etc. Still, Logan @The Heights is frequently referred to as the area's only decent sit-down place with a pretty standard, broad American menu.
People [...]
Take that John McCain!
This week, for some reason, early 1990s pop culture references abound:
First, I told you about this.
Now, from NPR, I give you Kevin Powell from the first season of MTV's Real World. Back when the first season was taped in 1992, Powell was "a poet, writer and educator struggling to overcome many of the issues facing [...]
On July 16, Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans sent out a press release pleasantly informing his constituents that the long wait was over: ShotSpotter had arrived in Shaw.
“On one hand I’m glad to see that ShotSpotter is up and running, but on the other, it’s a terrible situation that we need this technology in and [...]
I can't help it. Every once in a while, I leave home or the office or wherever, and I get that nagging feeling of Shit, what have I left behind? What did I forget to do? In these moments, I admit, I occasionally think of Kevin McCallister. Then, I think of his mom—oh his poor, [...]
