I'm not one to talk. I have three shirts. I don't know a lot about fashion. But jeez. Sarah Palin ain't looking all Real America. The Politico is reporting that the RNC appears to have shelled out $150,000 for Palin's outfits budget. Talk about welfare!
In between calling Obama a socialist, claiming that he hangs out [...]

Keeping Austin weird is so established, it has a Wikipedia entry. Even the chamber of commerce is behind it. Hell, even keeping Erie, Pa., weird is easy. D.C., however, is inferior to those places. It is not yet weird, according to two Smithsonian employees, but it has potential. Thus they introduce the "Make D.C. Weird" [...]

I know. I'm like two years or something too late. But what the hell is with hipsters wearing boat shoes? Is Vampire Weekend to blame? I spotted the above pair outside the Rock and Roll Hotel on Tuesday for the No Age show. They weren't the only boat shoes in attendance. Is it ironic? Is [...]

In a Post feature story out today on the semi-booming H Street (tagged with the lame headline: "H Is For Happening"), the writer leads with a description of the cheap sushi joint Sticky Rice. She sets the scene this way:
Rock music plays, and tattooed waiters with fashionable mullets work the dining room. In [...]

From Politico: Spike, of Top Chef fame, announces that his burger joint is set to open July 7 on Capitol Hill:
Washington, rising in the ranks of food towns but still not quite at the top, is home to Mendelsohn’s parents and sister, which explains his choice to open in the D.C. market. Don’t look for [...]

Dear Spike:
I saw you on Saturday walking up 18th Street NW—just a few days after you were eliminated on Top Chef for the mistake of thinking you could make something edible from frozen scallops. Oh, Spike. We passed each other in front of Tryst. Maybe you saw me, too. I definitely noticed you because you [...]

Several years ago, during a staff meeting, I stood up Obama-like [OK–Kerry-like] and declared that we needed to call for an end to business as usual in Washington. The paper needed to let me write a gazillion-word rant–or at least a 100-word item–against flip-flops.
Flip-flops should not be worn when walking city streets. They are ugly. [...]

’Cause lookin’ cool ain’t easy.
Name: Michael Peirce
Ages: 28
Residence: Mount Pleasant
Occupation: "musician/DJ/cosmic hobo/vagabond dandy"
Spotted: 6:30 p.m.; Meeps Vintage Fashionette, 2104 18th St. NW.
Style Definition: "Ethereal." Peirce says he likes to shop at "friends' houses...friends' closets." His friend, proprietress of "Bad Ass Unicorn," embellished the back of his velvet blazer.
Hipster Giveaway: Devendra Banhart, anyone? Get this man [...]

’Cause lookin’ cool ain’t easy.
Name: Sabrina Santiago, Megan Hofer, and Bipan Neupane
Ages: 16, 15, and 19
Residence: Woodbridge, Va.
Occupation: students
Spotted: 2 p.m., in the H&M at F & 11th Streets NW
Destination: shopping, then Chinese food
Style Definition: Santiago prefers “straight leg jeans and printed tees,” while Hofer says her look includes “weird colors and weird accessories.” Neupane [...]

’Cause lookin’ cool ain’t easy.
Name: Hilarie Shanley
Age: 25
Residence: Capitol Hill
Occupation: works at a PR firm and is studying to be a teacher
Spotted: 1:30 p.m., F and 12th Streets NW
Destination: Dupont Circle, to help her boyfriend find Camper shoes
Hipster Giveaway: a pinafore dress with blue tights and an American Apparel sack
Style Definition: "I just really like [...]

’Cause lookin’ cool ain’t easy.
Name: Alana Skyring and Ed Jurken III
Age: 24; 27
Residence: Brisbane, Australia; Chicago, Ill.
Occupation: drummer for The Grates, who played the Black Cat on Tuesday; concert promoter
Spotted: 7:20 p.m., New Hampshire Avenue and 18th Street NW
Destination: desperately seeking a restaurant after a day of sightseeing
Style Definition: “Anything that can fit in a [...]

’Cause lookin’ cool ain’t easy.
Name: Matt Huber
Age: 24
Residence: Capitol Hill
Occupation: employee at a furniture store near Dulles, Va.
Spotted: buying produce at Eastern Market
Destination: home, with groceries
Style Definition: “I don't really have [a style]. It's a relaxed look.” Huber says he likes thrift stores and U Street shops.
Hipster Giveaway: Members Only jacket, lots of stripes, and [...]

’Cause lookin’ cool ain’t easy.
Name: Alexis Dane
Age: 23
Residence: Portland, Ore., with a sister who lives in Dupont Circle
Occupation: works at Naked City, a boutique
Spotted: H&M on M Street NW, in Georgetown
Destination: the dressing room
Style Definition: “I like a lot of black.”
Hipster Giveaway: red lipstick, cropped bangs, skinny jeans, and lots of chunky plastic accessories
H&Mmm…: Lamenting [...]

’Cause lookin’ cool ain’t easy.
Name: Samantha Fernandez and Patrick McLauchlan
Ages: 22, 21
Occupations: George Washington University student, University of Texas student
Residences: Foggy Bottom; Austin, Texas
Spotted: M Street and Wisconsin Avenue NW
Destination: shopping
Style Definition: McLauchlan says he likes to mix eras and combine new and vintage pieces. He describes his look as “Bold—I'm my own theme party, [...]

’Cause lookin’ cool ain’t easy.
Name: Mariah Brant, Javannie Richards, Lizzy Unger, and “Eon” Voke
Age: 15, 14, 15, and 13, respectively
Occupation: students
Residence: Silver Spring
Spotted: Massachusetts Avenue NW at Dupont Circle
Destination: CVS
Style Definition: Brant, in all black, says, “colorful.” But concedes, “I know it seems ironic right now.” Voke, the self-proclaimed freshman, dresses “butchy, ’cause I wear [...]