In an October confrontation at a Georgetown tattoo parlor, former D.C. Councilmember Harold Brazil pissed on the shop floor, according to testimony this morning in his trial on misdemeanor assault charges at D.C. Superior Court. His attorney argues that he was provoked in the most vile manner possible.
The public urination occurred in the midst of [...]
Ringling Bros. is in the midst of its annual run of shows in our market. The circus plays Fairfax through this weekend.
The show is yet another link to an amazing and underpublicized chain in the area's pop cultural history. It goes back to brothers Izzy and Irvin Feld, who were literally snake oil salesmen growing [...]
DCist reported up a U.S. Park Police involved shooting of a man at 2nd and K Streets NE. According to the Park Police's own press blog (D.C. Police–you need this):
"On Monday April 13, 2009 at about 12:15pm, United States Park Police Officers were investigating a vehicle involved in a crime. This vehicle, with one occupant, [...]
I wrote this week about DC United's management and fans giving up on DC.
I don't want the team to leave town. And though I grew up in the DC suburbs, the idea of building sports venues outside the city is so retro. Not good retro, like the opening riff of "Sweet Home Alabama."* Bad retro, [...]
Maryland State Del. Bill Frick (D-Montgomery County) sent a letter Monday to the superintendent of Rock Creek Park as an appeal to close Beach Drive to car traffic for an extended period. Currently, the park road popular with cyclists, Rollerbladers, runners, etc., opens at 7 p.m. That's all well and good when it's winter, but [...]
Morning, all. Fresh, local content out today. In case you missed it: Our cover story looks at the lonely life of the D.C. bike helmet. Amazing what you all will risk for good hair. Also: Housing Complex's Ruth Samuelson takes a drive over to fantasyland, aka Brightwood; The Sexist's Amanda Hess explores your conscience; Young [...]
Yesterday I took a bread class at CulinAerie, the sort-of new cooking school near McPherson Square, and was totally impressed. And not just because TV stars like Top Chef's Carla Hall Lyons and our own Tim Carman teach there.
The founders of this place, Susans Holt and Watterson, did it right. They created classrooms that are [...]
Despite yet another sighting, the dog whose image can be found all over the District remains at large. The latest credible tip has Lucy the Ninja Dog on Blagden Avenue yesterday, between Allison and 17th Streets, which is near a well-known sighting of her on 18th Street. All of the tips have been plotted on [...]
Post Editor Brauchli writes about Phil Bennett leaving:
To the Staff:
I’d like to thank Phil Bennett for his extraordinary contributions to The Post newsroom and in particular for his assistance in helping to smooth the leadership transition over the last several months.
Washington Post Managing Editor Phil Bennett is stepping down. The memo:
To the Staff,
Four years ago, Len asked me to become managing editor. It was an invitation to help create great journalism, and to guide the newsroom through our own story of change and renewal. The challenges and rewards of this incredible job were bigger than [...]
Bad news for all those downtowners dreaming of having a source of quail eggs within walking distance. The deal in which Douglas Development would land Balducci's specialty store in Penn Quarter isn't going to happen. (And maybe that's a good thing–check out how Tim Carman gets treated at the Balducci's in Bethesda.)
Douglas Jemal, owner of [...]
Sometime Sunday night, City Desk noticed that the photos section of Bob Woodward's Facebook profile was displaying three cartoons by conservative political-cartoonist Dana Summers. All three toons were a satirical look at President-elect Barack Obama's relationship with the media. In one, a cop commands a gaggle of spectators fawning over Obama to "Stop throwing your [...]
The memo that Washington Post Publisher Katharine Weymouth sent to her colleagues on Wednesday is titled "The Road Forward." It's a title that summons expectations of a strategic map, complete with directions, specifics: After going 10 miles on Print Highway, take the first exit for Internet Boulevard, etc., etc.
Weymouth's work product, however, had no such [...]
Today's new strategy memo from Washington Post Publisher Katharine Weymouth filled its quota of bland and unspecific principles. And on the specifics front, it left quite a deficit.
Yet if you poke around the Post newsroom a bit, you can find an initiative or two that has some beef and some direction. Take the Book [...]
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Morning all. How's this for bipartisanship: Neither Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) nor Sen. Robert Bennett (R-Utah) [...]
