City Desk » BALLS http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk 68.3 Square Miles of D.C. News and Opinion Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:36:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Man With Fork, January 20 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/01/21/man-with-fork-january-20/ http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/01/21/man-with-fork-january-20/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:17:56 +0000 Darrow Montgomery http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/?p=14565

]]> http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/01/21/man-with-fork-january-20/feed/ 0 900 Block of 9TH Street NW, January 20 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/01/21/900-block-of-9th-street-nw-january-20/ http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/01/21/900-block-of-9th-street-nw-january-20/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:04:30 +0000 Darrow Montgomery http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/?p=14560

]]> http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/01/21/900-block-of-9th-street-nw-january-20/feed/ 0 Dressing Up for an Inaugural Ball Isn’t Priceless — It Costs About 20 Bucks http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/01/20/dressing-up-for-an-inaugural-ball-isnt-priceless-it-costs-about-20-bucks/ http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/01/20/dressing-up-for-an-inaugural-ball-isnt-priceless-it-costs-about-20-bucks/#comments Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:19:45 +0000 Dave McKenna http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/?p=14337 Looks like I'm going to an inaugural ball tonight.

A friend offered me tickets on Saturday.

I told him I don't own a tux — ostensibly, it's a black tie affair — and it was too late to rent one.

But my friend said that, given the state of the economy, tuxes aren't the only acceptable garb this time around. Plain ol' dark suits will abound and won't be sneered at.

I don't own a suit, dark or otherwise. (Well, I still own my wedding suit, but the scales tell me I'm half the man I was when I got married — plus the man I was when I got married. So it's just a keepsake.)

Actually, heading into the weekend I didn't have a dress jacket or even a clean pair of long pants that fit me.

But I figured I'd give my nearest thrift shop a shot. I was there for 20 minutes and walked out with a black wool suit, black shoes and a fab Lou Rawls live LP.

Total cost: $20.54

Looks like I'm going to an inaugural ball tonight.

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