This is going to be worse then the Real World

The Washington Post this morning (via) has a story about a grave looming danger facing Washington, DC: Dan Brown fans. They are coming, whether we like it or not:
In just six days, residents will awaken to find themselves in a changed city. One invaded by Founding Fathers scandal, by fictitious Harvard symbologists, by very short [...]

Tucker Max at the Avalon

I can not tell you how much it amuses me that the DC premiere of the Tucker Max’s movie “I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell” was at the Avalon theater in Chevy Chase. It would be an understatement to say that Tucker’s movie, and the people who want to see it, are not the [...]

In other Metro news, the proposed Silver Line out to Tyson’s Corner and Dulles Airport cleared a major hurdle and seems likely to happen. Very good news.

I think that door is supposed to shut

Odd/annoying little situation on my way to work this morning. As you can see from the above photo I snapped with my iPhone the door on the Metro car I was in refused to close entirely. It kept trying to close but only half of the door worked. The conductor kept making the “please stand [...]

Four wild and crazy days

The D.C. City Council held a very important vote yesterday that was make or break for the inauguration:
Under emergency legislation approved by the D.C. Council yesterday, any District establishment with a liquor license, including restaurants and nightclubs, will be allowed to serve alcohol until 5 a.m. — three hours later than usual — and serve [...]

Very nice to see Brian Beutler, still recovering from getting shot 3 times in Adams Morgan, back blogging.

Happy 50th anniversary Ben’s Chili Bowl

Today is the 50th anniversary of the opening of Washington institution, U St. legend, Ben’s Chili Bowl. Their famous half-smoke, all the way, is truly worthy of its fame. And, even better, they are now served at Nats games, making them much more convenient for me to consume. Here’s a history of the half-smoke (via). [...]

Rusty, formerly the guy behind Why I Hate DC, gives an exit interview to the Washingtonian and makes a lot of strong points.

The Post today has a profile of the young woman who was killed while biking to work yesterday. It is, as one would expect, pretty sad.

An awful way to start the morning

This morning I biked to work for the first time. For the past few months, ever since I sold my car, I’ve usually taken the Metro to work, hoping on at Judiciary Square and getting off at Farragut North. But with Mel out of town for the week I’m sleeping up in Chevy Chase. I [...]

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