Earlier this week, BrightestYoungThings revealed an exclusive tip (and first arcane glimpse, right) about 1905, a new French bistro opening mid-September at 9th and T Streets NW. Phil Rodriguez and Joey Belcher of Sticky Rice on H Street NE are behind 1905 and apparently hope it will be “the kind of place you want to [...]
Archive for August, 2008
9th Street Brings ‘Sexy’ Back
Posted in district, tagged 1905, 9th street, el sol, french bistro, little ethiopia, pupusa, restaurants, sexy on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Will Study for Cash
Posted in district, tagged capital gains, cash-incentive program, education, michelle rhee on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Local media is abuzz about Capital Gains, a cash incentive program announced last week as the newest effort to fix the District’s notoriously terrible education system. The venture aims to nip in the bud that pesky “downward academic spiral” that all-too-often occurs during angsty middle school years.
With Capital Gains, some 2,700 middle schoolers [...]
Haha, M’Dawg closed
Posted in district, tagged Adams Morgan, hot dogs, M'Dawg, restaurants on August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sorry to hate on a nice locally-owned business (we usually support those!), but M’Dawg Haute Dogs always struck me as A) a comically pretentious concept and B) gross. Hot dogs are gross, no two ways about it, even if they’re really expensive.
By far the best thing to come out of the whole M’Dawg experiment, though, [...]
Coffee Coffee Coffee
Posted in district, tagged coffee, coffeehouse, commissary, dessert, eatwell, logan circle, logan tavern, lounge, merkado, p street, pizza on August 27, 2008 | 5 Comments »
While we wait ever-so-patiently for October’s promise of “beer paradise” on 14th Street, a new spot catering to my other favorite vice—coffee!—will open its doors Sept. 8th on P Street.
Commissary replaces Merkado, which called off its Latin fusion offerings just last weekend. The EatWell restaurant owners, who are also responsible for neighboring Logan Tavern, told [...]
Mythic DC
Posted in district, tagged art, cash, monuments, photos, washington dc on August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This incredible photo set was featured on DCist a while ago, but it’s totally worth exposing to anyone who missed it the first time around. I was reminded of it by a similar endeavor involving European landmarks and kitschy souvenirs (tri-colored Eiffel Tower statues, mini red phone booths) that was featured recently on Prêt à [...]
Travel safe, everyone
Posted in district, schmistrict, tagged beer, cars, the beatles, transit on August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Looks like fatalities from auto accidents are down this year, with a small 4.2% drop in the months from May 2007 to February 2008 and huge 22.1% and 17.9% drops for March and April of this year. Good news all around, no doubt. The reason for these happy numbers? Those evil high gas prices.
The study’s [...]
In Today’s Society, Noodles Outsell Books
Posted in district, tagged bankruptcy, bookstore, busboys and poets, independent retail, kramerbooks, noodles, olsson's books on August 26, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I’m a bit behind the current on this one, but I just read what might be the saddest state-of-the-times quote ever and had to share: “I think there’s probably a bigger profit margin in noodles these days.” That’s Richard H. Gins, bankruptcy attorney to Olsson’s Books—one of Washington’s oldest independent booksellers—comparing noodles to novels. So [...]
Where the hell’s my beer paradise?
Posted in district, tagged 14th Street, beer, lack of smack on August 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Seriously, where is it? Way back in Februrary, I read that a so-called Beer Paradise was set to open just blocks from our apartment in the building currently housing the Dakota Cowgirl restaurant and the, um, unsubtly-named Ramrod. This magical place was supposed to have 500 kinds of beer, rivaling DC lager landmark the Brickskeller and newcomer RFD. [...]
