Who loves talking about Metro? I know I do (Transit Maps of the World is a coffee table book at our apartment.)
Anyway, the topic of the day is WMATA’s proposed Blue Line split, which during rush hour would divert every other Blue Line train leaving the Franconia-Springfield station to the Yellow Line tracks. This would mean that [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Split decision
Posted in district, schmistrict, tagged commuters, proposed changes, WMATA on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Thai Restaurant Game
Posted in district, schmistrict, tagged thai tanic, thaiphoon, The Thai Restaurant Game on November 24, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Alright, game time. Your goal is to come up with hypothetical Thai restaurant names based on puns. The inspirations for this are, of course, the spectacularly monikered Thai Tanic and Thaiphoon, two restaurants on the cusp of what we hope is a developing wave of comical restaurant names soon to sweep the District (The Grill [...]
The 14th and T Showdown
Posted in district, tagged 14th st, church of the rapture, controversy, furniture, logan circle, room and board on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve written before about my unabashed love for all things retail along 14th and U Streets. And if you read neighborhood blogs, you’re probably aware there’s a rash of crankiness brewing over plans for the vacant building at 14th and T Streets.
Quick recap: Room and Board, a Minneapolis-based furniture chain, has all but won a [...]
Ooo, we can check our tag cloud!
Posted in district, tagged logan circle, nerds, vegetate on November 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
If you’ve ever uttered the above phrase, the possibility exists that you’re a bit of a nerd.
Now, far be it from me to call someone else out on their nerdiness; I only post it here for illustrative purposes.
And while for his/her sake, I’d like to keep the potential nerd anonymous, I will say that the offending sentence was [...]
Because it’s the right thing to do!
Posted in district, tagged do good, fannie mae, help the homeless, walkathon on November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s your PSA of the week: Be a do-gooder and sign up for the Help the Homeless Walkathon, held this Saturday, Nov. 22. (You can also donate to the cause if you’re busy this Saturday or, you know, if you’re lazy.)
In its 21st year, the annual fundraiser has fallen onto some hard times as of [...]
Logan chosen
Posted in district, tagged logan circle, moving!, studio theatre, wooly mammoth on November 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So PHEW! The hassle and stress of moving has sure slowed the flow of posting here, hasn’t it? But never fear people, because Katie and I are now mostly settled into the new digs and ready to commence with the vital D.C. commentary.
And the commentary for today is this: From our new abode in a second Logan Circle location, [...]
One-Block Shopping
Posted in district, schmistrict, tagged adjusting, laziness, logan circle, moving!, p street on November 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When we first moved to D.C., people liked to ask us whether we felt like our perceived neighborhood was expanding. As in, was our comfort zone growing in the big bad city? Yes, of course, we’d say.
But as the weeks turned into months, I realized the opposite was even truer in my day-to-day life. Because [...]
It’s like November 4th all over again
Posted in schmistrict, tagged arrested development, faith in humanity, good news on November 12, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The Arrested Development movie is actually going to get made! At least according to George Bluth! And I trust George Bluth; he seems like a really good guy.
For the uninitiated, Arrested Development was unquestionably the best comedy ever to be on television. Honestly, if you’re not familiar with the show and read this blog, I’m not [...]
At long last, the difference between guys and girls
Posted in district, tagged elevator conversation, overheard in dc, random on November 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Noah and I overheard a hilarious conversation this weekend that totally smacked of DCist’s “Overheard in DC” feature, but I’m selfishly posting it here instead of submitting it. We were minding our own business on the elevator in our apartment building when we got a little too much insight into an apparently uninhibited neighbor’s love [...]
