Today’s Noah’s birthday. He’s a bit bashful about this particular notch in his birthday belt, so I won’t betray him by telling you how old he’s turning. But in honor of the big day, I present you with 25 Noah-appropriate ways you can celebrate the occasion in D.C. (I promise, 25 is just a totally [...]
Archive for November, 2008
25 Ways to Celebrate Noah’s B-Day
Posted in district, schmistrict, tagged birthday, ways to celebrate on November 7, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Heads Up
Posted in district, tagged Adams Morgan, Bourbon, free stuff, whiskey on November 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Hey, remember Wild Turkey? You know, the fairly vile, turpentine-y stuff that you used to force shots of down your friends throats on their twenty-first birthdays. No, just me?
Anyway, the makers of Wild Turkey have traveled to the District to convince me (and I guess possibly others) that their whiskey is not just the stuff [...]
Election Exuberance, Part 2
Posted in district, schmistrict, tagged election night, obamarama, patriotism, u street on November 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I refuse to let election-day enthusiasm wear off yet. Which means I’m (belatedly) posting a video our friend shot from U Street in the wee hours after the election was called. You’ve probably seen plenty of footage like it, but this was our perspective Tuesday night (note: though we’re not shown [...]
Vote Fist-Jabber/Foot-in-Mouth
Posted in schmistrict, tagged election day, election poster, hungover for america on November 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
If you’re like me (and methinks you probably are), all you can think about today are the looming election results and what blue-hued drinks to down tonight. So, in that spirit, check out these fun election posters from my favorite letterpress company, Yee-Haw Industries.
Now if you’ll excuse me, it’s time for me to place my [...]
McPherson minus mud makes me merry
Posted in district, tagged improvements, mcpherson square metro, VOTE on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Exciting news for those cool dudes that use the McPherson Square Metro station on a regular basis. The city appears to have done a lot of sodding work in the Square itself and has put up some snow fencing to protect the fresh new grass. Hopefully this will help alleviate the fairly serious erosion problem in [...]
Nobody panic, we’re back!
Posted in schmistrict on November 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Phew. I’m sure it will come as a huge relief to all of our loyal readers to know that, after a whirlwind long weekend of Heartland visiting, District, Schmistrict has returned! Well, I have anyway. Katie is still making her way back to Washington, and if Northwest Airlines hasn’t declared bankruptcy or anything this morning (fingers crossed!), is at this very moment on route [...]
