Posted in schmistrict, tagged blog break, guatemala, travel on January 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Hi! Thanks for your visit, but district, schmistrict will be out of the country* until 01/30/2009. As such, there will be no new posts until then unless we find ourselves stranded in an airport with free wifi and travelers who don’t keep a close eye on their laptops.
If you need humorous anecdotes about D.C. life before we [...]
Posted in district, schmistrict, tagged inauguration, jan. 20, obamarama on January 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Clearly, yesterday was amazing. Though our vantage allll the way back at the Washington Monument was hardly brag-worthy among Mall revelers, we’re certainly not complaining. (Except about the cold. Seriously.)
Near us, the sentiment was sheer giddiness (in equal parts for Obama and to giving W. the boot). I know countless tears of joy were undoubtedly [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on January 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Former President George W. Bush”
Posted in Uncategorized on January 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
As a writer, I’m used to feigning faux expertise on a pretty wide range of topics, from gardening to Mumbai. But there was something intrinsically hilarious about a recent piece, in which I was writing about the best “singles scenes” in D.C. For help, I looked to none other than Noah, and together we debated [...]
Posted in district, tagged h street ne, sticky rice, transit on January 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
From Frozen Tropics comes news that there may soon be another option for getting out to H Street NE.
Jen DeMayo announces in her H street Life column in the January issue of the Hillragthat a new H Street shuttle service starts this month. The express style shuttle will have an H Street Main street logo [...]
Posted in district, tagged cheap culture, corcoran, discounted tickets, obama, richard avedon on January 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Continuing our coverage of cheap culture in the District, we offer today an art exhibit that’s ever-so timely: “Portraits of Power” at the Corcoran. Sure, you’ve likely heard of this Richard Avedon photo retrospective, as it’s been highly promoted since opening way back in September.
But! For January only, the spendy Corcoran is offering 2-for-1 admission [...]
Posted in district, tagged bands, black cat, Iowa, live music, william elliott whitmore on January 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today district, schmistrict is going to do you a favor. We care about our readers and want them to be happy; more than that, we know the value of quality music. So with that said, here is my advice to you:
Go see William Elliott Whitmore at the Black Cat on Wednesday.
Will Whitmore is an Iowa [...]
Posted in district on January 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
These last couple of months, I’ve had the feeling my fellow Districians have been a bit on edge due to the seeming increase in crime that’s been happening around these parts. But it seems like my (our) initial impression on crime levels may have been at least a little misleading.
The Borderstan blog has a post up [...]
Posted in district, schmistrict, tagged daytrotter, free music, le loup, midwest meets east coast, music downloads on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In my more-naïve days, I thought being a Midwesterner on the East Coast was something of a novelty. Ha! Now I understand it’s harder to meet people who actually grew up here than someone from a seemingly far-off place like Iowa. Still, I get a little giddy when my two worlds merge—especially when it’s beyond [...]
Posted in district, schmistrict, tagged ackc, manswers, musings, slumdog millionaire on January 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
“So damn, are you peoples ever going to post again or what?”
We’ve been hearing this kind of thing pretty much constantly from our thousands of adoring readers since our last post 2+ weeks ago. And it’s a valid inquiry. Blogs without content don’t do anyone any good, after all.
But damn if the first week of 2009 hasn’t been [...]
