A month or so back I talked briefly about the new shuttle service being rolled out by the H Street NE businesses. The aim of this service is to get potential Atlas District (just throwing that in to annoy people) patrons in from more Metro-accessible locales (Gallery Place and Minnesota Ave) without having to rely on the [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Get in the van
Posted in district, tagged h street ne, shuttle, transit on February 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Who will speak for the District?
Posted in district, tagged congress, D.C. vote, eleanor holmes norton, mike panetta on February 25, 2009 | 6 Comments »
So! It looks like D.C. is inching ever closer to getting a voting representative in the House. Clearly this is good news for fans of democracy and Eleanor Holmes Norton.
But last night I got to thinking. What exactly happens if/when the voting rights bill gets passed? Does Congress have the power to just give Delegate [...]
Ch-ch-ch-changes
Posted in district, tagged 15th Street, logan circle, planning on February 23, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I sort of feel duty-bound as a pretentious hyper local blogger to comment on the new 15th Street reconfiguration plan, recently decided upon by the city and dutifully reported by Borderstan.
The new 15th Street will have:
Three north-bound lanes for vehicular traffic.
One north-bound bike lane, not separated from vehicular traffic.
One south-bound (counter-traffic) bike lane, positioned between [...]
New Wine Shop in Little Ethiopia
Posted in district, tagged 9th street nw, boston wine and spirit store, logan circle listserv, new business, Shaw on February 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Logan Circle listserv doesn’t tend to be all that illuminating. But I’m loving it a little more these days after it informed me about a new wine shop, Boston Wine & Spirit Store, which opened last Friday at 1905 9th St. NW (you now, on that stretch of Little Ethiopia).
So on our way to [...]
Katie in pictures
Posted in schmistrict, tagged arcade fire, birthday, chapstick, magazines, puppies on February 17, 2009 | 7 Comments »
The Big Issue of our times: How best to pay proper blog-tribute to your wife on her birthday. Especially after she put together such a moving send up of you on your birthday.
Well, when your wife is a writer, I think the best way is to let her have a little bit of a break. So today, I’m giving Katie the blog-day off. In [...]
DC United: We’re outs
Posted in district on February 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
First, a confession: I’m the worst kind of soccer fan. Despite having played competitively from about age nine through senior year in high school, I barely follow the sport anymore. Oh sure, I’ll watch an English Premiere League game if a stumble across it on TV, but I couldn’t begin to tell you how my [...]
Couchsurfing
Posted in schmistrict, tagged couch, craigslist, fugly on February 12, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Say you have a couch, one that’s been part of your family since before you were born. Sure, it’s a little outdated, but that’s just part of its kitschy charm. (Or something.) And it was free. And really pretty comfortable, albeit a little cozy with three people squeezed on. You’ve dragged it across the country, [...]
Hanson has left the building
Posted in district, schmistrict, tagged celebrity spotting in DC, donovan house, hanson, mmmbop, thomas circle on February 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some news is so mind-blowing, it doesn’t need a witty intro. Like the fact that Hanson—yes, mmmbop Hanson—was in Logan Circle this past weekend (!!). One of the editors at HotelChatter, where I’m a contributing editor, spotted (and met!) the brothers hitting up new restaurant, Cha, which is currently in soft-opening status at Thomas Circle’s [...]
Get Down Stay Down*
Posted in district, tagged crime, logan circle on February 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I like good news. As such, I’d like to pass along some more crimes stats for PSA 307 that show some improvement over the last two years. As they were last month, these stats were compiled and posted originally on the Borderstan blog. Go there for the complete set of numbers.
For January, total crime was down [...]
