https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/going-out-guide/wp/2016/03/03/a-definitive-guide-to-the-best-cheap-eats-destinations-in-the-d-c-area/
Beltsville, Wheaton and more
― curmudgeon, Friday, 4 March 2016 15:45 (eight years ago) link
Ward 7 Council Candidates Respond To PJ Harvey's New Song
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 15 March 2016 14:58 (eight years ago) link
Oh my god
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Tuesday, 15 March 2016 15:03 (eight years ago) link
Also so weird to see someone who looks so much like you (from the neck up; she is tiny and I am tall)
I will not dignify this inane composition with a response
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 15 March 2016 15:43 (eight years ago) link
Lol britishes, basically
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Tuesday, 15 March 2016 15:58 (eight years ago) link
Over on the ILM Capital Swamp thread I noted--I read someone defend PJ, saying that those lyrics were her voicing the views of people she met.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 15 March 2016 18:34 (eight years ago) link
lol the metro
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 15 March 2016 19:59 (eight years ago) link
Shutting down for 29 hours...wow. Years worth of safety inspections to do in one day
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 15 March 2016 20:36 (eight years ago) link
of course I can walk commute easy enough, but tomorrow's the day I need to get to DCA during evening rush hour. hello 1000x surge pricing.
― franklin, Tuesday, 15 March 2016 20:47 (eight years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CdncZhEWEAEwQb8.jpg
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 15 March 2016 20:48 (eight years ago) link
Metro buses will be running. When the Pope was in town, many feds telecommuted and traffic was light, but there was more notice for that.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 15 March 2016 21:16 (eight years ago) link
Status: Open with Option for Unscheduled Leave or Unscheduled Telework
Federal agencies in the Washington, DC area are OPEN and employees have the OPTION for UNSCHEDULED LEAVE OR UNSCHEDULED TELEWORK.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 15 March 2016 22:45 (eight years ago) link
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/i-gave-a-famous-rock-star-a-windshield-tour-of-dc--and-didnt-know-who-she-was/2016/03/18/8124ab28-e488-11e5-bc08-3e03a5b41910_story.html
― curmudgeon, Friday, 18 March 2016 15:04 (eight years ago) link
Wow, if an afternoon of driving through a place suffices to know it well enough to portray it in song....
I hereby volunteer to drive any and all minor or major alt-rock stars through any DC-area neighborhood they choose. I agree to provide half-baked ill-informed observations of the exotic urban environments that we pass, with the proviso that these observations will be henceforth musically immortalized, preferably on vinyl.
― leprechaundriac (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 18 March 2016 15:15 (eight years ago) link
Moving Wizards, Caps to a new arena in RFK stadium area seems like a dumb idea
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/rfk-stadium-site-offered-as-home-for-redskins-or-maybe-wizards-and-capitals/2016/04/01/df0c51c8-f757-11e5-8b23-538270a1ca31_story.html
D.C. officials plan to unveil an array of possibilities for the future of the RFK Stadium property Monday night, among them a new 65,000-seat Redskins stadium and a basketball and hockey venue capable of replacing Verizon Center.
All the proposals include a raft of suggested recreation facilities for a city with a booming population, among them playing fields, a field house, a water park and a sports-and-entertainment complex that officials likened to Chelsea Piers in Manhattan.
Two of the six proposals, outlined by Events DC, the District’s sports-and-entertainment arm, lay out a path for the Redskins to return to the District, though serious obstacles remain should Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) and the D.C. Council move to reach a deal with owner Daniel M. Snyder.
Officials also said for the first time that they are considering the 190-acre riverfront property as a possible location for a 20,000-seat arena equipped to serve the Washington Wizards and Capitals.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 4 April 2016 15:23 (eight years ago) link
Does Verizon ctr need replacing? Thought it worked p well actually, and paid for by the teams iirc
― tobo73, Monday, 4 April 2016 20:28 (eight years ago) link
No need to do so--the scoreboard screen might not be as big as in some newer arenas but that's all I can see as a problem. They are talking about in the future, and the building will have some wear and tear, but the current location downtown seems more ideal. The late Abe Pollin paid for it, which is more than most sports team owners do (the city later helped out some and gave some breaks, but not as many as the Nats ownership got). Current owner Ted Leonsis seems to be trying to hit up the city for more. He got that that good deal for him but lame deal for city taxpayers on the new Wizards practice space/Mystics arena at St. E's...
― curmudgeon, Monday, 4 April 2016 21:09 (eight years ago) link
This is what they should also be worrying about, after a 29 million investment
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/money-problems-and-no-name-acts-the-howard-theatre-is-struggling-again/2016/04/03/da0e2122-cb71-11e5-ae11-57b6aeab993f_story.html?hpid=hp_local-news2_howardtheatre-1030am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory
Fillmore and Hamilton getting some name acts rather than the Howard, plus overpriced food and marketing and security issues all make it hard to pay the bills
― curmudgeon, Monday, 4 April 2016 21:17 (eight years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2016/04/13/john-mica-to-metro-leaders-i-am-not-going-to-bail-out-washington-d-c/
Evans pointed to Beijing, Shanghai, Moscow, Paris, and London as cities where the national governments invest majorly in their "world-class" subway systems. "These are all communist countries!" Government Operations Subcommittee Chair Mark Meadows retorted.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 14 April 2016 04:42 (eight years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/20/realestate/commercial/crystal-city-once-cast-off-by-washington-reboots-itself.html
“Think Brooklyn and Manhattan,” said Mitchell N. Schear, president of Vornado/Charles E. Smith, the dominant property owner and landlord here. “You’re close enough, but you’re not paying higher taxes and utilities. Here, we are a slightly geekier crowd, and we are embracing it.”
― arts and crafts THIS GUY (daria-g), Tuesday, 19 April 2016 22:37 (eight years ago) link
Crystal City FAP?
No? Didn't think so.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Tuesday, 19 April 2016 23:47 (eight years ago) link
but more importantly, hi daria-g! Miss you 'round these parts!
hi quincie!! miss you too!
― arts and crafts THIS GUY (daria-g), Tuesday, 19 April 2016 23:50 (eight years ago) link
I could do a crystal city FAP, maybe.
prefer Ballston FAP
― bothan zulu (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 20 April 2016 01:01 (eight years ago) link
I just moved next to Braddock Road station and even being that close to Crystal City I don't think I'd bother.
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 20 April 2016 01:47 (eight years ago) link
http://www.yelp.com/biz/enjera-restaurant-arlington
In Crystal City I think. Ethiopian Tej wine maybe
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 20 April 2016 13:29 (eight years ago) link
One of the weaker Ethiopian joints imo
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 20 April 2016 16:12 (eight years ago) link
Just grabbed that one from a google search. I work in Bailey's X-Rds and stick to ones in a strip mall here, or down the road at Meazza.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 20 April 2016 17:12 (eight years ago) link
had a couple beers at Jaleo in Crystal City the other day. Quite possibly the classiest place I've been to down thataway
― bothan zulu (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 20 April 2016 18:01 (eight years ago) link
Solid Filipino next to Enjera. Good Ethiopian at Skyline. Also Cafe Aurora is good, but I have trouble with what makes Eritrean different from Ethiopian (every Ethiopian I know says 'nothing' but you know). They opened a new Dama in Annandale and I've heard good things.
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 20 April 2016 18:10 (eight years ago) link
thanks. Just tried a different Ethiopian one at Skyline on George Mason-- in the back, and I've just spaced on the name. They had a sax player and keyboardist playing live during dinner hours. Good enough but not amazing food.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 21 April 2016 14:34 (eight years ago) link
Was it Bati? That place has always been alright without blowing me away.
Enat on Beauregard was incredible once, then a little underwhelming the next time. They've recently only had Ethiopian injera, which is a little too salty and sour for my taste.
― Gukbe, Thursday, 21 April 2016 20:15 (eight years ago) link
I have been to Bati which I used to love and is just alright and does have late night music on weekends I think (but sadly not anymore this great guitarist who is on an Ethiopiques compilation), but a place with its entrance in the back ---Balagger Restaurant & Market
I tried Enat once (admittedly after reading about the Washingtonian food critic taking the Post's Sietsema there) and it was solid but not incredible.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 22 April 2016 18:05 (eight years ago) link
The Baby Wale is kind of totally overpriced but they're playing 100% go-go, huge space, and very decent beverage selection. Definitely going to be my new HH spot after I have shit to do at the convention center in the afternoon.
― bothan zulu (El Tomboto), Friday, 22 April 2016 22:12 (eight years ago) link
toxic leak from freight train
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/CSX-Train-Derails-Hazardous-Material-Leaking-377725691.html
tho not as toxic as the WH correspondents' dinner, amirite
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 1 May 2016 15:07 (eight years ago) link
Morbs, thought you would like the Larry Wilmore joke at the WH C Dinner that Obama was busy hanging out and having fun with Golden State Warrior Steph Curry because they both like raining down bombs from long distances
― curmudgeon, Monday, 2 May 2016 01:56 (eight years ago) link
not bad
i saw/heard Larry Wilmore emcee a screening of The Parallax View a few months ago, and there are limits to his expertise.
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Monday, 2 May 2016 02:03 (eight years ago) link
http://www.washingtonian.com/2016/05/05/best-cheap-restaurants-in-washington-dc/
$25 or under places to take metro buses or uber to
― curmudgeon, Friday, 6 May 2016 15:35 (eight years ago) link
They still like Ethiopian joints Enat and Ethiopic, plus a number of other places have been on their list for years. All still good? Or is Washingtonian getting lazy?
― curmudgeon, Friday, 6 May 2016 15:41 (eight years ago) link
Finally made it to The Sovereign, for brunch. It was fantastic. Get the loaded fries.
― bothan zulu (El Tomboto), Sunday, 8 May 2016 01:05 (eight years ago) link
https://www.washingtonian.com/2016/05/12/fort-reno-not-happening-2016-national-park-service-amanda-mackaye/
It looks like Fort Reno is NOT happening this year. I for one am bummed.
― Diana Fire (j.lu), Friday, 13 May 2016 17:25 (eight years ago) link
I know they've had logistical troubles before, but that is legitimately sad.
― embryo mtv raps (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 13 May 2016 17:27 (eight years ago) link
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/washington-d-c-s-metro-catches-fire-more-than-four-times-a-week/
Hilarious
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 19 May 2016 16:50 (eight years ago) link
Sad.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 19 May 2016 18:47 (eight years ago) link
Ft. Reno may happen per Bandwidth article that came out after Washingtonian one. Organizer Amanda just likes to take her time. Link is on the Capital Swamp thread on ilm
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 19 May 2016 18:48 (eight years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CjPisDMWEAAvScp.jpg
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 24 May 2016 18:58 (eight years ago) link
noooooooo
― controversial but fabulous (I DIED), Tuesday, 24 May 2016 20:59 (eight years ago) link
nooooooooo
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 24 May 2016 21:01 (eight years ago) link
I'm still annoyed at how badly Shallal has fucked up Eatonville. There was a time when that place was our go-to brunch spot and we'd drag the in-laws there for dinner every time they came to town. The service and food quality had declined so much that we had high hopes for Mulebone but it's practically a self-parody, all the bad dumb ideas in one place. "Hey, what if we did chicken and waffles with a PANCAKE instead of the waffles?!?"
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 5 June 2016 15:09 (eight years ago) link