lol @ Granny Pod
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 24 November 2016 22:08 (seven years ago) link
Yeah that was spouse's choice of term. We're totally sneaking a roof deck in, btw, zoning be damned.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Thursday, 24 November 2016 22:09 (seven years ago) link
https://www.popville.com/2016/11/kramerbooks-expansion-coming-under-new-ownership-in-dupont/
free beer if you buy $50 worth of books, now through 12/31
― El Tomboto, Friday, 25 November 2016 03:09 (seven years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/food/young-hungry/article/20845471/two-wage-theft-lawyers-cash-in-on-dcs-restaurant-boom
Just three years after leaving Maryland Legal Aid and launching his practice, the 33-year-old Zelikovitz has gone from using just a single room in a Chinatown townhouse to renting the entire building. He is one of several attorneys who have discovered that suing District restaurants over wage law violations doubles as doing good and doing good business.
Zelikovitz and attorney Jonathan Tucker, who left Maryland Legal Aid last year to join the firm, benefit from wage law violations they say can often be caused by scofflaw managers or ignorance among restaurant owners. They have more than 30 active cases, with nearly 20 others on payment plans.
When a restaurant fails to pay a dishwasher minimum wage or time-and-a-half for overtime pay, that’s an opening for the lawyers to send a demand letter on behalf of their clients, many of whom come to them via word of mouth or Spanish-language Google advertisements.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 2 December 2016 18:25 (seven years ago) link
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2016/12/04/d-c-police-respond-to-report-of-a-man-with-a-gun-at-comet-ping-pong-restaurant/
― FREE BRADY (daria-g), Sunday, 4 December 2016 22:05 (seven years ago) link
Crazy. Sounds like guy was arrested with no loss of life. Knuckleheads on twitter still pushing their conspiracy theory
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 4 December 2016 22:17 (seven years ago) link
yeah i just checked and clicking the trending topic it's all "this is a false flag, this place needs to be investigated"
wtf
i saw an acid mothers temple show there that was pretty loud but that's really it as far as weirdness
― FREE BRADY (daria-g), Sunday, 4 December 2016 22:32 (seven years ago) link
the inauguration is going to be such a fucking mess. I'm not worried, per se, about the grab bag of deluded stupid assholes who are going to descend upon us in January, but if I were a betting man I wouldn't put a dime of somebody else's money on the inaugural parade + affiliated nonsense going off without at least a couple of people winding up in the hospital
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 4 December 2016 22:42 (seven years ago) link
Also, the National Park Service has still not confirmed locations for the various anti-Trump protest organizations. They say that the folks who requested the Women's march location, filed late. Plus there are legal battles re locations near the Trump hotel on inauguration day.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 5 December 2016 00:30 (seven years ago) link
I'm probably just going to go to Freedom Plaza and see what happens
― El Tomboto, Monday, 5 December 2016 00:33 (seven years ago) link
I'm working in Downtown on 9th Street during it so good luck to me.
― Gukbe, Monday, 5 December 2016 01:42 (seven years ago) link
Was re-reading that during the Bush inaugural parade (the first time), some folks decided to show up at random sites and boo, rather than joining in the sole designated protest area...
― curmudgeon, Monday, 5 December 2016 15:32 (seven years ago) link
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/groups-call-blocking-inaugural-protests-unconstitutional-44029039
In the past, inaugural committees have let the park service know what land they won't be using, and then permits have been issued, Litterst said. The park service is awaiting word from Trump's inaugural team about its plans. Verheyden-Hilliard said activists are concerned that the inaugural committee will run out the clock on dissidents and she will take legal action in a bid to prevent that.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 9 December 2016 03:49 (seven years ago) link
So U St. condos get named after famous Black musicians, and H St NE ones will get named after historic NYC Black theatres/music sites?
The Apollo Apartments - Brand New Apartments
Live in Luxury on H Street at The Apollo. Now Leasing!
Amenities: Rooftop Deck, Fitness Center, On-Site Cafe, Resident Lounges, Dog Run, Bike Storage, 24-Hour Concierge, Guest Accommodations
600 H St NE, Washington, DC
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 29 December 2016 17:35 (seven years ago) link
https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/restaurants/the-20-diners-favorite-cheap-eats-of-2016/2016/12/28/58c95a1a-c890-11e6-bf4b-2c064d32a4bf_story.html?hpid=hp_local-news_20-diner-1155am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.280637d84bbb
Tim Carman lives in Maryland so its possible that is why the list has more Maryland places on it (or perhaps that is not why)
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 29 December 2016 19:08 (seven years ago) link
There was an Apollo Theater on H street NE. It's not named after the Harlem venue.
http://www.popville.com/2013/10/from-apolo-theatre-to-murrys-grocery-store-to-120000000-apolo-mixed-use-development/
― The beaver is not the bad guy (El Tomboto), Thursday, 29 December 2016 19:23 (seven years ago) link
Interesting
― curmudgeon, Friday, 30 December 2016 16:54 (seven years ago) link
The Airedale at 14th & Perry is slept on
I think I really like my new neighborhood y'all
― The beaver is not the bad guy (El Tomboto), Saturday, 31 December 2016 17:37 (seven years ago) link
No matter how I parse your first sentence (neighborhood terrier? Hipster bar?) I cannot make sense of it.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Saturday, 31 December 2016 18:31 (seven years ago) link
hipster bar! wall covered in soccer scarves. wide range of local beers on tap. excellent brunch. slept on = seems rather un-busy
― The beaver is not the bad guy (El Tomboto), Saturday, 31 December 2016 21:07 (seven years ago) link
Weather this week was great for our visit over xmas
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Saturday, 31 December 2016 21:16 (seven years ago) link
man a dude moves to Petworth and all of a sudden he's speaking a new language!
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Saturday, 31 December 2016 21:23 (seven years ago) link
What's the feasibility of finding somewhere okayish in DC for 1300 a month?
Currently in Alexandria, but need to move in a few months. Was thinking Silver Spring?
― Gukbe, Sunday, 1 January 2017 20:48 (seven years ago) link
it seems totally doable imho but I don't know what your parameters are for "somewhere okayish"
― The beaver is not the bad guy (El Tomboto), Sunday, 1 January 2017 22:47 (seven years ago) link
Your own place, I assume, or are you willing to consider a housemate? I suspect that 1300 may be putting you into teeny-tiny (studio as opposed to 1 br) territory. But throw in a roommate and ~2400 will get you something pretty nice if not luxury-building style in NW. Not really familiar with rents in other parts of the city these days.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Sunday, 1 January 2017 23:59 (seven years ago) link
I'm okay with tiny studio but if the gap in quality is so large that a roommate will do the trick then I'm willing. Weighing that versus moving further out and buying a car.
― Gukbe, Monday, 2 January 2017 00:47 (seven years ago) link
do you have a preference of metro line? i've had a lot of luck along the green line for affordability.
― Heez, Monday, 2 January 2017 01:41 (seven years ago) link
Green Line works, yup. Hyattsville/College Park. If you're thinking Red Line you might find yourself in Wheaton rather than Silver Spring. I like that part of the world fine, even though I am a novadude.
― maccabeelzebubbly (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 15:07 (seven years ago) link
the red line is an abomination
― The beaver is not the bad guy (El Tomboto), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 15:09 (seven years ago) link
Hey! I like my 'hood!
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 19:05 (seven years ago) link
FP'd
― The beaver is not the bad guy (El Tomboto), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 19:58 (seven years ago) link
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/food/wp/2017/01/30/a-hoagie-shop-chains-co-owner-shakes-trumps-hand-and-a-twitter-outcry-ensues/
UNTREATABLE SCHADENROFFLES
fuck Taylor Gourmet honestly. I cannot wait to see every storefront replaced by a new franchise of MONARCH NOVELTIES or PUPPET HEAVEN which frankly would be nutritionally identical lol lol etc
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 01:12 (seven years ago) link
lol because that writer used the word hoagie like the good pittsburgher she is <3
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 02:45 (seven years ago) link
Shhh, don't tell 45, but the Iranian filmfest is going on in DC and Maryland
http://local.washingtoncitypaper.com/event/afi-silver-theatre-and-cultural-center/reseeing-iran-cl
― curmudgeon, Friday, 17 February 2017 18:15 (seven years ago) link
more movie fests, including the new African Film fest that started last week, and I forgot about till today; an environmental one coming up
http://dcist.com/2017/03/popcorn_candy_is_dcists_6.php
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 16 March 2017 15:39 (seven years ago) link
Thanks! I should bookmark the DC Resource thread on ILM because otherwise I only ever see it on Zing by happenstance.
― SFTGFOP (El Tomboto), Thursday, 16 March 2017 16:23 (seven years ago) link
Capital Swamp: The DC Resource Thread
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 16 March 2017 17:56 (seven years ago) link
ABC News reports:
Shots were fired this morning near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. U.S. Capitol Police responded to the area at Washington Ave and Independence Ave, which is located near the U.S. Botanic Garden and the Rayburn House office building. The suspect apparently struck a Capitol Police cruiser and then tried running over several officers who were on foot, according to Metro DC Police. At one point Capitol Police fired shots, but no one was hit. The suspect was apprehended at 3rd and Independence Ave, and has been taken into custody. No one was hit by the suspect’s car, police said.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 15:53 (seven years ago) link
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/04/13/judge-sheila-abdus-salaam-first-african-american-on-new-yorks-top-court-found-dead-in-hudson-river/?utm_term=.d08d33475a43
She was a great judge from DC. Articles are suggesting it was suicide.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 14 April 2017 16:53 (seven years ago) link
https://www.popville.com/2017/04/zenebech-injera-reopening-adams-morgan-dc/#comments
This good Ethiopian place used to be near the Howard Theatre...
― curmudgeon, Friday, 28 April 2017 17:36 (seven years ago) link
A few months before it opens on 18th Street
― curmudgeon, Monday, 1 May 2017 18:58 (seven years ago) link
My SALT pint glass finally got a fatal chip in the dishwasher. My Hunter Age 3 shirt disappeared a long time ago. End of an era.
― your cognitive privilege (El Tomboto), Monday, 1 May 2017 19:19 (seven years ago) link
I still drink from my SALT pint glasses. Hunter Age 3 is memorialized as artwork hanging on the wall.
Murial Bowser is trying to take my hens away from me! Please help save my backyard hens! Petition here: https://www.change.org/p/d-c-city-council-lay-off-the-hens-support-backyard-chickens-in-d-c?recruiter=682192361&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink
Calls to your city councilperson and at-large members would be awesome. Bower has stuck a line item in the fucking budget, for god's sake. Zero transparency. More here: www.dcbackyardchickens.org
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 01:36 (seven years ago) link
dude we need to hang out. I can take some of those chickens off your hands.
― your cognitive privilege (El Tomboto), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 02:14 (seven years ago) link
sorry I have to share this, I promise it gets local at the end
12 ISO part-time nanny11 FREE Tomorrow - Outdoor Fit - Focused - Baby Friendly Group Training10 ISO: Baby gates and booster seat or small high chair9 Free: club chair 8 ISO Full Time Nanny for Nanny Share in Bloomingdale 7 Local Family Lifestyle Photographer6 ISO good dermatologist 5 ISO good internist 4 Pediatrician nearby 3 Keep your family safe! Infant/Child CPR training2 ISO: temporary nanny from mid-July to mid-October1 Funk Parade Intergalactic Intergeneration Station at Harrison Rec Ce
― your cognitive privilege (El Tomboto), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 02:36 (seven years ago) link
Infants and children have no business doing CPR imo
― okey-dokey, gnocchi (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 11:33 (seven years ago) link
WaPo is coming to my house to take pics of my hens.
HEN FAP
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Thursday, 4 May 2017 19:06 (seven years ago) link
Please go to dcbackyardchickens.org to sign the petition and call your council person to protest the proposed chicken ban!
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Thursday, 4 May 2017 19:07 (seven years ago) link
I have done so.
― your cognitive privilege (El Tomboto), Thursday, 4 May 2017 19:15 (seven years ago) link
I forgot who my new council person is though