Wow.
― quincie, Monday, 29 September 2008 21:23 (fifteen years ago) link
The cigarette is an especially nice touch!
^^^^what happens when you meet without preconditions
― mookieproof, Monday, 29 September 2008 23:52 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/22/AR2008102203346_2.html?hpid=topnews&sid=ST2008102300047&s_pos=
"She's like one of us, just a normal, hardworking person, not someone from D.C. " said Ivan Capps, a Bureau of Land Management records manager who attended a Palin rally in Grand Junction, Colo.
fuck youuuuuuuu
― I DIED, Thursday, 23 October 2008 13:52 (fifteen years ago) link
http://img26.picoodle.com/img/img26/3/11/5/f_votem_35b8ffb.jpg
the special prize we get for being #1 Obama supporters is that he's gonna come live here!
― I DIED, Wednesday, 5 November 2008 15:44 (fifteen years ago) link
not just him: On a chain-link fence erected by inaugural construction crews [near the White House], someone hung the sign: "Welcome Home Malia and Sasha!"
from the Post article on last night's partying. U Street was just, wow
― W i l l, Wednesday, 5 November 2008 22:02 (fifteen years ago) link
http://img26.picoodle.com/img/img26/3/11/5/f_14um_e357205.jpg
that was my view around 11:30 last night, insane
― I DIED, Wednesday, 5 November 2008 22:06 (fifteen years ago) link
They call it the White House, but that's a (increasingly) temporary condition.
To each his reach, and if I can't cop, it ain't mine to hang.
― B.L.A.M., Wednesday, 5 November 2008 22:20 (fifteen years ago) link
hey guys we have to get this thread going again now that DC is the new BEST PLACE IN THE WORLD!
― I DIED, Thursday, 6 November 2008 14:31 (fifteen years ago) link
I SO want to move back.
Damnit.
― B.L.A.M., Thursday, 6 November 2008 21:03 (fifteen years ago) link
I am officially retired from breakdancing in the street. Ow.
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 6 November 2008 21:44 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.slate.com/id/2204096/
hey Slate: fuck youuuuuuuu for reprinting a 15-year old column about "life in DC" and saying "it's still remarkable how little of the city's character has changed."
― I DIED, Friday, 7 November 2008 15:23 (fifteen years ago) link
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3149/3009215557_30259c2b97.jpgorange line extending to NY? rendering of new 2nd Ave subway entrance.
― I DIED, Friday, 7 November 2008 15:29 (fifteen years ago) link
oh man that would be the best i would buy so many records and work pays the smartrip
― 69, Friday, 7 November 2008 15:46 (fifteen years ago) link
that's the part of the upper east side with all the fresh-out-of-college banker types and shitty bars
― gabbneb, Friday, 7 November 2008 15:51 (fifteen years ago) link
So, I'm coming to join your cool place-to-be city some time around February. Pretty jammy timing. I've visited before but only for 2-3 days. I think I'll be living somewhere near Dupont Circle/19th, if I take over the apartment of the last incumbent in the job...
― ljubljana, Friday, 7 November 2008 21:19 (fifteen years ago) link
cool
― mookieproof, Friday, 7 November 2008 21:22 (fifteen years ago) link
our football team is awesome
― T-PALIN (daria-g), Friday, 7 November 2008 21:25 (fifteen years ago) link
― T-PALIN (daria-g), Friday, 7 November 2008 21:26 (fifteen years ago) link
I get to learn the football rules!Is that a real TV show embedded in that vid somewhere?
― ljubljana, Friday, 7 November 2008 21:32 (fifteen years ago) link
nah.. DC go go band Mambo Sauce had this song out for a while and finally made a video for it, so.. that's what they did. chuck brown shows up at the end to tell the police to let them go, I guess is the gist of it
― T-PALIN (daria-g), Friday, 7 November 2008 21:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Even your cheerleaders go on tour!
― ljubljana, Friday, 7 November 2008 21:40 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm still trying to get my head around 15K ppl in DC voting for McCain? TOO MANY I DEMAND RECOUNT.
― quincie, Friday, 7 November 2008 21:41 (fifteen years ago) link
TOMBOT can you embed the mambo sauce vid at the top of the thread? tks.
― I DIED, Friday, 7 November 2008 22:00 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm still trying to get my head around 15K ppl in DC voting for McCain?
http://latenightshots.com/
― T-PALIN (daria-g), Friday, 7 November 2008 22:12 (fifteen years ago) link
who all had logins to there? I miss the roffles ;_;
― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Friday, 7 November 2008 22:26 (fifteen years ago) link
WAU
http://dcist.com/2008/02/06/reality_show_ba.php
― Mr. Que, Friday, 7 November 2008 22:28 (fifteen years ago) link
oh shit
OH SHIT
― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Friday, 7 November 2008 22:29 (fifteen years ago) link
awesome
― mookieproof, Friday, 7 November 2008 22:31 (fifteen years ago) link
I can give LNS invites if anyone wants
― I DIED, Friday, 7 November 2008 22:55 (fifteen years ago) link
^_^
― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Friday, 7 November 2008 22:58 (fifteen years ago) link
can read such threads as:
- Stolen undergarments on Saturday- Manipulating men into LTRs and marriage- FATTIE, but great in bed. Keeper?- Is it possible to be super smoke and humble at the same time?- whats the website to order generic Viagra- How did you make up for election night depression?- any hill staffers wanna release some tension?
― I DIED, Friday, 7 November 2008 23:00 (fifteen years ago) link
FATTIE, but great in bed. Keeper?
omg
― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Friday, 7 November 2008 23:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Is it possible to be super smoke and humble at the same time?
username on this question was "bho choom gang" right?
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Saturday, 8 November 2008 00:29 (fifteen years ago) link
See I always assumed the LNS crew lived in Bethesda/NOVA and thus would not be fucking with DCs polls.
― quincie, Saturday, 8 November 2008 01:12 (fifteen years ago) link
no much of LNS lives in DC west of rock creek park! Like YOU!
― I DIED, Saturday, 8 November 2008 02:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah actually I think some of them live directly below me. PICK UP YOUR CIGGY BUTTS DOUCHES.
― quincie, Saturday, 8 November 2008 02:50 (fifteen years ago) link
who wants to pal around w/ terrorists next week?
Busboys & PoetsMon, November 17 6.30pm Author Event, William Ayers
― I DIED, Monday, 10 November 2008 21:51 (fifteen years ago) link
hey whatever happened to stephen x
― mookieproof, Monday, 10 November 2008 21:55 (fifteen years ago) link
HE DIED
― I DIED, Monday, 10 November 2008 21:57 (fifteen years ago) link
well, maybe. I don't know.
― I DIED, Monday, 10 November 2008 21:58 (fifteen years ago) link
http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2008/11/no_restaurant_for_you.php
sala thai is fine for delivery and take-out? I don't understand the point about mediocrity somehow profiting from the restriction - if a restaurant truly sucks, it goes out of business, no? As pointed out in the comments, Adams Morgan is packed to the gills with bars and restaurants and I wouldn't say it's any kinda amazing dining district. Brains, tell me how it is.
― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 06:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Sala Thai is eh. I used to eat there plenty before Rice and Regent Thai opened. Now I pretty much just do Rice since the last time I went into Regent Thai it smelled distinctly like rat poison.
This overlay needs to get changed but it's not really a problem as it stands - I know plenty of people looking at opening up in that corridor and they don't expect any problems getting a zoning exception.
I think new building in DC should require all retail on the ground floor without restrictions - this would drive retail rents way down and would negatively impact efficiency of new development somewhat, but it effectively translates to having developers subsidize cheap retail. Because of the building height limits DC retail spaces are overpriced and we lack a proportionate population to support retail, so lower rents could do a lot of good.
Mediocrity does profit from restriction sometimes - like with cabaret laws in NY.
I think the biggest factor in keeping bad restaurants open is lack of reliance on repeat business. Woodley Park is a great example of this - it's got the same demographics and a similar streetscape at Cleveland Park just up the street, but it's got a bunch of shitty places and Cleveland Park has, generally, very good ones. The large hotels in Woodley Park mean there are a bunch of tourists and conventioneers coming through who are going to eat at that random indian place or wherever because it's right between the Metro and their hotel - I don't think it's the locals keeping that row in business.
I don't think Yg's argument is valid here given the current state of development along 14th/U St. There are a lot of older struggling places in that stretch that would actually be less expensive for a restaurateur to buy out and remodel than a new space would be. If Sala Thai is able to stay open despite not doing very much business that just means they'll eventually be bought out by another operator that thinks they can maximize their volume in that space.
― I'M ACTUALLY FINE (I DIED), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 14:51 (fifteen years ago) link
our football team is awesome― T-PALIN (daria-g), Friday, November 7, 2008 4:25 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― T-PALIN (daria-g), Friday, November 7, 2008 4:25 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
RIP
― I'M ACTUALLY FINE (I DIED), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 14:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Inauguration Organizers Plan for 4 Million on Mall
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/17/AR2008111703672.html?hpid=topnews
woah
― I'M ACTUALLY FINE (I DIED), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 15:14 (fifteen years ago) link
shit is going to be lunacy
― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 17:04 (fifteen years ago) link
and fucking cold as hell
apparently i don't care about going to the inauguration, but i still want one of these
http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2008/11/20/obamas-mug-on-dc-subway-cards-for-inauguration/
― gabbneb, Thursday, 20 November 2008 22:12 (fifteen years ago) link
#Have they done this for previous presidents-elect? If not, this is a blatantly partisan move by an organization funded with taxpayer money.Comment by Ryan Lile — November 20, 2008 @ 3:33 pm
Have they done this for previous presidents-elect? If not, this is a blatantly partisan move by an organization funded with taxpayer money.
Comment by Ryan Lile — November 20, 2008 @ 3:33 pm
my favorite part about this is that if you click dude's name it takes you to a site to buy $100 designer dog bowls
― El Tomboto, Friday, 21 November 2008 00:12 (fifteen years ago) link
I enjoy the fact that this thread is easily found in the search engine by querying for "pitt shit"
I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR BRAINS.
when would you be available to check out PROPERTY with your bro mewhenever is fine 'cause we just started looking and I haven't bothered about a lender yet
but tis the season for getting sweet deals on exposed brick & etc
― TOMBOT, Saturday, 22 November 2008 23:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Did u like those movies?
Been just posting over on ILM
Capital Swamp: The DC Resource Thread
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 23 February 2020 15:52 (four years ago) link
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/after-30-years-horace-and-dickies-is-saying-goodbye-to-a-neighborhood-its-owner-no-longer-recognizes/2020/02/27/d8f0fb92-5809-11ea-9b35-def5a027d470_story.html
I liked that carryout whiting . No more near H St Ne location after Saturday. Just Suitland and soon elsewhere in PG County
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 27 February 2020 21:37 (four years ago) link
Really hope Janeese wins in Ward 4 tonight
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 3 June 2020 00:33 (four years ago) link
It sounds like she did, by 9 points even. Brooke Pinto leading in the race for Jack Evans’ seat.
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 3 June 2020 11:31 (four years ago) link
Pinto seems like she has some ethics issues...
So I think 10 years ago some ilxers went to a not open yet U street music hall and now 10 years later it is closing down due to Covid and landlord issues. Discussed a bit over on the Ilm Capital Swamp thread
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 04:00 (three years ago) link
Kojo retiring is making me really sad
― Heez, Wednesday, 13 January 2021 17:41 (three years ago) link
― Boring United Methodist Church (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 17:57 (three years ago) link
Kojo!!
― Canon in Deez (silby), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 18:00 (three years ago) link
Don’t go, Kojo
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 18:25 (three years ago) link
lol kojo has always bugged me but he's probably a very good guy
― tobo73, Wednesday, 13 January 2021 19:15 (three years ago) link
His voice is so calming. I would listen to him read cereal ingredients.
― alpaca lips now (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 19:42 (three years ago) link
i sat next to him at the hitching post in petworth back in the day and immediately knew who he was when he started to talk
― Heez, Wednesday, 13 January 2021 20:39 (three years ago) link
What happened to Joshua Johnson?Also my sympathy for DCers rn :(. Spouse is there now for work and says it is dismal.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 21:02 (three years ago) link
Joshua Johnson quickly moved to MSNBC. Jennifer White is now hosting 1a
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 17:44 (three years ago) link
https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/517662/city-lights-see-christopher-chens-floating-world-on-a-mount-pleasant-alley-wall/
You can see @furcafe streetscape photos, pics of Chuck Brown, Sharon Jones , band Laughing Man on the alley wall in Mt Pleasant next to Elle through May 31.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 17:46 (three years ago) link
I am still posting dc area music stuff over at Capital Swamp on ILM
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 26 May 2021 18:18 (three years ago) link
Good news: AFI Silver reopening 5/28.WTF: Cruella and A Quiet Place Part II on the bigger screens?
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Wednesday, 26 May 2021 22:11 (three years ago) link
So I guess Jim from the office dies in part 1?
― Van Halen dot Senate dot flashlight (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 26 May 2021 22:23 (three years ago) link
I hope it's just a case of trying to temporarily fill seats after a tough year and not an indication of what their programming is going to be now.
― Chris L, Wednesday, 26 May 2021 22:24 (three years ago) link
They do have AFI DOCS coming in June, and when I see the programmers I will ask them about rescheduling The Lincoln Cycle and the early Fox films. But the Regal barely a block away will also have these titles--even allowing for buzz and pent-up demand, are audiences likely to go to AFI to see these?
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Wednesday, 26 May 2021 22:34 (three years ago) link
They also announced a stricter no food/beverage policy than Regal, so I don’t know.
― Chris L, Wednesday, 26 May 2021 23:05 (three years ago) link
I miss AFI so much
― Heez, Thursday, 27 May 2021 00:06 (three years ago) link
http://www.filmfestdc.org/
Filmfest DC is virtual june 4 to 13
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 1 June 2021 04:39 (three years ago) link
heard a rumor that the kids are calling adams morgan AdMo
― mookieproof, Thursday, 20 July 2023 02:21 (one year ago) link
Sadly they might be, and dc government has already been using it on hanging cloth banners and signs for awhile.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 18 December 2023 19:11 (nine months ago) link
And they’ve introduced “The Yard”, presumably in celebration of Jame Gray, as well as SoNYa because NoMa was too broad
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 21 February 2024 00:34 (seven months ago) link
Gonna celebrate my 20 year anniversary of living here in august. i fall deeper and deeper in love with this place every year, although i think i'm to the point where the western quadrants are the least interesting. i officially live in PG so NW is kind of a haul, but my old hood in the columbia heights/u street area is pretty awful now. i really like the open air skating rink in anacostia and all the trails. great place to raise kids
― Comfortably numbnuts (Heez), Wednesday, 3 April 2024 17:20 (five months ago) link
Lived there for about 20 years, gone for 3. Glad to have been there, glad to have left.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Thursday, 4 April 2024 05:07 (five months ago) link
Rosslyn Jazz Festival has some interesting stuff: https://www.rosslynva.org/do/rosslyn-jazz-fest-2024
― Bad Bairns (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 28 August 2024 17:39 (three weeks ago) link