Archive for the 'DC-type stuff' Category

it looks like me

June 20th, 2008

but i wasn’t lost

i was on u street


sometimes government seems almost fun

June 17th, 2008

the counter spy act is in committee.  it deals with zombies.


be a vegetarian, rent a house on 14th Street NW

June 7th, 2008



souvenir plates are the best

June 4th, 2008

 
this one’s on the wall in the Smithsonian in Anacostia

 
the church it’s memorializing - Our Lady of Perpetual Hope - is just down the street from said Smithsonian
and has something called the Panorama Room
which just sounds intoxicating
speaking of Anacostia, you should read this crazy story of the handsome devil named Captain John Smith
the first European […]


beach bar in Brookland

May 29th, 2008



I know I always say I’m not much for groups

May 27th, 2008

but seriously, this group doesn’t sound like much fun even if you are into groups, right?
this group, though, is a different story

sword eaters Tyler Fyre and Thrill Kill Jill at Palace of Wonders,
doing their Lucky Daredevil Thrillshow
Zamora the Torture King was there eating broken glass, too.
Actually, he was doing much more than eating broken glass
but […]


the opposite of a food blog

May 16th, 2008

I keep reading food blogs where people show their adoring fans the sort of astonishingly delicious and photogenic foods they cook and eat.
So I was thinking today, as I was stirring up another of my disgraceful lunches, that my food is like the opposite of food blog food.  Which makes it funny to blog about.
today’s […]


BUSH SIGNS QUILTING MUSEUM INTO BEING

May 10th, 2008

oh, yeah, and federalizes immigration and labor in the CNMI, and gives the CNMI a nonvoting delegate thus undoing all of Jack Abramoff’s hard, expensive, quite possibly illegal work - - and designates the National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United States!!
S. 2739 is some big bill


writers are not like other people

May 9th, 2008

this here photo is of a travel agency - Japan Associates - on U Street and 17th in DC. You probably can’t read the sign, because I took the photo on my iPhone which means I couldn’t zoom in on the relevant part - but if you could read the sign you’d see that it […]


rejoice! with chicken!

May 8th, 2008

I have to admit it kind of cracks me up that the coordinators of the Rejoice Mega Fest meet once a week at Chick-Fil-A
plus, this is why I love craigslist - just check out this short list of volunteer opportunities copied and pasted and completely unedited.  such range!:
iraq vet and family need your help - […]