Kevlar, goulashes, water, sunglasses and an infinite supply of patience. All the necessary gear for attending and surviving the 2008 National Book Festival. Rumor has it the Woodstock for Bibliophiles, Part Ocho, featured 70 authors and drew over 120,000 to the intermittently rain soaked Mall this past Saturday and put the security team for Laura […]
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Kevlar & Books. National Book Festival 2008.
September 28th, 2008 · Comments Off
Obama, McCain, Clinton, Bush in a Feel Good Sing-A-Long.
July 21st, 2008 · No Comments
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Sometimes You Have to Go Away To Come Home
May 16th, 2008 · Comments Off
A lot of us move to D.C. never expecting to call it home. It’s the city people come to for metropolitan opportunities and cosmopolitan experiences. Or just to escape. For all of those reasons, I was one of those people. Then Belize happened, but I’m getting ahead of myself.
Six years ago, I left the rolling […]
GW Ten Miler: Head takes Knees in a 10 Round Face Off
April 28th, 2008 · 3 Comments
There’s nothing like introspective awareness and existential angst at 8 a.m. on a Sunday morning. Particularly when it comes in the form of ten grueling miles and one’s knees screaming a question for the last, oh yes, ten miles~WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? I know, Thomas Jefferson had famous conversations between the head and heart. […]
Tags: 2008 · Running · Northern Virginia · D.C.
The Deciders
April 2nd, 2008 · Comments Off
If this is the only thing you read about politics during election season, then (1) you’re brilliant and (2) extremely insulated from society. This is now up on the work wall. Enjoy Gene Weingarten’s SNL-styled skit with fictional Minnesota Congressman Bernard Finkelstein below.
WE ARE TALKING TODAY with Minnesota congressman Bernard Finkelstein, one of the highly courted, still […]
She’s bbbaaaccckkk. Gina Chersevani at Tallula.
March 24th, 2008 · Comments Off
Hear ye, hear ye, the bar tender(ess) with the mostest has resurfaced. Two months ago, I pulled up a chair at Penn Quarter’s beloved Rasika and promptly experienced one of the most disappointing cocktail hours of my life. Instead of receiving one of Gina Chersevani’s, their well known bartender, copyrighted masterpieces, a pear and vanilla […]
Tags: 2008 · Northern Virginia · D.C. · Restaurants
Green is so my color.
March 17th, 2008 · Comments Off
“Who cares that St. Patrick’s Day falls during the work week, and on a Monday no less? We’re celebrating anyway! So tip your hat to Ireland’s patron saint, ring in the day with beer, festivities, food, and, oh yeah, more beer at some of these area hotspots. And remember to offer the toast, ‘Erin go […]
DC. Like Only Residents See It.
March 11th, 2008 · Comments Off
Despite popular belief, there is more to D.C. than federal buildings, political sightings, and random violence. See it for yourself here, or go to the DCist Exposed Photography Show that is running March 7-15, 2008 at the Civilian Art Projects, which is located at 406 7th St. NW, 3rd Floor, in Washington, D.C.’s Penn Quarter.
May original, […]
“You’ve Got To See My Ice Cubes”
March 8th, 2008 · 5 Comments
Now there’s something you don’t hear everyday. But then Café 8 isn’t your everyday restaurant. It’s you’re any day restaurant.
Thursday night I arrived at its doors destitute and hungry. In other words, lawyered-out. Café 8 posted week day hours until 10 p.m. We walked in at 9:30 p.m. They happily seated us by a roaring […]
Tags: 2008 · D.C. · Restaurants
What’s going on in D.C.?
February 18th, 2008 · Comments Off
The Flu.
After a Saturday night with the girls spent taking on the pasta bowls of Filemeno and the bourbon list at Old Glory, we were riding high, we were drinking bourbon, we were on our way.
Two days later, we were down. Two of us to the to the flu, one to tonsillitis, and one to […]
