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Dammit, CVS Doesn’t Always Have Cherry Coke

Friday, October 26, 2007 – 12:25 pm

I may have implied (alright, clearly stated) that I would stop shopping at Rite Aid when they made the corporate decision to allow pharmacists to not dispense Plan B, but I haven’t stuck with that very well, mainly because the one at 13th & U is the closest drug store to my house. Maybe […]

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Alright, It’s Not Exactly Going To Get Us The Vote, But It Still Made Me Chuckle

Tuesday, October 2, 2007 – 12:06 pm

So here’s a clever idea I noticed on several trash cans yesterday while walking from the U Street Metro station to my house:

Curiously, no organization name is on the sticker, (although the obvious guess is DC Vote). Is the group responsible concerned about possible fines for posting these notes? Or is it just the […]

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Trivia Champions II

Tuesday, February 13, 2007 – 10:50 pm

For the second outing in a row, universal admiration and $50 was ours! We are on quite the roll: In our last three trips to Stetson’s on a Tuesday night, we have received two first place awards and one second place after a heartbreaking loss on a tiebreaker. Thanks once again to […]

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Trivia Champions

Wednesday, January 31, 2007 – 2:44 am

I’d just like to take a moment to brag: After a year of unsuccessful attempts, I finally won at Stetson’s Tuesday night pub quiz. Thanks to my teammates Liam, Desmond, Lauren, John, and Katie for all their hard work (although the ultimate credit for our victory goes to me and my knowledge of […]

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An Update On The Lincoln

Thursday, January 11, 2007 – 3:40 pm

As I mentioned earlier this week, the Lincoln Theatre is in financial trouble. The city has granted the theater $200,000 to cover costs for the present. It will be enough to prevent a closing, but is far from a long term fix. Indeed, the city appears to be looking at a […]

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Trouble For The Lincoln

Tuesday, January 9, 2007 – 1:09 pm

I absolutely love the cultural history of my U Street neighborhood. Unfortunately, one of that history’s most significant landmarks, the Lincoln Theatre, is once again in trouble.
The Lincoln had $1,362 in the bank as of yesterday and will have to tap a line of credit to meet its payroll, utility bills and other […]

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The New York Times Stops By Our Little Rural Community

Friday, August 25, 2006 – 3:20 pm

From the New York Times’s “36 Hours: Washington, DC” piece in the travel section:
Go to Penn Quarter, a vibrant Washington neighborhood, for Zaytinya (701 Ninth Street NW, 202-638-0800) a Mediterranean tapas restaurant, that serves fresh Middle Eastern plates in a bustling setting of candles and soaring ceilings. “It feels like New York,” a friend […]

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Power Transformers

Tuesday, August 1, 2006 – 10:11 pm

Not to alarm everyone, but I’m going to alarm everyone: The beloved 9:30 Club is probably burning down as we speak.
Ok, slight exaggeration. I was just there to see Sleater-Kinney on their farewell tour and the show was cancelled due to some sort of major problem with the power transformers out front. […]

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Obituary

Thursday, June 29, 2006 – 5:51 pm

This certainly doesn’t have any larger political implications or anything, but I have to note the passing of the “Mayor of U Street”. The Washington Post has two excellent pieces on him, one in the obituary section and the other on Marc Fisher’s blog. Fisher writes:
Snipes was a shopkeeper by trade, but, […]

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