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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 […]

By andrew | Also posted in Rite Aid, discrimination, U Street | Comments (0)

Who Wants To Play Paparazzi For The Week?

Thursday, October 25, 2007 – 10:08 am

Kiefer is coming to town!
Fox’s popular dramatic action series 24, starring Keifer Sutherland, is shooting outside of California for the first time ever this week. According to Variety, the production team will be moving to Washington, D.C. for some upcoming scenes that are crucial to this season’s plot.
Scenes for eight different episodes will […]

By andrew | Also posted in Television, 24 | Comments (0)

The Corner Of Godfather & Duke

Wednesday, October 24, 2007 – 3:38 pm

Marc Fisher tells us that Ward 1 Council member Jim Graham has an excellent idea for a symbolic change to go with the hopefully very real in-progress revitalization of Shaw: Rename the intersection of 7th and T Streets NW for Duke Ellington and Chuck Brown.
Very cool idea.
Although I must say, the local deification of […]

By andrew | Also posted in Jim Graham, Shaw, Duke Ellington, Chuck Brown | Comments (0)

Where The Ugly People Go To Get Uglier

Monday, October 22, 2007 – 3:50 pm

Travel and Leisure magazine’s 2007 “America’s Favorite Cities“ rankings have come out and we are apparently worse looking than everyone in the country except for the grotesque residents of Philadelphia. I’d say give us a chance anyway since we’re smart and fun except we actually did worse in the fun category coming in 25th out of 25. […]

By liam | Also posted in rankings, washingtonians | Comments (1)

Free Hand Sanitizer For All!

Monday, October 22, 2007 – 1:01 pm

WTOP reports on perhaps the most exciting product giveaway of all time… Free hand sanitizer for the first 2,000 rush hour riders at six Metro stations over the next three days! Here’s the schedule via the WMATA site:
Health information booths and the free hand-outs are scheduled for 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. as follows […]

By andrew | Also posted in Tom Davis, Metrorail, public transportation | Comments (0)

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 […]

By andrew | Also posted in DC representation, U Street | Comments (0)

BREAKING: Adams Morgan Shut Down

Tuesday, September 25, 2007 – 10:20 am

Liam informs me that Columbia Road is shut down between 16th and 18th this morning due to a shooting at the Safeway on the block. Police closed the street to investigate.
The victim is reported to be in critical condition while the shooter has not been found.
All of which explains why I saw a […]

By andrew | Also posted in Adams-Morgan, crime | Comments (0)

Block Party Outside My Office Today

Monday, September 24, 2007 – 10:29 am

I love protests right outside my office building. They don’t remotely inconvenience me and are always conducted for sensible reasons and not just because a newsworthy figure is giving a newsworthy speech which will be broadcast at the National Press Club.
MONDAY, SEPT. 24:
What: Ahmadinejad to speak […]

By andrew | Also posted in Israel Project, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Protests | Comments (0)

See, We Can Build A Consensus

Thursday, September 20, 2007 – 3:12 pm

Yglesias links to a Heritage article arguing in favor of repealing the federal income tax for DC residents instead of giving us the vote.
I don’t think I could bring myself to approve of this deal on philosophical grounds; other federal laws that we would have no voice in determining would still apply to us, […]

By andrew | Also posted in DC representation, taxes | Comments (0)

Least Surprising Annual Headline In The Metropolitan Region

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 – 12:15 pm

…And the award goes to “D.C. Area in Tie for Second-Worst Traffic in Nation”!
On behalf of the region, I’d like to thank ill-advised and chronically unchecked suburban sprawl, a lack of proper funding for public transportation, the dismal quality of the urban public schools that keeps middle-class families in outlying suburbs, and a culture […]

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