- Wife: AMC Georgetown is showing Ghost Rider at midnight. What?
- Me: No.
- Wife: That's why I said what? Like, that's crazy.
- Me: I don't want to be in Georgetown that late. Bad neighborhood.
A lesser man might see snow, in DC and in October, as a sign of the end times— as a precursor to a new way of life for modern humans in the face of climate change. I am that lesser man.
Tonight: Jesus will be carried through the streets of Columbia Heights and Mt. Pleasant. It’s Good Friday and that means Shrine of the Sacred Heart church on 16th and Park will do the traditional procession around the area. The procession begins at the church at 8:30 p.m. We’ve got photos of last’s years procession and a map of the route.
Photo by Darrow Montgomery
Oh yeah, I forgot about this. It’s actually a little spectacular to watch.
Source: washingtoncitypaper.com
On the bright side, parking enforcement would be suspended—apparently collecting money from meters doesn’t count as an essential service.
via Washington City Paper - How federal shutdown this week would affect D.C.
Good news for car drivers… unless your job has been shut down.
Source: washingtoncitypaper
KaBOOM! Washington DC (SE) Playground Build
KaBOOM! is building a new playground in SE today.
I’m a little confused.
Where I’m from, mayor’s don’t lose office. Especially, if they suck at being mayor.
Mayor Coleman Young won re-election 4 times, serving 5 terms, despite holding office during Detroit in the 70’s and 80’s. Those were the years that the city burned down annually and it was the murder capital of America.
Good times.
Kwame Kilpatrick is another example. He may have killed a stripper in the mayoral residence. The stripper’s sister was murdered too. He won his re-election. He had an affair in office with his chief of staff (LOL-Gate). Tax fraud, mail fraud, an FBI investigation, and a host of other crimes and accusations of misconduct finally led to him resigning from office.
So how does a man who has reduced crime, raised test scores, and has kept unemployment lower on average than other cities in recession lose?
According to the Washington Post, he ran a really shitty campaign and didn’t apologize for being a bit of a dick.
Politics is a strange world and despite holding a degree in Political Science, I’m still regularly confused by it.
At least he didn’t kill any body.
DC’s trending topics on Twitter are making me gag.
Locals and Tourists #7 (GTWA #8): Washington, DC
These awesome maps on flickr, by Eric Fischer, use the location tags on photos to differentiate photos taken by locals (in blue) and those by tourists (in red).
Click on the photo, and check out even more cities.
Pretty cool. Check out the Detroit map too.
Source: Flickr / walkingsf
Forbes has tossed together an interactive chart that maps out the inbound and outbound movement of Americans in 2008. I found it via the always interesting FlowingData.com.
I’ve taken screengrabs of Washington DC and Detroit for you pleasure. Black lines are for folks moving in and red lines are for folks moving out. See if you can see any trends!
What’s really interesting about the Detroit map is how lots of people stayed in Michigan. Look at how each of the surrounding counties light up.
Only in Georgetown: truffles available for sale at the new Social Safeway (at a bargain price of $999.99/lb).
Source: jacquesofalltrades
The White House vs. heavy Washington DC snowfall.
The snow is winning here folks.
Oh H2… I missed you the most.
(via topherchris)
Welcome to Washington DC. Where is the Tumblr meetup?
Source: topherchris
