DC Blogs Noted
Jamie of Farm Fresh Meat is back from Iraq. Well not really, but the Iraqi Embassy is Iraqi soil, so he’s not lying to you. And a schmoozing in DC tip: embassies of officially Muslim, and therefore teetotalling, countries cannot be relied on to provide a good (bottomless) open bar.
Who was the driver of the black Lexus speeding down the street near Toddler Planet’s home? Let’s hope the police find out, and they should, since she reported him (a real use for a cell phone) when he collided with her neighbors’ fence and then pulled a real-life hit-and-run experience. Home because of a series of disasters, the author writes, gleefully: “I was OUTSIDE, LOOKING in that direction, with a CELL PHONE in my hand, and I was able to call 911. I reported the accident, gave the license plate number of the black Lexus, and walked away.”
IMetro’s Metroman (my favorite superhero) details why his fellow commuters really are ruining his day. He asks for the three Cs: “couth, courtesy, and common sense.” Oh, please, everyone, start listening to this man.
The author of a DC neighborhood blog, JDLand, has been nominated for a Knight-Batten award for innovation in journalism.
The Triangle, a blog about the Mount Vernon Triangle neighborhood, has an email interview with Executive Director of the Mount Vernon Triangle Community Improvement District Executive Director Bill McLeod.
Nicholas Schiller of the Daily Render created a nice little YouTube piece recording himself going east and west on U Street. I think it’s safe to say that Nick is not working 80 hours a week, and I’ll even raise that assumption by saying: this young man does not have a life’s partner (much less a child). There’s just too much free time involved in this little project. Enjoy.
If you care whether or not you impress restaurant staff (I don’t, but then, I don’t buy name brands, either — YMMV), Restaurant Refugee offers some guidelines for proper restaurant wine ordering behavior. If and when I have discretionary income again and can afford a 3x markup for drinking in a restaurant and if (unlikely) I care, I’ll certainly take this advice into account. Meanwhile, whatever is on markdown at Calvert-Woodley wine and liquor that the salespeople deem potable is something I’ll drink.
