December 26, 2007
Morning Roundup: Only 365 Shopping Days Left
Welcome back, Washington. We hope those of you who celebrate Christmas had a holly and/or jolly one, and that your stock of material possessions has been satisfactorily increased. As you might expect, not too terribly much happened while you've been away.
Davis Mulls Eighth Term: Sure, it was published yesterday, but we imagine many of you may have missed the Post's analysis of whether Tom Davis will seek another term as congressman for Northern Virginia's 11th district. Davis's senatorial aspirations were dashed earlier this year when Virginia's Republican party opted for a convention rather than a primary system, which put Davis at a disadvantage and prompted him to remove himself from consideration. Since then observers have been wondering whether the congressman would leave office for a lucrative private sector job. Although the Post article does a nice job laying out the pros and cons he faces, so far Davis seems not to be dropping many hints as to what he'll do.
Ready To Say Goodbye To That Tree?: If so, WTOP has you covered. In D.C. and a number of surrounding counties you can simply put it out on with your recycling and trust that it'll be responsibly mulched — if, that is, you've properly detinseled it.
Thousands Of Jobs Headed to P.G. County: The Post reports on the soon to open Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center and its considerable staffing needs. The hospitality complex is getting set to hire 2,000 people, and the county government seems understandably pleased about it. There are so many jobs and so much interest that Gaylord will be running a multi-day job fair at the end of January.
Briefly Noted: Kid playing with lighter starts fire, displaces several apartments' residents... Charles County considers banning drive-through liquor stores... Medic involved in serious crash in Alexandria while responding to emergency... There was a water main break in Southwest last night... Murder suspect claims gun discharged during struggle...
This Day In DCist: One year ago we interviewed Middle Distance Runner and asked them and a number of other D.C. bands what their top albums of the year were.
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How dare Charles County conisder banning drive thru liquor stores?!? How else am I supposed to tolerate the drive back and to Charles County if I can't be sipping on my handle of jack on the way back?
Next thing you know they'd want to cancel Christmas. The bastards.
Gaylord. Snicker. Snicker. Sortof like Gay Overlord.
Even us 'mos think that one's pretty funny, albeit in a rankly juvenile way.
Dcist:
Why no list of places serving food on Christmas Eve and Christmas day? You had tons of lists of music and entertainment, but nothing on where to eat. I had to use the WP and other sources, which of course veered toward the stunningly expensive.
Hopefully Gaylord will make DC's Convention Center folks wake up and start being more competitive in bringing in more conventions and other events. Same for downtown hotels.
It just isn't Christmas unless some kid is burning down his house/apartment while playing with matches, lighters, candles, etc. Too bad I was never able to convince my parents to make it one of our Christmas traditions.
That would have been a good idea, Hillman, if we had thought to do it. Alas. :(
I thought it was interesting that the Juvie has a designated "fire-starters" program.
i second hillman's idea, sommer. my family and i called at least five different [chinese and / or thai] restaurants on Christmas Eve to find out how late they were open, if at all, in order to celebrate the holiday properly.
next year, please. :)
366, isn't it? After all, it's a leap year...
Thank goodness Chanuka falls a little bit later this year- having to do all one's holiday shopping before Thanksgiving was a bit absurd.
Damned if I do, damned if I don't, Mikaiya. I originally had it written at 364, remembered it was a leap year, then changed it to 365. I think people don't usually count Christmas itself as a "shopping day," but I could be wrong.
Good luck on finding qualified staffing hires in PG County; after DC and Baltimore, it's the third worst performing school district in the region. Hope their Anne Arundle, Charles, and St Marys County hires are willing to deal with the commute.
DC is going to lose LOT of convention business to Gaylord. Three guesses as to why,and the first two dont count.
1. Because the Gaylord complex is shiny and new.
2. Because the Gaylord complex is cheaper than the DC Convention Center.
3. Because it's called Gaylord.
I'm all for DCist listing which restaurants will be open during Christmas. But can the non-Jews just keep their Christmas day and evening eating to a minimum? Maybe cook or just do take out? Chinese restaurants are getting more and more crowded and I don't think it's because the Jewish population is getting bigger.
It's been kind of an uspoken agreement for so long now -- you get basically the entire month of December to celebrate your one day holiday and we get some peace and quiet on the actual day of the holiday.
But over the last few years it's been nothing but growing lines at the movie theaters and long waits at the Chinese restaurants.
Come on people! I don't come over to your tree and start unwrapping your gifts. Give us our Chinese food and a movie to ourselves. That's all we ask!
I realize it's not DCist's fault from reading the original article linked from NBC4, but saying "Water main break in Southwest" is like saying "[insert minor disaster here] in Northwest" - it's an entire quadrant of the city, not a neighborhood. A bit more precision in reporting would have been appreciated so those of us who live in this quadrant would know if it were anywhere close to where we live.
I understand your frustration, Moose, but for one thing it's no inconceivable that we'd use similar language for a water main break in another quadrant; and for another I don't think your comparison to Northwest holds up. SW is much, much smaller than the other quadrants, after all.