May 9, 2008
Overheard in D.C.: Which Crackhouse?
A lot has changed in D.C. in the last few years. New stadiums, new development, new jobs. But also inequality, crime, corruption. Despite all the good things, some things haven't changed since the Marion Barry days.
Overheard of the Week
A man and a woman are walking dogs in Logan Circle:
Man: "You look familiar..."
Woman: "I think we are neighbors. 1st and Bates?"
Man: "Yeah, we live on the 1st street side."
Woman: "Ah, I live near the crackhouse on Bates."
Man: "Can you be more specific?"
Woman: "The RED crackhouse on Bates."
After the jump, romantic evenings, a loose definition of the world, and ball problems.
For some reason, things seem funnier when it gets warmer. Send that stuff to overheardindc (at) gmail (dot) com.
Photo by dangerbird
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Ok... talk to you later.
Waiting room of GW Ophthalmology department
Two middle age men who don't know each other.
Man 1: "How are you doing today?"
Man 2: "I'm blind, how do you think I'm doing?!"
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I hear maids are big over there
On Wisconsin Ave. in Georgetown:
20-something girl: "So, like...what should I wear to the French Embassy?"
Friend: "Something totally sexy, for sure."
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A very small world.
At 5th and H Street NW
Blonde looking baffled at various businesses' signage: "Oh, are we in China...world?"
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Maybe because you should wear looser jogging shorts.
Jogging 20s guy and girl stop for a breather at 20th and P:
Guy: "It feels like I'm carrying my balls in my stomach. Why is that?"
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Ah, romance
Woodley Park Metro, around midnight last Saturday:
Mid-20s girl on cell phone: "I'm at your Metro stop."
(pause)
"Well, if you won't let me come over, I guess I'll turn around."
(longer pause)
"You know, I am capable of hanging out without taking my clothes off."
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No, I skipped geometry, why?
Two girls are walking along 15th Street towards the softball fields on the Washington Monument grounds:
Girl #1: "Where are we playing?"
Girl #2: "I don't know; I'll call [name] and find out."
Makes phone call.
Girl #2 on cell phone: "Dude, where are we playing? The email said on the side of the Washington Monument."
(pause)
"But there are like fourteen sides!"
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Best Overheard of the Week ever.
The blind dude certainly has a chip on his shoulder
Best Overheard of the Week ever.
Agreed.
LMaoooooooooooooooooooooooo
Man, I really fuckin hate when people do that. Are you supposed to laugh? Or apologize? Or just feel guilty for no good reason?
which red crackhouse on bates?
It's not really red. It's more of an oxblood.
great overheard!
$5 the girl at metro stop has played kickball
Well, with so much competition on Bates, crack prices must be pretty cheap. Adam Smith would be proud.
from friend who works at french embassy:
"ha. all the maids at the embassy are from guatemala."
Heh. The house in the photo isn't even THAT nice anymore. It's been knocked down to just a free-standing blue facade: wobbly but still proud, not willing to relinquish its wanna-be-crackhouse-ness...
Bonus points for the Linda Cropp sign at the wobbly house in the photo.