November 24, 2008
Go Home Already: Dinner and a Show
Photo by oberlep27
- The DCBOEE has certified the election results of the At-large D.C. Council race, despite the protests of the D.C. Republican Committee that Michael A. Brown isn't really an Independent.
- A few suggestions for more honest posters for Chevron's “Will You Join Us” ad campaign, from the League of Conservation Voters (via Raising Kaine).
- Via Renew Shaw, the new Shaw Dog Park has its own web site, where we learn that over 100 dogs were registered at a free vaccination event at the park on Saturday.
- Bread for the City's blog has photos from this weekend's Help the Homeless Walk
- Gas prices in the D.C. area are now averaging at $1.97 per gallon.
- The "Half Street Hole" near Nationals Park is finally getting filled.
- Ford's Theater has announced its reopening celebration date, for Feb. 11, 2009.
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And where was that lovely photo taken?
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Oh. My. God.
Pass the eye bleach, please.
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Is that the Half Street Hole of which you speak?
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Seriously, Sommer?
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Wow, really? I just lost my appetite.
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First, ewww...I'm trying to eat here! :)
But regarding the Chevron ads piece (linked above), they are taking over the trains. And who thinks these are effective? As soon as you see the Chevron logo, it discredits any clean message they could possibly be trying to convey. People are not as stupid as these ads. I immediately thought they must be getting some type of kickback for them for whatever reason. Or maybe it's part of a legal settlement. I don't know.
Furthermore, the ads are just silly. You have these intense face shots of really hungry-looking people's eyes leering at you with these silly pseudo-revelatory pronouncements like "I will turn off the lights more," or "I will drive my car less." Wow. Deep.
This is just so cutesy (and lame), when the problems are serious and Chevron's PR should have had more sense than to think people wouldn't react to these negatively.
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I personally fill up my gas at Chevron more often now that they've come out with these inspirational adverts. I also buy more F-16 Tomahawk fighters by Lockheed Martin ever since I started taking the Orange line.
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I don't see a show in that picture, just dinner.
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There it is metro: my rim job joke. Now gimme that damn pension.
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EEEEEEEEWWWWWWW.
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"And where was that lovely photo taken?"
Right behind somebody's hairy ass crack.
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Say no to crack!
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photo taken at mexicali blues in clarendon, i'm pretty sure. the food is better than the view.
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I see Paris, I see France ..............
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Was that pic supposed to be a momento from the old half/o streets clubs that were shut down for the stadium??
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That looks as though it were taken at Mexicali Blues in Clarendon. Not that it's relevant, but I recognize the colors.
Still, not the choicest of photos to use.
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@cyrinaldi It's called "Greenwashing."
My favorite is the one that says, "I will consider buying a hybrid." As if thinking about it will somehow help?
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Oh yuck, what the hell are you thinking publishing that photo?
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@moose - that's my favorite too! that has to be my favorite. because contemplating a conservative engine as you drive your escalade totally turns your emissions into rainbows.
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another shining moment for "street" photography!
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This is clearly "Monkey"-baiting, a cynical ploy to increase traffic on an otherwise slow-posting day with a gratiutous crack shot.