Photo by . . . every.seven . . .A lot of people are into locally-raised organic food these days. Farmers’ markets are extremely popular, people buy into farm shares with boxes of food delivered from small farms, and restaurants market their local food cred. But this is a new angle.
Overheard of the Week
At 6:30 a.m. while walking a dog past the bus stop in front of Washington Hospital Center:
Woman, mid 20s-early 30s (screaming): “[Man’s name], you are out of your f*cking mind!”
Man: “I don’t care if it’s your tit or a bottle! I want f*cking breast milk.”
After the jump, moronic tourists, the Pentagon, and cute stuff.
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Yes, tourists, please wait for the train that says “Local” and board that one.
During rush hour at Friendship Heights station Monday night:
A family (older couple, presumably grandparents, younger couple, and two kids in strollers) are trying to get on the train.
Grandpa and Dad on platform are holding the doors open to prevent them from closing: “Does this train go to Tenleytown!?!”
Multiple people on the train: “Yes! Get the next train on this side.”
The family then pushes their way on.
Grandpa explaining to Mom: “Some of the trains are express and they don’t stop. It says so on the front. You have to catch one that is making the stops or you are in trouble.”
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Times, they are a-changing
Wednesday night at the new Atlas Arcade on H Street, which opened for business the day before:
The place was filled with a bunch of fratty guys who were there for what appeared to be a birthday party.
The manager leans across the bar to the bartender: “I’m disappointed we seem to be attracting a lot of DB’s.”
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You lost me
Last Saturday afternoon on G street near Union Station:
Two women in their mid 30s are walking together, one of whom was on her phone.
Woman into her phone, quite giddily: “That’s the beauty of a non-sexual relationship! When you break up, you can still be friends!”
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Everyone does this recently! Why?
Outside of the Dupont North Washington Sports Club on Friday around 7 PM:
A male in his 20s is on the phone: “Hey, I got your voicemail but I didn’t listen to it because it’s a voicemail.”
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Gray cronies are getting more creative in their money-laundering?
Monday morning at 8:30 on a delayed south-bound Green line train at Mt. Vernon Square:
A man with a duffel bag boards the train and asks: “Does this go back to China?”
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Awwww
Yesterday on the Yellow line train from L’Enfant to Huntington:
A four- or five-year-old girl is sitting with her dad, and they’re discussing how this is one of her first metro rides. As the train pulls out of L’Enfant and it goes above ground toward the Pentagon:
Daughter: “Ohhh…now we’re people!”
Father: “People? What were we before?”
Daughter: “Worms.”
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These people rule
At the Giant in Springfield over the weekend:
In the produce aisle, an 80+ year old woman turns to her 80+ year old husband and says, “You go get the beer, I am going to manhandle this corn.”
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Oh, Goddammit
Monday at 10:30 a.m. on the Yellow Line train crossing from Virginia to D.C. over the bridge, with a view of the Jefferson Memorial and the Washington Monument:
A family of four tourists is riding.
Young boy, about 10, “Look dad, it’s the Lincoln Memorial!”
Dad shaking his head, “No son, that’s the White House. That’s the tower to the White House, where the President lives.”
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And now a break from your usual dumb tourists and sex jokes, something kind of thought-provoking
In Shwarma Spot on 18th street one evening this week:
Three early 20s, two women and one man, are sitting and eating their shwarma and talking about nothing in particular.
One of the women, who is black, says, “So, my sister’s really been into figuring out our genealogy recently.”
Other two: “Oh?”
Woman: “Yeah. …But she realized that, like, basically, everyone in our family is white.”
Other two: “… Oh.”
Woman 2: “That’s… unfortunate.”
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And scene!
In line for coffee at the Pentagon at 8:15 a.m. on July 6:
Most workers are on vacation, and many are without power. A man and woman who are clearly work colleagues, both in their forties are in line.
Man: “Why are you here today?”
Woman: “To keep America safe for freedom and democracy. You?”
Man: “I’m here for the air conditioning.”
