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Southwest has long been the forgotten quadrant. Now with all the new development, concert venues, housing, bars and restaurants, and crazy flaming pier bonfire things, it’s getting hopping. So far the critics are pleased.
Overheard of the Week
Early Saturday evening at The Wharf:
A family with several children is just arriving.
Young boy: “This is the best place I’ve ever been to, other than WWE.”
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Good burn
At National Harbor:
7-year-old boy climbing on the face of The Awakening statue, talking to his friends around the same age:
“I just figured out who this is—it’s Donald Trump!”
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U as in ugh
Near the National Portrait Gallery:
Millennial on the phone: “9th and G.”
(Pause)
“G as in Google.”
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Would love to know what came before this
In a hipster coffee shop in Park View:
Three 20-somethings are talking: “Oh, is that when you vaporize an espresso and inhale it?”
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Yep
A little after 1 a.m. in Navy Yard, 20 minutes after the Nats lost game 5 of the NLDS:
A steady stream of fans walk down the street.
Bro 1: “Why isn’t Justin’s Cafe open.”
Random chick: “This is where I go to cry every post season.”
Bro 2: “Where is Marion Barry when you need him.”
Bro 3: “Is this a f*cking joke?”
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Harsh critic
Outside Gallery B in Bethesda:
A woman and her two children are looking at an art piece in the window.
Boy: “Mommy, can I play on that?”
Mom: “No,you can’t play on that. That’s art.”
Boy: “Art sucks!”
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Security protocols: not amazing
Walking down the Cannon House Office Building steps:
Mid-twenties male staffer on the phone: “Hi Dad, I’m calling because I spoke with the German ambassador just now… they said they could do it as soon as mid-December.”
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Good, let me sit farther away
At Cava in Bethesda:
Two 30 something women dressed in athletic “sporty preppy” attire are having lunch.
One women to the other: “Yeah, so I haven’t showered in two weeks!”
Both continue eating their lunch.
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Monsters
At 16th and Harvard NW:
Woman 1: “Sometimes I lie about how much butter I use, particularly when I’m cooking for other people.”
Woman 2: “Me too!”
Both make evil giggles.
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So, go in any direction basically
In Southwest D.C. during The Wharf kickoff events:
Young woman talking to someone on a cell phone: “Do you see a big crane? Just walk towards the big crane.”
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We hope you can figure that one out yourself
In a 14th Street bar:
A conversation between two young Georgia Tech grads: “Do I really want to be trapped in a horrible relationship with a person I don’t really love???”
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