Courtesy Amazon.com Online retail giant Amazon.com today launched same-day delivery in select cities, and Washington, D.C. is one of them. The service, dubbed “Local Express Delivery,” has also been extended to customers in New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, Las Vegas, and Seattle, and will be launched in Chicago, Indianapolis and Phoenix in a few months. Before you rush off to place an urgent order for that Slanket you’ve finally conceded you want, here’s how…
As you might imagine, there’s not a whole lot going on in the art world this week, and unlike the last holiday, even the Smithsonians close on Christmas Day. Nevertheless, we found a few exhibits for you to poke around this weekend. And if you’re one of those last minute gift buyers and can’t bear to wage war at the mall, don’t forget our guide to art museum memberships for something a little more unique…
Merlin’s Beard! Via the Examiner, it turns out that Falls Church, VA has been awarded the distinction of being the “Harry-est Town In America” by Amazon.com — meaning the city pre-sold the most copies of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows through a competition on the web site. Amazon didn’t release the number of copies sold in Falls Church, but more than 1.3 million copies have already been sold in total. Amazon donated a $5,000…
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Sometimes you need to clean yourself up, get serious, and move in with daddie for a few months before you head to Latin America for a new gig. The District bids Jenna Bush adios. D.C.-based television shows have an elderly audience and DCist has some suggestions to fix that. They’re also throwing Butterstick the panda bear a birthday bash. Yeah, we may have a few issues with our World Cup broadcasters here, but this guy…
Amazon.com and their search engine A9 has announced they have completed photographing many of the streets in D.C. for the “block view” feature of their online yellow pages. (Our friends at Gothamist wrote about their New York photos in January) Users can now view photographs of the storefronts of many District businesses alongside their telephone number and address. Like most online mapping, the photo alignment is far from perfect and sometimes requires scrolling down…
Nationals Mascot Announced: In a surprising move, the Washington Nationals presented the team’s new mascot to reporters this morning. The choice? A giant walking bow tie. Meant to memorialize the efforts of D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams in bringing baseball back to the District after a three-decade absence, the “Nat Cravate,” as the mascot is to be known, will spin every time a National hits a home run and will loosen slightly during the seventh-inning stretch….
We think everyone has caught on to our love for Jon Stewart’s irreverence here at DCist. We admit it, we have a crush. So, as we wipe the drool from our keyboards, we have an obligation to declare tomorrow a perfect day to play hookie from the office. Why? To catch the 1 p.m. Jon Stewart and Ben Karlin book signing at Politics and Prose, silly. Yes, we realize everyone probably knows this piece of…
Tonight, if you happen to be stopping by the Olsson’s Books & Records in the Courthouse area of Arlington, you can check out former vice-presidential daughter Kristin Gore signing and talking about her book debut, “Sammy’s Hill.” The fine folks over at Amazon.com treat us to a summary of the plot:Samantha Joyce, Gore’s heroine, is a 26-year-old self-deprecating health-care policy advisor to Robert Gary, a well-respected senator from her home state of Ohio. Between endless…
General Tommy Franks, former commander of U.S. Central Command, will be promoting his new book, “American Soldier,” in the District next week. On Monday, he’ll give a talk and booksigning at a National Press Club luncheon at 12:30 p.m. Admission is $16 for NPC members and $35 for nonmenbers, call 202-662-7501 for reservations. On Tuesday, Franks will hold a book signing at 1:00 p.m. at the downtown Barnes & Noble at 555 12th St. NW….
