Nov 05, 2007
Go Home Already: Premature Darkness
>> Mayor Fenty has changed his mind and now says emails to and from city officials will be kept indefinitely. [WTOP] >> More Fenty decisions! He’s considering a drastic change to the role of the hated D.C. Taxicab Commission. [Examiner] >> Several people on a Boston-bound flight out of DCA were taken to a hospital after complaining of feeling sick and were found to have elevated carbon monoxide levels. [WCVB] >> Jack Bauer spotted in…
Oct 26, 2007
Go Home Already: Candy Coma
>> The D.C. Fire Department and WASA have finally agreed to play nice and share their toys and fix the city’s terrible fire hydrant mess. We promise to provide the warm cookies and cold milk should they succeed. [WaPo] >> The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch to remain in effect through Saturday morning for much of the D.C. area. [NBC4] >> The sidewalk of 7th St. NW in front of the…
Mar 09, 2007
Out and About: Weekend Picks
FRIDAY: >> DCist Exposed opening reception, OBVS. 6:30 – 9:30 p.m., at Warehouse. >> If you’re looking for more hip art happenings afterward, head over to the Hirshhorn After Hours party, which goes until midnight. It’s a celebration of the opening of Virgil Marti and Pae White’s new site-specific installation in the Hirshhorn lobby, which is the latest in the museum’s Directions series. Ian Svenonius is spinning and it looks like there’ll be a number…
Mar 07, 2007
Go Home Already: I’ll Be Your Mirror Edition
> >UPDATE: As a commenter notes, The Dismemberment Plan tickets for the second show, Friday, April 27 are on sale NOW. Go, friends, go! > > Best birthday present ever? Hmmm. Submitted for your approval: How about booking the Thievery Corporation? To play the birthday boy’s living room? Well played, ma’am. Well played. [The Upstate Life] > > Why isn’t Butterstick playing in the snow like his parents? Maybe it’s because he doesn’t want to…
Feb 04, 2007
Elsewhere in the Ist-a-verse
Between fake terrorist alerts and scandals big and small, this just might be the Best Best of the -ists ever. We’re exhausted just thinking about it. First up, SFist, who saw their little ‘ole site be the center of what was a nice little scandal (even getting their editor on TV) only to find their scandal dwarfed by the even bigger scandal caused by their Mayor boffing one of his aides’ wife. We’re not…
Jan 10, 2007
Go Home Already: A Taste of Sex Change Edition
>> Homophonic talking point alert: Those of you who work in the garment trade will know that the act of overcasting the raw edge of fabric to prevent unraveling is called “serging.” But that’s not what everyone will be talking about tonight. >> Still, the Myrtle Beach Sun-News is saying that tonight’s address “may be most important of [Bush’s] presidency.” Dare you question the Myrtle Beach Sun-News? [Radosh] >> Tony Kornheiser will continue to serve…