Nov 11, 2007
Week Around the -Ists
Fun Fun Fun Fest 2007 Recap from Super!Alright! on Vimeo. Austinist attended a town hall meeting about proposed noise ordinances that could undermine the city’s future as the Live Music Capital of the World, and lamented the possible loss of Texas’s only feminist bookstore. Throughout the week, they interviewed a bunch of indie fashion designers and D-I-Y websites—Etsy, Ornamental Things, 31 Corn Lane, and Aorta Designs—for the upcoming Stitch Fashion Show. They also did…
May 02, 2007
Go West, Young Man
The kitchen’s closing, and it’s last call. In less than one week, I leave my native Washington, D.C. for the San Francisco Bay Area. For someone who loves food and drink, the move means fabulous produce (some, ideally, from the fruit trees in my future backyard), proximity to wine country, wonderful restaurants, and burritos, burritos, burritos! But it also means leaving family, friends, and food memories here in the District. So before I skedaddle, I’m…
Sep 07, 2004
Scientists Prove: D.C. Traffic Bad
With a new study out concluding D.C.’s traffic problems are among the nation’s worst, everyone has had something to say about D.C.’s now scientifically-proven bad traffic. The study, conducted by something called the Texas Transportation Institute, ranks D.C. #3 in bad traffic in the country behind Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area. The AP pointed out the average D.C. commuter spends nearly three days each year stuck in traffic, costing the region billions….
Aug 18, 2004
Post Says Selig’s B’more Concerns Foolish
While DCist was expecting the Post’s editorial board to support bringing baseball into the District, their staff editorial brings up a few logical points that dispells Baltimore Orioles owner Bud Selig’s concerns about the impact a potential move by the Montreal Expos to the Washington region. From the Post:THE BEST ARGUMENT for bringing major league baseball back to the nation’s capital lies on the other side of the continent, in the San Francisco Bay area….