Some unknown bandits apparently took a joyride in a truck containing $200,000 worth of President Barack Obama’s speech gear — including audio equipment, TelePrompters and “several lecterns with the presidential seal” — yesterday.
When it comes to deciphering news about Metro — or pretty much of anything in this crazy town — I’ve found that it helps to simply boil things down to real-life versions of popular Simpsons gags. (But, you know, nothing after season eight.) Take, for instance, this morning’s Washington Post report about a kinda-sorta shake-up involving WMATA safety chief Alexa Dupigny-Samuels, which is a lot more digestible through the lens of a classic bit…
By DCist Contributor Aaron Morrissey Dogfish Head Alehouse, the third (and we assume not the last) in a planned series of eateries that serve lovers of the venerable Delaware-based brewery with the American basics, is now open in Falls Church, and DCist popped by to survey the scene in advance of Tuesday night’s official Grand Opening party. There’s nothing outstanding about the place upon entering. The immediate thought was the episode of The Simpsons in…
City Paper really needs to pay employees more This blog post from City Paper’s Jessica Gould seems to imply that perhaps City Paper is not paying its employees quite enough. Recalling The Simpsons episode, “Lisa Gets an A”, Gould discusses going to Whole Foods with the purpose of compiling a lunch entirely from the free samples. As she went for a sample, one of the employees “caught her in the act.” I’m all about…
With all the hubbub this past weekend over 07/07/07 – the weddings, worldwide concerts, and the seven new wonders –- it was easy to forget that today is another “lucky” numerical date: 07/11. While newly wedded couples are off at their honeymoons today, 7-Eleven is celebrating its birthday with free Slurpees. In honor of the chain’s 80th year in business, 7-Eleven will be handing out 7.11 ounce samples of the brain-freeze-producing drink for today only….
LAist was comped front row seats by the Dodgers due to Malingering being struck by a foul ball last week, and she came back with some great photos, and earlier made fun of 4th of July on Venice Beach. But the biggest stories of the week was that the Mayor’s Hot Tamale was revealed, and that a Kwik-E-Mart was erected in Burbank. Phillyist was busy doing the Fourth of July up right, exercising their…
You might remember hearing the news, back in March, that the folks marketing The Simpsons Movie would be remaking some 7-11s across the country in the image of Apu Nahasapeemapetilan’s beloved Kwik-E-Mart. As Simpsons devotees, we were pretty excited. Well, the D.C. area is among the lucky metropolises selected — but, to our dismay, the Associated Press (via NBC4) tells us that the lucky 7-11 is in Bladensburg, Md. Of course Bladensburg isn’t all that…
Most of us have dreamed of having a pet monkey at some point. Whether it was after watching Mike Myers and his monkey on the SNL skit “Sprockets” or laughing our way through the episode of “The Simpsons” where Homer gets himself a helper monkey named Mojo, the idea of having a monkey as a pet just seems hilarious. But not to some Montogomery County officials. The Post is reporting today on the saga of…
Remember that episode of The Simpsons where Barney is dating a Japanese art student? And they show up at Moe’s and she orders “a single plum, floating in perfume, served in a man’s hat”? We can kind of imagine Blonde Redhead frontwoman (and former art student) Kazu Makino ordering that same thing. And Makino’s otherworldliness is so captivating that, like Moe, we probably wouldn’t bat an eye. Decked out in a menacingly short shirt-dress, Makino…
