Overfishing. Mercury. Enslaved fishermen. There are enough ideological pitfalls to sushi consumption already. So when we read Martin’s post earlier today, it made us sad. We just want some eel and spicy tuna rolls; not to support a crazy cultleader’s bid for world domination via the seafood market. Judging from the comments on the original post, many of you feel the same way. So DCist Nicole and I made a quick phone survey of some…

See, DCist is taking the positive view of things. Playing their worst baseball of the season, the Nationals left for a thirteen game road trip that began at Houston, the team directly above the Nats in the wild-card standings and the team that just swept the hometown boys in RFK, and they avoided the worst possible outcome. They could have been swept again. They could have lost their entire starting lineup to (further) injury….

Any tips for moving companies that can help me out with my local move? Just thinking about the moving process sends many into a nervous spin of worry. The prices usually seem outrageous and there are so many moving horror stories. So many questions and so few, or just plain confusing, answers. The cheapest route is to recruit friends (bribes revolving around food and alcohol tend to work, but expect grumbling nonetheless) and rent a…

Tourist Time. They’re here. Yes it is high tourist season and with it, comes heightened stress for locals. So with metorail during the tourist season, it is advisable to have your SmarTrip filled at all times, just to avoid long lines at farecard machines at some of the busier stations. Besides the main downtown transfer stations, Smithsonian, Union Station, Rosslyn, Pentagon City and Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan stations seem to have the worst tourist crowding on…

After what seemed like days without any news from the world of D.C. baseball, when DCist was last seen opining that the Nats were done trading, several trade/acquisition rumors have cropped up and been deemed worthy of coverage by the Post and MLB.com. So DCist will play along: Right-handed pitcher Esteban Loaiza has caught GM Jim Bowden’s eye, and for reasons mostly unknown to people not named Jim Bowden. The speculation has caused a good…

The NYT had an interesting article about certain regulations in Europe that classifies buildings as being worthy of demolition, much as preservationists will push for historic districts. In England, there are Grade X classifications for ugly, worthless buildings. The article is worth a read. But it got DCist thinking about buildings that are worthy of demolition in the District because of their architecture. So we generated a list of buildings of potential Grade X buildings…