Jul 02, 2013
Yelp Maps Where D.C.’s Hipsters and Yuppies Hang Out
Yelp has provided D.C. with the ability to find out where the city’s bacon is.
Mar 09, 2007
Overheard in D.C.: Fuel for the Reynolds Renaissance
Guy walks into a studio executive’s office in Hollywood and says, “I’ve got a fantastic idea for a movie. Guaranteed blockbuster.” The executive leans forward in his chair. “Go on,” he says. “OK, so you take Jackass, cross it with It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, set it in an urban environment, put lots of young people in funny clothes while pulling shopping carts around the city like sled dogs and drinking at…
Oct 12, 2006
Borf Goes Global
We wouldn’t want anyone to think that we revisit these topics in a deliberate, cynical way, but there’s no denying that certain subjects are evergreen here at DCist. Church parking, smoking bans and ticket presale passwords: we know you can’t get enough of them. Neither can we. Yet there’s one topic that towers above all the others. We’re referring, of course, to Borf, aka John Tsombikos. As you might imagine, we were fascinated to…
May 21, 2006
Elsewhere in the Ist-a-verse
LAist has so much fun this week! They go to E3, where they overhear the timeless remark “Man, this is where nerdy girls get laid.” Is that a promise? They also give us this week’s best CDs and make us realize that LA is the best place to use Zillow. Ah, Houstonist. They’re biking to work, that is, if they can figure out how to get there. That’s right, Mapquest says “Houston had the…