a little lunchtime blogging following a quick review of the news feeds. dcist seems metro has issued emergency evacuation maps keyed to each exit for each metrorail subway station. see each station page like dupont circle to download the pdfs. in each one you see a map and landmarks for whats in a quartermile walk plus keys to bus routes with numbers and destinations. a great resource for those...
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dfwfilter so my girlfriend and i moved to the dfw area lewisville in particular. ive started up school shes started up work. now what were 24yearold foodies who went to college in new england and lived in washington dc for a while. im from texas but not this area and shes from california. what do we do in this town general were looking for a compendium of all things going on the dfw area ...
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im still unclear how many people packed into mile high stadium. ive seen numbers between 75000 and 90000. it seems like 84000 is most commonly reported. tight security plus so many people means long lines stretching at times up to six miles. dcist has some great photos from the floor including one of a group of people prevented from accessing the floor like at the pepsi center when hillary moved t...
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several papers washington bureaus have budgeted 100000 for political coverage. their convention teams will use most of that budget. two weeks of travel for a handful of people takes up most of 100000 no wonder their business model is failing. i can only imagine what this blog could do with that sort of budget. perhaps bloggers should be called costeffective reporters. out of either logistical desi...
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sommer mathis of dcist is reporting cuts ahead at the washington city paper. according to a newsroom insider the paper which along with five other papers nationwide is owned by creative loafing has to reduce its budget by 170000. ms. mathis quotes city paper editor erik wemple as saying like a lot of media companies we are going through an exceptionally rough period and indeed we are discussing h...
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redskins alumni ricky ervins and ken harvey at todays luncheon. chief zees tomahawk is missing which is very sad. chris cooley has offered a signed jersey as a reward which is less sad. the consensus of espns pundits is that the redskins are going to finish fourth in the division. jeremy green was the lone dissenter with the team going second. john clayton appears to have no understanding of t...
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all eyes were on sen. hillary clinton as she made tuesday nights headlining speech. no way. no how. no mccain. barack obama is my candidate. and he must be our president she said. but for those of us in d.c. there was another speech to have our eyes on. one from our nonvoting representative in congress del. eleanor holmes norton. as she did in a speech four years ago at the dnc she once again made...
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that its the vapid souls over at dcist who ended up with dnc credentials is probably all you need to know about the state of dcs political scene.a nevertheless its dcist who brings us this report that eleanor holmes norton fakerep. and colbert report star called upon an empty .........
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one day down and three more to go here in denver at the democratic national convention. below are some of the top moments of day 1 for dcist and a couple lowlights for good measure. sen. ted kennedys speech obvs. the expectations going in were that this would be the senators final public speech but kennedy walked out on stage and continued standing during his entire speech defying expectations ...
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sorry for the hiatus folks. ive been super busy this month between visiting ithaca for a wedding and eating myself retarded during restaurant week. ive also started writing for dcist squee so you can read a number of my restaurant week reviews there ps7s oyamel vidalia. i didnt review my last two meals rasika and dc coast. ive eaten at rasika three times and it has yet to disappoint. however ...
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dcist and the ist network is participating in a first of its kind credential program at this years democratic national convention. were serving as the selected blogger representing the district of columbia in the dnc state blogger corps californias rep is calitics. heres how the new york times described the desirability of our credential for bloggers attending the democratic convention at the peps...
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protesting capitalism hrefhttpam ericasfutu re.orgsonn ybunch2008 08protesti ngcapitali smsonny bunch asks am i the only one who read this story about the kid arrested for protesting capitalism in denver and thought of this south park clip nogreat bloggers searching for quick and easy genx pop culture references metaphor alike trackback 0......
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the pepsi center is located only a little over a mile away from the center of downtown denver but for credentialed delegates and media getting inside the facility is a process that takes about one hour. the democratic national convention committee and the city of denver arranged for shuttles to the pepsi center from prime spots downtown like major hotels. unfortunately the traffic jams caused by...
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the democratic national convention officially kicks off today. the gavel comes down at 300 p.m. mt 500 p.m. et for a call to order. michelle obama would it be correct to call her the presumptive candidate for first lady is also slated to speak tonight. at least two friends of mine that i know of are in denver this week for the events. sommer my editor at dcist where i occasionally contribute is ...
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noting the local release of the hagiographic documentary trumbo dcist writes that while he may not necessarily be a household name when it comes to american patriots novelist and screenwriter dalton trumbo earned the title. oh brother. perhaps the commenters can debate what it means to be a patriot but i suspect that we can all agree that shilling for joseph stalin isnt a necessary qualification. ...
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today i wandered over to the national zoo and saw the baby golden lion tamarins who are just about a month old now. ive never seen anything so cute in a zoo in my life. the babies leap on any adult in reach and cling as the adults scramble across branches clearly raising these babies is a team effort. this photo by roxandabear captures the excessive cuteness. shortly afterward an orangutan cl...
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drug war madness henley on super canines mccracken on reality tv the rising libertarian threat gas prices in perspective a pledge should mean something france considering fatty food tax americas big 3 brewers now surprisingly crafty should dc restaurants post letter grades imbibes miracle fruit article now online shellfish invasion may lead to new species boom......
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so dc do you care about the olympicsa are you excited or do you feel blasea im ambivalent about the olympics it seems like they are on all the time ever since the split of winter and summer games.a on the other hand one of my favorite childhood memories is of watching the torch handoff in my hometown on its way to the games in lake placid.a a relative tried for the olympics in the seventies and i...
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photo by ktylerconk used under creative commons license ive got a couple of weeks off of work despite house republicans best efforts congress has adjourned for the traditional august recess and things at the office are slow so i hit the wod bike trail yesterday afternoon. i got into riding thanks to an old roommate who was an avid outdoorsman and competitive cyclist. one of his safety tips for t...
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boy was yesterday exhausting. less than 24 hours after we announced the nominations for fishbowldcs fourth annual hottest media types competition weve already got the haters... anonymo us tip redacted is underrepresented in the female offair hotties redacted deserves the recognition but there are about 5 other redacted ladies who should be on the list ed. note yawn twitter with no one f...
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the keen eyes over at dcist caught this screen capture from the new york times today and aptly declared it an awkwardsadfunny typo from novak ap story on nytimes.co m. new career opportunities daily the best jobs in media......
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the dcist is reporting that house speaker nancy pelosi may allow a vote on rep. souters bill. actually the report is that shed have vulnerable blue dog demos introduce the same or a similar bill and allow a vote on that. heres a more extensive report in the hill. the bill would strike the ban on semiautomatics allow residents to buy from ffls in va and md and altho this is a bit much to hope for...
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its a challenge to dcs continuing ban on semiautos. blogging was slow today due to a meeting and will be slow for a day or two due to research and travel. update heller has to file a second suit since his first one alleged that he wanted to possess a revolver so whether dcs ban on semiauto pistols is unconstitutional wasnt an issue and wasnt ruled upon. logically it stands to reason that a b...
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the fotoweek dc is now accepting entries for its fotoweek dc photo contest. the early entry deadline is august 18th and the general deadline is september 22nd. fotoweek dc is a photography festival in the washington dc area that will take place from november 15th through the 22nd. according to the festival website the week of november 1522 2008 will mark the launch of fotoweek dc the first ann...
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