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for August, 2009</h2> <div class="navigation"> <div class="alignleft"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dcblogs.com/?m=200908&paged=2">« Previous Entries</a></div> <div class="alignright"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dcblogs.com/?m=200908&paged=2">Next Page »</a></div> </div>  <div class="post"> <h2 id="post-1668"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dcblogs.com/?p=1668" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to DC Blogs Noted">DC Blogs Noted</a></h2> <small>Posted in <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dcblogs.com/?cat=1" title="View all posts in DC Blogs Noted" rel="category">DC Blogs Noted</a> on August 31st, 2009 by dcblogs </small> <div class="entry"> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dcblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/clothing5.jpg" title="clothing5.jpg"><img 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We have updated our neighborhood-by-neighborhood listing, with comments, of active neighborhood blogs at news.dcblogs.com. </p> <p>And regarding neighborhood blogging, today on the Kojo Nnamdi show, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://wamu.org/programs/kn/09/08/31.php#27380"><strong>Blogging Block-by-Block in Ward 8</strong></a>, with writers of <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://anacostianow.blogspot.com/"><strong>And Now, Anacostia</strong></a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://barryfarmremixed.blogspot.com/2009/08/river-east-bloggers-go-from-online-to.html"><strong>Barry Farm (Re)Mixed</strong></a>, and <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://www.congressheightsontherise.com/"><strong>Congress Heights on the Rise</strong></a>. Hosted by Marc Fisher of the <em>Washington Post</em>. </p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://infiniteconnections.blogspot.com/2009/08/no-urgency.html"><strong>I have some bad news for the over 40 single women out there</strong></a>, writes <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Infinite Connections</span></em>.</p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://stirrup-queens.blogspot.com/2009/08/how-talking-about-child-free-or.html"><strong>Child-free or childless?</strong> </a>Which is it? <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Stirrup Queen</span></em> </p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://mediaconcepts.blogspot.com/2009/08/my-ted-kennedy-story.html"><strong>My Ted Kennedy Story</strong>. </a><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Media Concepts</span></em> learned four things from his very brief encounter. </p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://capitalspice.wordpress.com/2009/08/30/pizza-buzz-pizzeria-paradiso-opens-in-new-space-seventhhill-to-open-this-week/"><strong>Pizza Paradiso moves to a new home on P Street</strong></a>. <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Capital Spice</span></em>. And <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dcbeer.com/2009/08/29/going-out-tonight-try-one-of-the-193-beers-that-just-arrived-in-dupont-circle-with-pizzeria-paradisos-grand-re-opening/"><strong>there are 193 beers </strong></a>to choose from, writes <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>dcbeer</em></span>. </p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2009/08/30/lottery-ticket-sales-up/"><strong>The latest investment bubble</strong></a>. <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>NotionsCapital</span></em>. <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://ouij.livejournal.com/299060.html"><strong>Relevant comment</strong></a>. <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Ouij</span></em></p> </div> <p class="postmetadata"> <span>Comments Off</span> </p> <rdf:rdf xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/"> <rdf:description rdf:about="http://dcblogs.com/?p=1668" dc:identifier="http://dcblogs.com/?p=1668" dc:title="DC Blogs Noted" trackback:ping="http://dcblogs.com/wp-trackback.php?p=1668"/> </rdf:rdf></div> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812js_/http://track.mybloglog.com/js/jsserv.php?mblID=2006031209453266"></script>  <div class="post"> <h2 id="post-1666"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dcblogs.com/?p=1666" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to DC Blogs Noted">DC Blogs Noted</a></h2> <small>Posted in <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dcblogs.com/?cat=1" title="View all posts in DC Blogs Noted" rel="category">DC Blogs Noted</a> on August 28th, 2009 by WashWords </small> <div class="entry"> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dcblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/theotherwashington.jpg" title="A recent trip to Seattle"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812im_/http://dcblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/theotherwashington.jpg" alt="A recent trip to Seattle"/></a></p> <p>Photographs and memories and thoughts, following the news of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy’s death. A few of the particularly nice tributes out there in DC cyberspace: <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>DC Peg</em></span> thinks of “the hand” from Hains Point in <strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dcpeg.blogspot.com/2009/08/he-tried.html">He Tried</a></strong>; while <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Lizkdc</em></span> is moved by particular story:<strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://lizkdc.typepad.com/lizkdc_dislocation/2009/08/the-man-at-the-door-ted-kennedys-death.html"> The Man at the Door (Ted Kennedy’s Death)</a></strong>; and <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Cooby Snacks</em></span> is affected more than was expected in <strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://coobs.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/remembering-senator-kennedy/">Remembering Senator Kennedy</a></strong>. <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>His Story</em></span> talks about meeting the man:<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://hisstory1.blogspot.com/2009/08/farewell-ted-kennedy.html"> <strong>Farewell … Ted Kennedy</strong></a> while <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Black Sapience</em></span> dedicates the blog to Kennedy’s memory, reprinting one of his most favorite speeches: <strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://blacksapience.blogspot.com/2009/08/tribute-to-liberal-lion-of-senate-cause.html">Tribute to the Liberal Lion of the Senate: The Cause Endures.</a></strong></p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>[F]oxymoron</em></span> takes to the market and encounters <strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://www.f-oxymoron.com/?p=2509">The Young DC Gelato Zombie.</a></strong></p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>DC Rocks</em></span> is happy to see a local author on the list. <strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://rockondc.blogspot.com/2009/08/look-what-pres-is-reading.html">Look What the Pres is Reading!</a></strong></p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Suburban Sweetheart</em></span> loooooveesss craigslist. She loves it so much… she tried it! Good luck SS. <strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://www.suburbansweetheart.com/2009/08/confessions-of-craigslist-lover.html">Confessions of a Craigslist Lover.</a></strong></p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Pygmalion in a Blanket</em></span> kicks it old school Sony Walkman style.<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://pygmalioninablanket.blogspot.com/2009/08/escalators-are-death-trraps-anyways.html"> <strong>Escalators are death traps anyways.</strong></a></p> </div> <p class="postmetadata"> <span>Comments Off</span> </p> <rdf:rdf xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/"> <rdf:description rdf:about="http://dcblogs.com/?p=1666" dc:identifier="http://dcblogs.com/?p=1666" dc:title="DC Blogs Noted" trackback:ping="http://dcblogs.com/wp-trackback.php?p=1666"/> </rdf:rdf></div> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812js_/http://track.mybloglog.com/js/jsserv.php?mblID=2006031209453266"></script>  <div class="post"> <h2 id="post-1664"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dcblogs.com/?p=1664" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to DC Blogs Noted">DC Blogs Noted</a></h2> <small>Posted in <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dcblogs.com/?cat=1" title="View all posts in DC Blogs Noted" rel="category">DC Blogs Noted</a> on August 27th, 2009 by Foilwoman </small> <div class="entry"> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dcblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/lone-blogger-at-work.jpg" title="lone-blogger-at-work.jpg"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812im_/http://dcblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/lone-blogger-at-work.jpg" alt="lone-blogger-at-work.jpg"/></a></p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Sonnet87</em></span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://www.sonnet87.com/2009/08/26/reading-agony-the-book-list/"><strong>compares and contrasts Pat Conroy’s last two books </strong></a>and wonders “why is high school the most important and defining period of time in the lives of the characters of both of these books?” among other things.</p> <p>According to <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>BlackGirlGrown</em></span>’s guest blogger Tricia Wagner, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://www.blackgirlgrown.com/2009/08/26/guest-post-why-women-need-to-save-more-than-men/"><strong>women need to save more than men do</strong></a>.</p> <p>After getting two parking tickets in one evening for parking in a legal (at the time) space, <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Learning to Fly</em></span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://liebchen11.wordpress.com/2009/08/26/i-fought-the-law-and-the-law-lost/"><strong>challenged the tickets and won</strong></a>.</p> <p>Waking up still drunk and feeling a smidge poorly, JP of the <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Gospel According to JP</em></span>, announces <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://justjp.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/when-the-devils-nipping-at-your-heels-you-know-this-time-its-for-real/"><strong>his detox plans for the next thirty days</strong></a>. Should he meet this challenge, he plans to reward himself with the Great American Beer Festival.</p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Poverty & Policy</em></span> wonders <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://povertyandpolicy.wordpress.com/2009/08/26/after-earmarks/"><strong>what to do in DC after earmarks have been eliminated</strong></a>.</p> <p>What does it mean when you’re a center-right social libertarian non-interventionist cultural liberal? <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Roosevelt Island</em></span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://www.roosevelt-island.net/2009/08/actually-im-center-right-social.html"><strong>takes a political spectrum quiz</strong></a>.</p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Freewheelin’ Spirit</em></span> is <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://freewheelingspirit.blogspot.com/2009/08/bike-for-aging-cyclist.html"><strong>fixing up some bikes</strong></a> found on e-Bay and a neighbor’s trash pile.</p> </div> <p class="postmetadata"> <span>Comments Off</span> </p> <rdf:rdf xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/"> <rdf:description rdf:about="http://dcblogs.com/?p=1664" dc:identifier="http://dcblogs.com/?p=1664" dc:title="DC Blogs Noted" trackback:ping="http://dcblogs.com/wp-trackback.php?p=1664"/> </rdf:rdf></div> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812js_/http://track.mybloglog.com/js/jsserv.php?mblID=2006031209453266"></script>  <div class="post"> <h2 id="post-1662"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dcblogs.com/?p=1662" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to DC Blogs Noted">DC Blogs Noted</a></h2> <small>Posted in <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dcblogs.com/?cat=1" title="View all posts in DC Blogs Noted" rel="category">DC Blogs Noted</a> on August 26th, 2009 by RestaurantRefugee </small> <div class="entry"> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dcblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/18u.jpg" title="18u.jpg"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812im_/http://dcblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/18u.jpg" alt="18u.jpg"/></a></p> <p>Much has been blogged about the felonious behavior of athletes. The latest post from the <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Food for Thought</span></em> blog addresses this subject but in the larger context of all of our lives in <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://udothedishes.com/2009/08/a-guide-to-withholding-sympathy-from-fools/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed"><strong>A Guide to Withholding Pity from Fools</strong></a>.</p> <p>The author of the <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Freedom from Blog</span></em> offers a first hand account of a health care town hall meeting in <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://freedomfromblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/crazytown-dispatch.html"><strong>Crazytown Dispatch</strong></a>.</p> <p>Speaking of health care … <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Lawyer Mama</span></em> knows that she is very fortunate to have her health and her high quality health care. That doesn’t prevent her from <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://www.lawyermama.com/lawyermama/2009/08/hear-my-story-health-care-stories-from-mothers.html"><strong>wanting to voice her frustration with the system and enlisting others in the debate too</strong></a>. </p> <p>Ward 1 Councilman Jim Graham obviously digs The Bard, and wants residents to enjoy a performance of <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://www.theheightslifedc.com/2009/08/jim-graham-tames-shrew.html"><strong>Taming of the Shrew without spending pound nor pence</strong></a>. Thanks to <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>The Heights Life</span></em> for the information.</p> <p>Glamour Magazine published a nude photo of a “plus sized model” and did so without photoshopping the picture. Stephanie, co-author of <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Not Easily Impressed</span></em>, has some thoughts on <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://noteasilyimpressed.blogspot.com/2009/08/photo-diary.html"><strong>the picture and the reaction it received from magazine readers</strong></a>. </p> <p>The certainty of karma is on full display in <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Sarah and the Goon Squad</span></em>’s <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://sarahandthegoonsquad.com/2009/08/25/karma-is-a-cruel-mistress/"><strong>Karma is a Cruel Mistress</strong></a>. </p> <p>It is probably just my left-handed bias spilling pixels onto your screen, but I adored <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://noteverstill.blogspot.com/2009/08/even-handedness.html"><strong>this post from a fellow lefty whose right-handed child finds bliss in opposite handedness</strong></a>. The blog is <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Not-Ever-Still Life with Girls</span></em>.</p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2009/08/24/vox-turns-three/"><strong>Happy Third Birthday to the Vox Populi Blog</strong></a> – the extremely well written blog from the Georgetown University Newspaper that holds loads of appeal for students and non-students alike.</p> </div> <p class="postmetadata"> <span>Comments Off</span> </p> <rdf:rdf xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/"> <rdf:description rdf:about="http://dcblogs.com/?p=1662" dc:identifier="http://dcblogs.com/?p=1662" dc:title="DC Blogs Noted" trackback:ping="http://dcblogs.com/wp-trackback.php?p=1662"/> </rdf:rdf></div> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812js_/http://track.mybloglog.com/js/jsserv.php?mblID=2006031209453266"></script>  <div class="post"> <h2 id="post-1660"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dcblogs.com/?p=1660" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to DC Blogs Noted">DC Blogs Noted</a></h2> <small>Posted in <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dcblogs.com/?cat=1" title="View all posts in DC Blogs Noted" rel="category">DC Blogs Noted</a> on August 25th, 2009 by dcblogs </small> <div class="entry"> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dcblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/georgetown-street-scene-876.jpg" title="georgetown-street-scene-876.jpg"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812im_/http://dcblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/georgetown-street-scene-876.jpg" alt="georgetown-street-scene-876.jpg"/></a></p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://www.capitalcitydiner.com/blog/?p=15"><strong>A detective discourages the writers</strong> </a>of <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Capital City Diner</span></em> from filing a police report after they are mugged by a man who appeared to be carrying a sawed-off shotgun. Discussion about it <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://frozentropics.blogspot.com/2009/08/cap-city-diner-robbery.html"><strong>can also be found</strong></a> at <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>frozen tropics</span></em> </p> <p>More shotgun news: Metro’s heavily armed money collectors are a formidable presence. But are they being careless when they point a weapon at somebody? The writer of <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Unsuck DC Metro</span></em> tells of his experience in the post, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://unsuckdcmetro.blogspot.com/2009/08/please-dont-point-shotgun-at-me.html"><strong>Please Don’t Point the Shotgun at Me.</strong></a> Excerpt:<br/> <blockquote>The doors opened, and to my bewilderment a uniformed man stepped out of the first car brandishing an enormous shotgun. Since he was holding it up, and I was elevated on the escalator, it was pointing directly at me.</p></blockquote> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Wild and Crazy Pearl</span></em> marks her 100th post with <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://www.wildandcrazypearl.com/2009/08/calling-willard-scottw-and-cp-is-100.html"><strong>10 top 10 lists</strong></a>. It’s a long, exhaustive and entertaining post that includes top 10 restaurants, desserts, products, Websites among others. </p> <p>The writer of <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>concrete jungle dc</span></em> returns from vacation to discover a hole in the ceiling. A fire, sprinkler and a flood are to blame in the post, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://concretejungledc.blogspot.com/2009/08/importance-of-insurance.html"><strong>The importance of insurance</strong></a>. </p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Brightwood Living </span></em><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://brightwoodliving.blogspot.com/2009/08/afternoon-in-little-italy.html"><strong>visits Baltimore’s Little Italy</strong></a> and offers a report with pastry photos. </p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://offthecuffdc.blogspot.com/2009/08/there-are-no-short-sleeved-dress-shirts.html"><strong>There are no short sleeved dress shirts</strong></a>. <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Off the Cuff</span></em>. </p> <p>Interesting post about <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://meeg-toomuchinformation.blogspot.com/2009/08/vampire-in-venice.html"><strong>a skeleton uncovered in Venice and its link to vampires</strong></a>. <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Too Much Information</span></em>. [Descriptive content warning] </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata"> <span>Comments Off</span> </p> <rdf:rdf xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/"> <rdf:description rdf:about="http://dcblogs.com/?p=1660" dc:identifier="http://dcblogs.com/?p=1660" dc:title="DC Blogs Noted" trackback:ping="http://dcblogs.com/wp-trackback.php?p=1660"/> </rdf:rdf></div> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812js_/http://track.mybloglog.com/js/jsserv.php?mblID=2006031209453266"></script>  <div class="post"> <h2 id="post-1657"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dcblogs.com/?p=1657" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to DC Blogs Noted">DC Blogs Noted</a></h2> <small>Posted in <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dcblogs.com/?cat=1" title="View all posts in DC Blogs Noted" rel="category">DC Blogs Noted</a> on August 24th, 2009 by dcblogs </small> <div class="entry"> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dcblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/amnight.jpg" title="amnight.jpg"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812im_/http://dcblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/amnight.jpg" alt="amnight.jpg"/></a></p> <p>Maria of <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>A Daily Dose of Zen Sarcasm</em></span> stops for bargain gas on New York Avenue and notices some odd-looking characters, including a woman with fashion sense that’s circa 1993. And then the police arrive. The post: <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://www.madamemeow.com/daily_dose/2009/08/the-jamaican-beat-of-justice-dc-edition.html"><strong>The Jamaican Beat of Justice, DC Edition</strong></a>. </p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>dc introspective</em></span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dcintraspective.blogspot.com/2009/08/ufcw-protest-at-whole-foods-ht-on-cap.html"><strong>goes past the protest line</strong></a> to have lunch at Whole Foods. </p> <p>Mike Licht of <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>NotionsCapital</em></span> revises the terror alert color code into a new, clever graphic: <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2009/08/23/tom-ridge-on-the-bush-terrorism-alert-code/"><strong>The Republican Election Terror Alert System</strong></a>.</p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://www.silverspringsingular.com/2009/08/match-made-in-pinball-heaven.html"><strong>Discovering the National Pinball Museum</strong></a> in Silver Spring delivers a “Wait, what?” moment at <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Silver Spring, Singular</em></span></p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dcdiscombobulated.blogspot.com/2009/08/dupont-adventures.html"><strong>Colorful, late night, Dupont Circle photos</strong></a>. <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>DC Discombobulated</em></span></p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>HarDCore Intern</em></span> list <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://hardcoreintern.blogspot.com/2009/08/nostalgia-post.html"><strong>her top five DC things</strong></a>. </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata"> <span>Comments Off</span> </p> <rdf:rdf xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" 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href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://skullcrushermountain.blogspot.com/"><strong>Skullcrusher Mountain</strong></a></p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://ladyandherboysclub.wordpress.com/"><strong>Lady & My Boys Club</strong></a></p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://theemailchain.blogspot.com/"><strong>The E-Mail Chain</strong></a></p> <p>Real Estate:</p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://yourreinsider.com/blog/"><strong>Your Real Estate Insider</strong></a></p> <p>Business:</p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://swordandthescript.blogspot.com/"><strong>Sword and the Script</strong></a></p> </div> <p class="postmetadata"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dcblogs.com/?p=1655#comments" title="Comment on The latest adds to the dcblogs.com/live">1 Comment »</a> </p> <rdf:rdf xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 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href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dcblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/rock-creek.jpg" title="rock-creek.jpg"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812im_/http://dcblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/rock-creek.jpg" alt="rock-creek.jpg"/></a></p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Prince of Petworth</em></span> rags on my (newish) neck of the woods. <strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/08/oh-ballston-va-you-keep-getting-better-and-better/">Oh Ballston, VA You Keep Getting Better and Better</a>.</strong> Also (yes, a twofer from PoP today. You’re welcome Prince!) he shares some work from a local favorite poet. <strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/08/poems-by-reuben-jackson/">Poems by Reuben Jackson</a></strong></p> <p>Speaking of poetry…<span style="background: #ffff66"><em> In Through the Back Door</em></span> treats you to <strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://inthroughthebackdoor.blogspot.com/2009/08/paper-love.html">Paper Love</a></strong></p> <p>And speaking of pizza …wait, you weren’t? <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Washingtonian’s Best Bites</em></span> invites you to partake in <strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://www.washingtonian.com/blogarticles/13363.html">The Pizza Pool</a></strong></p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Shmaley</em></span> pleas for <strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://roelb.blogspot.com/2009/08/fantasy-football-help.html">Fantasy Football Help.</a></strong><strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://inthroughthebackdoor.blogspot.com/2009/08/paper-love.html"></a></strong></p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Greater Greater Washington</em></span> asks <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post.cgi?id=3267"> <strong>Why aren’t there buses to the memorials?</strong></a> (Buses of the non-Tourmobile Persuasion that is.)</p> <p>Magda of <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Thunderstorms Highly Likely</em></span> muses on <strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://magdathunder.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/takeoffs-and-landings-of-sorts/">Takeoffs and Landings, of Sorts.</a></strong></p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Adventures in DC</em></span> marvels at the difference between herself and college freshmen today, despite just a decade of time. Try (gulp) nearly two decades. <strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://heatherinfrance.blogspot.com/2009/08/class-of-2013.html">The Class of 2013.</a></strong></p> </div> <p class="postmetadata"> <span>Comments Off</span> </p> <rdf:rdf xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/"> <rdf:description rdf:about="http://dcblogs.com/?p=1653" dc:identifier="http://dcblogs.com/?p=1653" dc:title="DC Blogs Noted" trackback:ping="http://dcblogs.com/wp-trackback.php?p=1653"/> </rdf:rdf></div> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812js_/http://track.mybloglog.com/js/jsserv.php?mblID=2006031209453266"></script>  <div class="post"> <h2 id="post-1651"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dcblogs.com/?p=1651" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to DC Blogs Noted">DC Blogs Noted</a></h2> <small>Posted in <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dcblogs.com/?cat=1" title="View all posts in DC Blogs Noted" rel="category">DC Blogs Noted</a> on August 20th, 2009 by Foilwoman </small> <div class="entry"> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dcblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/taxi-at-columbia-and-18th.jpg" title="taxi-at-columbia-and-18th.jpg"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812im_/http://dcblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/taxi-at-columbia-and-18th.jpg" alt="taxi-at-columbia-and-18th.jpg"/></a></p> <p>For half an hour a week you can help a child discover a love of reading. <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Life in Mount Vernon Square</em></span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://lifein.mvsna.org/index.cfm/2009/8/19/Help-children-discover-a-love-for-reading--We-still-need-more-volunteers"><strong>gives the details</strong></a>.</p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://www.assortedstuff.com/?p=3279"><strong>How does the Internet see you</strong></a>? <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Assorted Stuff</em></span> looks at Personas.</p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>“Near Southeast” Redevelopment/JDLand</em></span> wonders exactly what water taxi service is available to Nationals’ Park. After all, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://www.jdland.com/dc/index.cfm?id=3050"><strong>the Mayor’s office has announced that the taxi service is available, but gives no specifics</strong></a>.</p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Esther-Now-and-Then-Some</em></span> wonders <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://esthernow.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/when-is-it-ok-to-jump-in-front-of-a-bus/"><strong>when it is okay to run along side or jump in front of a moving bus</strong></a>?</p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>DCist</em></span> wonders about <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dcist.com/2009/08/metro_implements_new_hiring_standar.php"><strong>Metro’s new hiring standards</strong></a>.</p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Dissenting Justice</em></span> will take <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dissentingjustice.blogspot.com/2009/08/ill-take-wise-latina-over-two-death.html"><strong>one “Wise Latina” over two Death Panelists</strong></a> any day.</p> </div> <p class="postmetadata"> <span>Comments Off</span> </p> <rdf:rdf xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/"> <rdf:description rdf:about="http://dcblogs.com/?p=1651" dc:identifier="http://dcblogs.com/?p=1651" dc:title="DC Blogs Noted" trackback:ping="http://dcblogs.com/wp-trackback.php?p=1651"/> </rdf:rdf></div> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812js_/http://track.mybloglog.com/js/jsserv.php?mblID=2006031209453266"></script>  <div class="post"> <h2 id="post-1649"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dcblogs.com/?p=1649" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to DC Blogs Noted">DC Blogs Noted</a></h2> <small>Posted in <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dcblogs.com/?cat=1" title="View all posts in DC Blogs Noted" rel="category">DC Blogs Noted</a> on August 19th, 2009 by RestaurantRefugee </small> <div class="entry"> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dcblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/mmwoodley.jpg" title="mmwoodley.jpg"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812im_/http://dcblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/mmwoodley.jpg" alt="mmwoodley.jpg"/></a></p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Alice</em></span> dates a lot… with what she has described as “varying” degrees of success. A number of people have asked her why she hasn’t used eHarmony; she wrote an open letter in response – <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://aliceblogs.blogspot.com/2009/08/eharmony-i-am-not-compatible.html"><strong>eHarmony: I am not compatible</strong></a>.</p> <p>Is art found (at a steep discount) better than art acquired? <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Life Goes on, I Think?</em></span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://lifegoesonithink.blogspot.com/2009/08/snooze-you-lose.html"><strong>may not answer the question as much as she stakes a claim</strong></a>.</p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Mary L. Tabor</em></span> is writing “A memoir about her separation from her husband and her rediscovery of life, sex and love after sixty,” and she is writing it “Live” which is to say that it is drafted in the form of a blog. In some ways, this is the quintessential notion of the personal blog. Her example is a riveting read, and includes lines like “<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://maryltabor.blogspot.com/2009/07/ps-i-love-you.html"><strong>We love on debt: <em>Carta di credito finito</em></strong></a>?”</p> <p>Have you ever gone myth-busting around DC? Have you ever looked for J Street or tried to learn the truth about why it doesn’t exist? Shannon from <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>We Love DC</em></span> has been, and this week set about resolving the myth of <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://www.welovedc.com/2009/08/18/dc-mythbusting-boundary-stones/"><strong>DC Boundary Stones. Was it busted or confirmed?</strong></a></p> <p>Summer Restaurant Week is coming; do you know where your discount meal will be? <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Todd Kliman</em></span>, dining editor for the Washingtonian Magazine, lists on his blog <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://www.washingtonian.com/blogarticles/13320.html"><strong>the places where he would eat for Restaurant Week… with some caveats</strong></a>.</p> <p>Top Chef Season 6 premiers this evening and a few members of the cast of cheftestants have connections to the DC area. <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>The Capital Spice</em></span> blog has interviews with all of the local competitors: <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://capitalspice.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/top-chef-countdown-our-interview-with-chef-mike-isabella-of-zaytinya/"><strong>Mike Isabella of Zatinya</strong></a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://capitalspice.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/top-chef-countdown-our-interview-with-chef-mike-isabella-of-zaytinya/"><strong>Bryan Voltaggio of Volt</strong></a>, and <strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://capitalspice.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/top-chef-countdown-day-3-our-interview-with-chef-jesse-sandlin-of-abacrombie-fine-food/">Jesse Sandlin of Abacrombie Fine Foods & Dining</a></strong>.</p> <p>As a reminder<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://www.meetup.com/dcbloggers/">, <strong>the August DC Blogger Meetup</strong></a> is tonight at Madams Organ @ 7pm.</p> </div> <p class="postmetadata"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dcblogs.com/?p=1649#comments" title="Comment on DC Blogs Noted">2 Comments »</a> </p> <rdf:rdf xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/"> <rdf:description rdf:about="http://dcblogs.com/?p=1649" dc:identifier="http://dcblogs.com/?p=1649" dc:title="DC Blogs Noted" trackback:ping="http://dcblogs.com/wp-trackback.php?p=1649"/> </rdf:rdf></div> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812js_/http://track.mybloglog.com/js/jsserv.php?mblID=2006031209453266"></script> <div class="navigation"> <div class="alignleft"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dcblogs.com/?m=200908&paged=2">« Previous Entries</a></div> <div class="alignright"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dcblogs.com/?m=200908&paged=2">Next Page »</a></div> </div> </div> <div id="sidebar">  <ul> <form method="get" id="searchform" action="/web/20100920154812/http://dcblogs.com/index.php"> <div><input type="text" value="" name="s" id="s"/> <input type="submit" id="searchsubmit" value="Search"/> </div> </form> </ul> <a href="#" onclick="return dbt_bookmark();">Bookmark on del.icio.us</a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://add.my.yahoo.com/rss?url=http://feeds.feedburner.com/DCblogs"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812im_/http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/my/addtomyyahoo4.gif" alt="" style="border:0"/></a> <p id="powered-by"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://www.blogger.com/"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812im_/http://buttons.blogger.com/bloggerbutton1.gif" alt="Powered by Blogger"/></a></p> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dcblogs.com/?feed=rss2 ">Entries (RSS)</a><br> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://dcblogs.com/?feed=comments-rss2 ">Comments (RSS)</a> <script src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812js_/http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-493047-1"; urchinTracker(); </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812js_/http://technorati.com/embed/v3ja3cveci.js"> </script> <script src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812js_/http://linklog.blogflux.com/linklog.js.php?id=7607" language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"></script>  <script type="text/javascript" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812js_/http://sm1.sitemeter.com/js/counter.js?site=sm1smoke11"> </script>  </div> <hr/> <div id="footer"> <p class="center"> <font color="#FFFFFF">Powered by <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://wordpress.org/">WordPress</a>, Driven by DC <br> You waited 0.457 seconds for us, how wonderful! </font><br> DCBlogs is part of Comvest Inc.</p> </div> </div> <div style="display: none; left:-30000px !important;"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100920154812/http://zeitgeistnola.com/">ZEITGEIST NOLA</a></div> </body> </html>