DC Blogs

A guy with an irritating manner pushes his way into a Metro car, sits down and begins talking. It’s mostly incoherent gibberish, but then he says something that was as totally fascinating as it was believable, writes the DC Universe. The post: Jesus, not even Lee Majors pulled that off…

Monument fans: The most reviled public statue ever erected. Eye Level.

The final burger rankings at City Girls World

The Veganista is convinced she is the woman on the cover of Consumer Reports.

Footnotes: Salt is a great escapist movie to cool the summer heat. It gets a B+.

Four art shows opening tonight (Friday). And Now, Anacostia, including East of the River: 4th Annual Juried Exhibit.

The Scarry Mommy contemplates the conundrum of being a stay at home mom vs. going back to work.

Snarkshelf contemplates the vice in coveting thy neighbor’s BMW… among other things.

The Prince of Petworth contemplates the neighborhood ramifications of a new DC brewery opening in Shaw.

The blogger behind At Least I’m Enjoying the Ride contemplates the unassailable perfection that is dinner at the Inn at Little Washington (it would take the bulk of this page to list all of their major accolades so you just need to trust the opinion of  someone who gets paid to make such assessments that I am correct on this matter.)

WashingTina contemplates her attachments to inanimate objects but most especially the her first thing-love – a candy apple red Ford Mustang convertible with a really big engine and big personality too.  Her name was Flash.

Neurotic in Ashburn contemplates the complexity of dealing with emotionally damaged men.

Ed. Note: Yes, as I wrote this submission, I clearly had some fascination with contemplation or its nominal form.

Eat More Drink More may have finally convinced me to go to a non-metro accessible part of Virginia with this review of Trummers on Main.

A group of lawyers in downtown DC is suing a burger joint for creating too much “beefy smoke”. Ummm… what? Washington City Paper has the oh so ridiculous details.

Farm Fresh Meat encourages us to “all pledge to stop checking our email for a couple hours and watch some good old fashioned TV.”

A group of Marines and Navy Seals fly the flag at a beach and it draws people into conversation. Midcourt writes: That is when it struck me … that these people coming up to us, sharing their stories of their sons, brothers and in one case her husband, were bonding with their loved ones through us. This well told story is titled, What does “nothing to do” mean to you?

Giving a tour to a zillion Boy Scouts on the hottest Saturday of the year SOUNDS like it should have been miserable, but DC Like a Local explains why it was actually one of the most pleasant.

What would you do if your child was referred to as “broken”? Something “needing to be fixed”? The Big Piece of Cake maintains that her son is not a piece of equipment needing a replacement part.

A Bike Courier’s Bad Day. The life of a DC courier and lindy hopper. A former programmer tells his story.

This isn’t a metaphor, it’s a photo: Woman on the ledge. Fat Biscut.

I might be a cougar. Sorry about that. She writes: I was enjoying myself, my burger, and the good view of perfect bone structure. Then the conversation moved to weekend plans, I told him that I try not to think that far ahead in my life, and he told me that his birthday is this coming Saturday.

Inferno antidote or a salad dressing with honey, lime, grapefruit … Bicycle Girl: One Girl, One Life, One Bike.

DC Dept of Motor Vehicles doesn’t get the license right. Photo of results. The life of MB.

There’s a nice new two-way bike lane in the median of Pennsylvania Ave., writes Note to Self. Photo.

DC in 50 Days. A long vacation that’s now at day 33.

In photos and words, Sunshine and Potatoes says goodbye. Sealed With A Kiss: Farewell DC.

The washing machine is broke and Mari, the writer of In Shaw, waits all afternoon for the Sears repair crew to arrive. They don’t show, so she takes matters into her own hands.

DC residents have a lot of power over liquor license receiving establishments via “voluntary agreements.” 14th & You explains how they are used and their potential for abuse. A very informative post.

A recent AU grad goes to Florida to take what may be one of the last (or so it seems) newspaper jobs in America. It’s a culture change for her. Up to Date.

Has it been five years already? Rude Cactus tells of the birthday of his five year old.

Be Aware Of Your Surroundings And Use Precautions. Ask Miss A. She tells her own story.

Look, if you can’t take care of a pet, and can’t con a friend into taking it on, bring the animal to the pound, Humane Society, or animal rescue center. The Washington Humane Society is offering a $1,000 reward for information about whoever tossed six guinea pigs in the trash (three died, one after being rescued) at the 2900 block of Knox Place, SE. The Humane Society’s blog details the animals’ rescue. As the new grandmother or two guinea pigs, I wonder about this person: guinea pigs are sweet, affectionate, and totally inoffensive. So if you know about this act of cruelty, call 202-BE-HUMANE. Thanks.

Carlos in DC details a pro-DREAM Act graduation/demonstration.

Gruner Veltliner wine is not that well known in the U.S. A Glass After Work recommends one.

Jared of Strangers Laugh at Me had what one can only assume was an awesome weekend: it involved miniature golf, a road trip, with some amazing sights not limited to the Natural Bridge, Dinosaur Kingdom, and Foamhenge.

The Blog of the Courtier discusses earworms (music, not insects).

“Two hands, flimsy safety pins, one boob, and yet another awkward position”… and yet somehow, someway the post by Lemon Gloria is even better than the title.

Sometime around 2am Sunday morning a brawl erupted on the platform of the Bethesda Metro Station.  Unsuck DC Metro has coverage from participants in Jersey Shore comes to Bethesda, and iMetro blog has some additional details in Bethesda Fight Club.

Baskin Robbins is retiring five flavors of ice cream and the blogger behind I Spy Things DC is more than a bit tweaked by some of the additions and subtractions.

Not Enough Tequila in the World has a great facility with analyzing and deriving humor from the everyday elements of our world.  His latest collection of nine cinema related questions, “Why is it that in the movies…” demonstrates that humor again.

Kat, of Kat in the Kitchen, publicly acknowledges her status as a “boozeaholic” and describes the methodology for making a proper Margarita.

Washington City Paper Blog The Sexist wanders into the internet morass of race by examining what she termed “A Brief History of DateLab Racism.”  The charges, counter-charges, and defenses predictably flow in the comments.

Washington Post’s Metro ’seat hog’ piece hits a bullseye. You can fight back, writes The DC Universe: So I pretended that I didn’t see the bag, walked up to the seat, and slowly started to sit down right on top of it. But The Well Red Commuter said the Post had its facts wrong, and writes: Somebody reading this article either now or in the future would get the mistaken impression that Metro is packed with rude, selfish, mean-spirited cretins.

Entries you are unlikey to see win the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #248. Running with Blue Sponge.

Happy Trails, Trigger. NotionsCapital tells what Roy Rogers’ stuff dog fetched.

Bitches who Brunch like Cashion’s Eat Place.

Businessweek names D.C. second best city for college grads. Vox Populi

Toddler Planet has the news about the BlogHer Voices of the Year. She is one along with Scary Mommy. Congratulations to all!

The blogger of FANNEtastic Food hears from someone she hasn’t seen in 15 years. They meet for dinner where an extraordinary confession is made. The post: A Tale of Middle School Bullying.

A new editor of an upcoming local pub that’s part of the Patch.com, RestonPatch, celebrates her 46th birthday in her new 26th-something world. Snarkshelf

A story of earthquake love. i’m gonna break your heart, writes: I love a man who is as incapable of being alone as he is of being monogamous.

Disaster wrap: The horrifying consequences of DC’s earthquake in photos. Famous DC.

The broken escalators at Dupont Circle are moving some to action. Unsuck DC Metro.

People in DC looking good. Scroll through Curator of DC Style.

Best earthquake post: Earthquake convo. Where’s My Cape. A child offers a view of what the earthquake may bring.

Near the epicenter: … the house seemed to lower and settle back down, Of Lemons and Honey.

Men, stop filling your pockets with crap. Capitol Hill Style. Consider the people behind you waiting to get through security screening. Excerpt: As loud groans filled the corridor, he rechecked his pockets and discovered another lighter and two more pieces of change. I expected him to go all Mary Poppins and pull out a floor lamp or a tea set.

Turning Grief Into Something Good. DC Femella, who writes: Every day I wake up missing my sister, but also my old life. It’s a life that seems like it’s always out of my grasp.

Surprising summertime dangers for pets. A veterinarian who works at Friendship Hospital for Animals offers a must read. Friendship Tails.

Dear Washington Examiner, Ballou High School is NOT in Anacostia. It’s in Congress Heights, that neighborhood TWO neighborhoods away. Congress Heights on the Rise.

Social media Jujutsu: A Comcast response to a complaint. DC Rowhouse.

Inception. Review by Punch Drunk Critics.

Go, Pop, Go gives thanks for the birth of his second daughter, and might be a tad biased (but that’s okay, he’s her dad, he’s supposed to be biased) in describing the perfection of it all.

What does it mean to be a professional? The Definitive Dmbosstone considers this question as he considers his first gig as a professional stage manager.

Not to let Restaurant Refugee and LiveItLuvIt win in the cute-and-cuddly department with the link to Save the Furbabies yesterday – and yes, I linked to it again, because why not? – here’s the Washington Humane Society trying to find a new home for two dogs whose owner had to bring them in when she was deployed to Iraq.  And the Humane Society lists pet adoption events this weekend.  So those of you who are cranky, supercilious, or just need a cuddle, get a pet!  You’ll be happier.

More cute and cuddly action:  at first, you might think Edwin the Mouse had poor survival skills, but then consider what actually happened to him, as described in Helios Monroe.

And in the not-so-cute-and-cuddly department, DCMetrocentric posts photos of Silver Spring during Shark Week.

Andrew McCormick of The Arena describes the work of the She Rescue Home – a shelter in Cambodia for victims of rape and human trafficking.

As the temperature rises, Beyond Bread is asking for more fans for the needy.

Photo: This bundle of cute is waiting to be adopted. For more information and a photo gallery of dozens of other pets-in-waiting, see Live It, Love It, Save the Furbabies.

If there is any blogger that could write a post about her breast cancer getting increasingly seriousness and somehow make it poignant, funny, and simultaneously vaguely erotic, it’s City Girl. Stage 1 is not so fun, details her advancement.

In a *cough, cough* refreshing change of pace, the author/explorer behind the Metro Ventures blog, stands in defense of the much maligned transit system… and still offers some suggestions for improvement.

The Scarlet Letters contemplates office romance/feelings that might be unrequited.

If you can find a way to intersect studying for the bar and the movie Bull Durham in a cohesive and compelling blog post, of course, you merit a DC Blogs Noted mention: Ouij writes about Curveballs.

Life adjustments, including but not limited to boyfriend and new place, are having an impact on Liz in Limbo. Warning: Herein Lay Strange Nesting Behaviors.

There are few joys in the Washington area quite like experiencing a great show from the expanse of Wolf Trap’s lawn or in the covered seats. However, the author of Brutalism details the comedy that can occur when Drunk People Happen.

General Shout-Out: Clarendon Nights is a go-to blog for all those people who wish to voluntarily socialize in that particular Virginia Suburb (and no, this city dwelling contributing editor could not resist the back-handed compliment to the all things suburban.)

Because of her blog, Adventures of a florida girl in dc has been invited to media tastings and events for new restauants. She writes: What I didn’t anticipate was that I felt a little weird about going to these events and then blogging about them to you.

Designer Debt : How Far Will Women Go? Ask Miss A ponders this question and points out a Web site that allows readers to borrow or rent things, such as the Hermes Vintage Crocodile Birkin Handbag for $1,6320.00 a week.

If you missed the broken escalator at Dupont Circle, fear not. This short video captures the frustration and complaining by people facing something worse that a fare hike, a real hike up hundreds of stairs. Unsuck DC Metro.

I can hear you bitching tells about her recent trip to a concert in the West Virginia mountains. It begins: So this weekend I left the city and headed to Wild, Wonderful, West Virginia with a couple of my Peace Corps buddies. I paid $180 for a ticket, we rented a car, and we cleaned out the local Wal-Mart getting supplies for a weekend of mountain music.

The Death Of Advertising: The New Role Of Commercials. The Definitive Dmbosstone

Save the furbabies because they really need you. Live It, Love It. Be sure to scroll down to the bundle of cute pictures taken at the Washington Humane Society.

Tenleytown – Road Kill for the Middle Class. Econo-Girl tells about all the stuff college kids leave on their way out of Tenleytown. She writes: The sidewalks are filled with the discards of college students who would rather throw out a perfect condition couch than haul it to its next location.

A Dash of Spice explains what she wants in a man.

Russia with Love and commercials. Interesting set of photographs from DC Discombobulated, who writes: Sometimes (all the time) I am embarrassed when I see Americana invading other cultures.

Ivy’s Flying Umbrella. A photo that lives up to its billing. Beal Namulla

Photographer says DC cops detained him. We Love DC.

A Day in the Life of a Congressional Staffer … During Recess. Famous DC reveals the truth.

A total, and totally deserved, rant: Dear Everyone on the 42 Bus. Hilarity in Shoes

A newspaper reporter recounts the day she had to learn how to use a camera with a “f” stop. feast after famine.

Grandma’s 80th Birthday. Listen to Leon offers his own words of wisdom about reaching that age.

Nudercising. In it to Gym In. Because we liked the headline. Post is good, too.

A nasty experience at DC DMV. The Anti DC

Peace Love Nicole has a photo of the note left on her car and then the rest of the story.

It’s Official — DC Tourist are Morons, writes Phnx65.

i’m going to break your heart writes: My air conditioner is dying a slow and painful and expensive death.

Next time you join a gym consider asking for a disount. Counting My Pennies, who writes: So I went in. I asked. And they immediately gave me the discount with no questions.

Disappearing packages plague Georgetown neighborhood, reports the Georgetown Dish.

First Impressions: Meridian Pint. farm fresh meat reviews the new Columbia Heights place at 3400, 11th NW.

A warming trend: This Fall, fashionistas everywhere will be sporting leather skirts. Capitol Hill Style.

We the Pizza: A First Look in Photos. Capital Spice.

At 11am EST today, the voting for the first ever MTV Twitter Jockey begins.  Go vote for your TJ of choice (but around here, we’re all pulling for DC Blogs Contributing Editor and resident Queen of TMI, LiLu.)

To be clear, DC Blogs has not endorsed a candidate in the Washington Mayoral race. However, it is worth noting when Council Chairman Vincent Gray, the main challenger to incumbent Mayor Adrian Fenty for the Democratic Party nomination, gets together with a cadre of local bloggers to have burgers and talk politics.  Greater, Greater Washington, Borderstan, and dcist have all written their own recaps. The District Curmudgeon was there as well.

Every resident of every urban area has dealt with strangers asking for money. For the author of DC Reflections, thirty-seven dollars seemed like a reasonable fee for good karma, faith in human kind, and kindness to a relative stranger.

Life after nursing requires new bras… so I’ve heard from a few women, that is. Feast After Famine details her experience in refitting and making friends with her sales associate.

In defense of gentrification – from the Home Improvement Ninja

“Blogger keeps eating comments and the Chinese spammers make me mad and I totally think we should hug it out”… it’s a title from Lemon Gloria and I will not even attempt editorial amplification or improvement.

Drifting Focus spends a lot of time overseas and it’s opened her eyes to things about the U.S. It begins: I am generally not the most positive person about America. I think we’re largely fat, uncultured, and incredibly self-centered. Whenever I go overseas, these beliefs generally become stronger as I see them in contrast to folks in the rest of the world. While I don’t go quite so far as to pretend to be Canadian, I am most definitely an American apologist when I’m abroad …

The 4th in Columbia Heights. Fireworks photos taken with different approach. Really good work. My Life in Pictures.

Review: Taberna del Alabardero. Capital Cooking.

A future for Adams Morgan avoided. For those who remember or have studied the redevelopment era, here is a look at what didn’t happen to Adams Morgan. Beyond DC has some old renderings of uncompleted plans.

New apartment pictures. Eisenhood.

The bones (all of them) of a blogger. Photo. the mid-day ramble. No real difference from non-bloggers from what we can tell.

Do you want information about metro rail on the 4th of July? Then check Greater Great Washington. He also lists the best spots in DC to watch the fireworks and writes: ”If you’re like me, and want to see the fireworks but have little desire to battle the throngs around the Mall, skip the Metro all together and find a perch at a slightly more distant location with a good view. Some of these, like the Iwo Jima Memorial, may be just as busy as the Mall, but are less likely to be packed with tourists.”

Did you watch Top Chef DC on Wednesday? If you love watching the show as much as I do, then you will love Dealing in Subterfuges analysis in her funny article: Things look little less Rosie.

KissMyCountry.com celebrates the 4th of July in a very touching article called America’s birthday.

If you are traveling to Morocco this summer check Aesthetics of Everywhere for his report about about Marrakech Cyber Park. He writes: “If you didn’t bring a laptop or other wireless device, there are small computer stations throughout the park.”

Check Green Miles blog for some green tips, and a report about the hot weather in June.

Are you a Yoga fan? See ReadySetDC for their DC Yoga Challenge.  “It is a Yoga fundraiser and the proceeds of which will support the construction of an orphanage in Cloetesville, South Africa.”

“Summer is so abundant! We’re looking forward to a month of flowers and wild edibles,” writes The Natural Capital in Things to look for in July

Whether you have an old Huffy (like some contributing editors) or some high-tech alloy job that would pay for a year of higher education, if you love to bike or just want an excuse to get out and bike, consider the Capitol Criterion bike race on July 11. BicycleSpokesman.com recommends it.

Yes.  Kids can drive you crazy, even as you love them.  Parenting BY Dummies explains how.  Stimeyland also explains how, especially with the snorting.  And in the Best-Birthday-Present-Ever categories, Feast After Famine had a nice birthday, including children who napped for three and a half hours.

S. Krishna’s Books is promoting South Asian literature with a South Asian Author Challenge.   Here’s a link for posting reviews for July and August.  So go read some books.

I shouldn’t post this link to The Blog From Nowhere, because I love the National Building Museum and don’t want it to get crowded (it’s shamefully under-utilized), but it really is a great museum and a beautiful building.  Take the advice about exiting the Judiciary Square Metro station from the F Street exit.

Occam’s Razor opines about the dangers of deficit fever.