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DC Taxi Cab Shortage Expected Next Week Through September
Unless you read The Diary of Mad DC Cabbie, you probably wouldn’t expect a cab shortage in September. But, here is Mad’s logic: 1) More than half of the 8000 DC cab drivers are of Ethiopian descent, 2) September 11th will be Ethiopia’s year 2000 celebration, and 3) many of these cab drivers are planning to go to […]
Bluepoint Restaurant (1299 Penn Ave NW) Now Open
Thanks go out to a reader, “jag,” for alerting us that the Bluepoint Restaurant at 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW (really 13th Street around the corner from E Street) is now open. They opened on August 13, are next to the Warner Theatre and have steak, seafood and martinis prominently displayed on the window sized menu […]
DC Neighborhood Sites
The rise of a city wide network of neighborhood blogs and web sites, an interesting dynamic taking place in our nation’s capital, was highlighted recently by a Washington Post Express posting. Major media outlets such as city newspapers and television stations have a top-down mandate to cover a broad list of subjects and garner mass […]
Olsson’s Bookstore 20% Off Everything (8/22 – 8/26)
We just received word that Olsson’s Bookstore is having a 20% off sale starting today through Sunday. All Books, all DVDs, all CDs, all Gifts! The Penn Quarter store is located at: 418 7th St NW