The Magnetic Fields got it right. D.C. is more than just the grand old seat (or a swamp of iniquity) to some of us. As I probably tell people too often, I grew up in Washington, and I feel obliged to remind people from time to time that “inside the Beltway” means something very different… Continue reading »
Archives for Capital City
Then Again…
Sure, we’ve got SmartBikes here in D.C. (See previous post.) But can we really be a world-class city, as our fine mayor wants us to be, if we can’t sustain our independent bookstores? Chad Post over at Three Percent has got me nervous: A few years ago, Chapters: A Literary Bookstore in Washington, D.C. decided… Continue reading »
High-Tech Bike Sharing Makes Its U.S. Debut–in D.C.
Yup, right here in D.C. I’m so proud. “Declare the District’s urban-cool inferiority complex officially over,” the WaPo reported on Aug. 13, the day SmartBike D.C. went live. “Today the city joins the ranks of Paris and Barcelona with the launch of the first high-tech public bike-sharing program in the United States, forcing such cities… Continue reading »
More Pelecanos, More D.C. Noir
If you’re a local or happen to be in town, you can catch George Pelecanos reading from his new novel this evening at 7 p.m. at Politics and Prose. I can’t make it tonight, so if you go, clap wildly and cheer loudly. I’m hoping to make it to at least one of these readings… Continue reading »
