My friend and editor of the new Express website, Mike Grass, is participating in one of the Post’sonline discussions tomorrow at 1 p.m. I am looking forward to checking out the transcript afterwards.
Washington Post’s Express Launches Website
Since it’s been mentioned a few places elsewhere, I thought I should note the Washington Post company’s Express free commuter daily has launched a website centered around a blog authored mostly by my friend Mike Grass. If you recall, I founded DCist with Mike in July 2004 and edited it with him for nearly a […]
A Few Thoughts on Place Names
I’ve been thinking a lot about place names recently. First there is the persistence of names. There was one case I stumbled across at work: while researching an old factory in San Francisco I discovered that although now the site is the location of two apartment towers, the new buildings retain the name of the […]
Who Was F.W. Thomas?
I meant to post about this earlier, but was tied up in the Archives. My roommate and the DCeiver (Jason Linkins) will be reading from his new work The Taking of the Orange Line 1-2-3 with some local theater folks. See you there! THE FW THOMAS PERFORMANCES Greetings Journalist/Listings Editor/Blogger/Citizen: Thank you for your attention. […]
14th Street Photos
I just uploaded to Flickr a number of photos I took around 14th Street today. Click here to view the set.
Can You Keep a Secret?
This is the sort of thing part of me wanted to keep to myself. As part of Cultural Tourism DC’s seasonal WalkingTown DC events where they sponsor dozens of free historical walks throughout the city, they are offering this one on April 22: Metro: Behind the Scenes Saturday April 22, 9 – 10:30 am Meet […]
Homophobia and Gentrification
Wow. This proposed bar would be just down the street from me, and is having license troubles thanks to the minister across the street: “A church leader in the Shaw neighborhood who has described homosexuality as a biblical curse has convinced local commissioners to protest the liquor license for a proposed gay bar he claims […]