Tuesday, June 14, 2005

DC Blogs: Bikes, buses and great guys




Class conflict, DC-style
Her Ladyship
Our writer is on a bus and looking down at someone in a BMW convertible and doesn’t like the way he is dressed. It’s a feeling shared by other bus passengers.

Just when I was thinking, "Man, those are dorky shorts," the guy two rows behind me opens up his window and shouts out, "Hey! NICE SHORTS!" Everyone in the front half of the bus started snickering …

You live for the fight when it’s all you got
I hate kit kats
This post is one of the reasons why blogs are a joy to read. It’s lyrical and touching and begins this way:

Andrew was in heaven. He was at the Nationals game, snuggled in between two young women in the hard wooden seats, with a shockingly over-priced Bud Light in hand. Despite the late-afternoon heat bearing down on them and the fog of humidity sticking to every inch of skin, he was grinning like a kid in the cookie jar.


Donorcyclists Are Asking for It
Jus Primae Noctis
Our writer, an attorney and volunteer EMT, offers a first and third person account of a motorcycle accident Sunday at 15th and R. (I learned of this particular post from “
Wear Your Helmet at davidgelles.com)
Sunday is my night to be in the ambulance, so it should come as no surprise that I was sitting on the bench seat en route to Georgetown Hospital last night. I was at the scene of a motorcycle accident ….
Indecision, Doubt and the Pursuit of Happiness
Another Great Guy Going To Waste
If you have never visited this Web site, please do. “Great Guy,” is one the most entertaining and creative bloggers around. But in this post, he writes about his life and career. Note to Great Guy: Your blog is proof that you are a creative director. Note to Readers: Make a point of scrolling down to some of his photos.

I’m at a point where I feel like I must make the next move. To put it simply: I loath it here: my job, this region I live in, my lack of any seemingly real career path. So change it.

DC bloggers on NYC
E-Brechi and Soleil, Lune & Astrales
Post from three separate blogs. Here’s fifteen reasons for liking NYC:

SLA lists 10
E-Brechi list
5

Then there’s Circle V’s NYC
trip. “I was so annoyed with the City that I just told the cabby to take us to the club he takes the most people to.”

Also noted:

A post, built on sources, which reports on an engagement party at a local watering hole for the brother of Hilary Clinton. It’s on A Blog Mainly About Food, and it’s called:
Hey, That’s My Bar.

Proof from DCSOB on why DC mayoral wannabe Adrian Fenty needs a copy editor.

Grammar.police has news about his upcoming
Smithsonian blog project.
Photo: Kennedy Center Monday night

 

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