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Fine Wine, Human Suffering
Happy Pants!
This meditation on poverty begins after this writer spends a couple of hundred dollars on wine (Zenato Ripassa Valpolicella recommended), and then sees the movie, The Constant Gardner. An outstanding essay. An excerpt:
I was quiet on the car ride home. All I could think about was how the VAST majority of people on the planet live in poverty. Not a simple majority, but an overwhelming majority. It's easy to putter along in my Honda through our neighborhood - extremely modest by DC standards - and assume that this is par for the course as far as the rest of the world is concerned. But it's not…
Tastette
mmmm…
There are about 10 DC area food blogs, not to mention the food writing on DCist, that offer a feast of information. This blog by Tastette is a nice addition to the mix. In a recent post she discusses her love of hot dogs. Her post on the subject starts like this:
Is it me, or is there just something about concession stand hot dogs that just tastes great? I find frankfurters tasty in general, but eating one from a hot dog stand in the city is just different.
Homeless Man On G Street
Mypurplelink
A poem explained by the writer: ... his eyes and face told me about a life that was not just his - but ours, you, me and anyone who has a soul and heart. when we strip it al down, we'll realize that we are all the same trip, the same journey. i owe one person who gave me the eyes to see the
world around me as it is. this is yours - your words spoken through me - i give them back to you and everyone else. The first stanza:I miss that homeless man on G Street
His eyes, gaze
Deep, black and like a pit
Eats me up in bright daylight
With a look, he spoke
Two wheel news
The WashCycle
This is a new blog with news, opinions and recommendations about biking in the DC area. Each post includes numerous links to reference material. A recent post about a National Park Service (NPS) study extending the Mt. Vernon Trail north from its current terminus at Roosevelt Island all the way to the American Legion Bridge had this to say about it:
NPS next has to decide whether or not to go forward with the project and if so, with which of the feasible alternatives to go. WABA has been pursing this project for years. All in all it's a good project, but it won't be as nice as the Mt. Vernon Trail segments that already exist.
Connecticut Avenue
New blog, Connecticut Avenue, is devoted to keeping tracking of the new and interesting of this famous stretch of road. One post looks at the number of businesses closing or moving in the Cleveland Park area.
Photos: reflection in World Bank window; side shot, photo of protestor from the recent anti-war rally.It's not news to say that rents are exorbitant in Cleveland Park. Any potential business owner has to know they've got to either have a bottomless pit of cash or take in huge amounts of business every month. Or both. If the rents aren't made reasonable and affordable we'll continue to have a turnover of businesses at best and a ghost strip at worst.
posted by kob @ 12:33 AM
3 Comments:
thanks KOB!
Thanks for the link KOB, finally I have some visitors to the Conn. Ave. blog.
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