Wednesday, May 10, 2006

DC Blogs Noted:



Kickball in the City is a new blog with only one post, but the first post is a sometimes scathing critique of the city’s kickball leagues. The leagues are ranked as well.


The art of the Metro pick-up, part one. Nice writing by The DC Universe. Of all the places to meet women in DC, the Metro probably holds the most peril for one's self-esteem. This is a bit of a cliffhanger; the writer promises to run part two Wednesday.

Headlines, especially when they appear on the live feed, matter. A lesson in the craft of effective headline writing by EJ Takes Life. Related but unrelated: A: blogger People magazine ought to hire. DC Pussycat Doll.

New blog, just one post ... A Georgetown Mom writes about the art of being a mom in Georgetown:
Which spa is most likely to have an opening for a spur-of-the-moment mid-afternoon massage? We know. Where are some of the best spots to enjoy a cup of coffee while reading or people watching? Oh, and who can turn our laundry around in 24 hours if necessary? These are important issues.

Is a tiny condo selling in the “low 300s” that, let’s say, has a $500 maintenance charge, affordable to a first time homebuyer? Was there a corresponding “money boom” for buyers other than the emergence of high risk interest-only mortgages? Real estate agents hoping warm weather boost real estate prices may be banking on false hopes, reports Bubble Meter.

The space/time continuum and traffic camera tickets. … the amount of time that lapses between getting caught running a yellow light and the time that the ticket arrives to my mother’s house and the time which she notifies me to tell me that I have received said ticket and questions what I will be doing about it, is about 30 days, writes No Pasa Nada. And the traffic camera’s alternate universe at Sour N Sweet.

CyberActiveDC, a new blog, reports on his recent DC survey. Scroll down for explanation.

Two UNC professors discuss The Da Vinci Code in a podcast link on AYT.

 

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