I’m actually a big fan of the letter ‘P’ but nevertheless I like this sculpture, it reminds me of my brain…
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Author: Prince Of Petworth
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Or I guess this is more like door and a half of the day.
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“This is a photo taken from 13th street next to cardozo high school. I love this spot because of the elevated view of the city, which seems like a rare thing here. Plus its a view of the monument that I’ve rarely seen in many photos. Not the typical tourist shot of the monument from the mall.”
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As I was walking to our meeting last Wed. evening I passed a neighbor who asked me if I was going on one of my walk abouts. I replied no, I was going to do an interview. So who was I interviewing? My neighbor wanted to know. At this moment a female voice is heard replying, me! She was standing on the porch of a house waiting for the occupant to answer the door. It turned out Valdez had found a government id badge on the sidewalk and was knocking on the doors of nearby houses to see if anyone inside had lost their id badge. I’m told there are two types of people in this world: those who knock on doors after finding a government id badge and those who just keep walking.
I had the opportunity to sit and talk with The Washington City Paper’s Angela Valdez last week at the Looking Glass Lounge. Valdez, 30, hails from Portland, Oregon and is a recent DC transplant. Before coming to DC, Valdez had attended New York University where she studied journalism and international politics. From NYU she went to Flint, Michigan where she had a one year internship at the Flint Journal covering the labor beat. One of her most memorable/disturbing stories from this time period include the covering of a school shooting where a six year old shot another six year old. Following her internship Valdez headed off to the Philadelphia Inquirer to cover the suburbs for two years. While in Philadelphia Valdez covered many crime stories including one where a guy killed his wife and buried her in the drywall of his basement. At this point Valdez became a bit tired with the newspaper industry and “rebelled to Grad school.”. [Profile continues after the jump.] (more…)
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Inspired by a friend of mine. Why are all dry cleaners closed on Sunday? Does that make any sense at all? Isn’t it natural to drop off or pick up dry cleaning over the whole weekend? Wouldn’t it make more sense if they were closed Mondays like barbers are?
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They have a nice photo and the menu selections. An excerpt:
“When English advertised the job openings in the Washington Post Express, he received more than 400 applications; he estimates that at least half came from Brightwood residents. He said the community has supported him since he started work on the building last summer. English says one server who lives nearby told him, “I never thought I’d be working at a restaurant like this around the corner from my house.””
Check out the full article from the Washingtonian here.
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From a reader: “Happy Hour at the Red Derby Wednesday February 6th 6-10pm We will be raising funds, recruiting volunteers and increasing visibility for Barak Obama.”
More info here.
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Ed. Note: In case I haven’t mentioned it before, from time to time, it can be very unsettling walking through alleys even in the daytime. As I was admiring this wild renovation I stumbled upon a guy chilling on his back steps. He turned out to be a perfectly nice guy but It was just a bit unsettling. So if you don’t see any new posts from me after a couple of days, I’d like someone to call the police for me. Thanks.