You know the rules, your caption in the comments and I’ll select a winner on Friday. Winner gets a free PoP t-shirt.
You can see last week’s entries here.
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signs of the times
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This sign really cracks me up. It’s all about the fingers. I found it on H Street, NE.
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I was all for the “Yes We Can!” but I think “We Did It”. So for any other new causes lets be a little creative and come up with a new slogan. Or if we have to recycle slogans let’s use the best – from the great Adlai Stevenson – “The Thinking Man’s Candidate”. So we can say, “DC Statehood – The Thinking Man’s Objective”. Or perhaps we can update it to say “The Thinking Person’s Objective”. Adlai was the master orator although I guess he never did win the presidential elections… Anyone else tired of everyone using Obama slogans for other causes and marketing purposes (like Pepsi)?
Anyway, these signs are all over DC now. DCist has a little background info. They say:
“Over the weekend, D.C. voting rights activists hung signs advocating for statehood. Designed to look like the District’s flag and emblazoned with Obama’s “Yes We Can!” slogan, the signs were the brainchild of Shadow Senator Michael Brown and paid for by the D.C. Statehood Fund.”
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I saw this sign at a park in Capitol Hill. How big of a problem was martini drinking in public parks? Although from the sign I assume it is still okay to drink Kir Royales…
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This sign is located on 14th Street just south of P Street. I thought this spot was going to be reopened. I can’t remember what the new bar will be. Can anyone refresh my memory here?
Incidentally there is also some art located up top that you may not have noticed before.
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Over the weekend the Post wrote an article titled: Petworth Pizzeria Fills a Void Tastefully. I went to grab a pie this weekend and congratulate Jose on the nice article when he told me about his window getting smashed. He seemed to have good spirits (even showing me the above photo that his friend took of him). But still this is so frustrating. Someone finally opens up a great spot on Georgia Avenue and has to deal with this bull shit. Cause it was pure vandalism not even a burglary (thankfully). It just really pisses me off that here the guy gets some good news and that very evening his window gets smashed. It’s not fair. Life’s not fair I guess. Well, it’s gonna cost a lot of money to replace so if anyone is hankering for pizza this week make the effort to support Moronis located at 4811 Georgia Ave. And of course the pizza is phenomenal so everyone wins!
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I noticed a number of these signs all over Adams Morgan. It struck me right away for two reasons. First, I thought it was really unusual to see drawings instead of photos. But second, which may explain the drawings, the murder took place in 1968. It seems pretty random to see signs like this for such an old murder case. But it’s legit because it’s listed on the DC MPD’s Web site. Anyone ever see a sign like this before?
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I feel like someone should give out a grant so these signs can be refurbished, yeah?
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Sadly this one is super faded but you can tell it was surely brilliant when new. It’s located on 14th Street just north of T.
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Georgia Ave really has a wealth of amazing city signs. Sadly, I believe Goins is no longer open. Did anyone ever have the opportunity to eat there?