Nov 02, 2009

Submitted by Lesly from Google Reader: MJ, originally uploaded by Prince of Petworth. “Dear PoP, Tribute to the King of Pop in Petworth. Check it out.” Nicely done kids! Anyone see any particularly unusual/unique pumpkins around town?. (Read More)

Oct 30, 2009

Submitted by Lesly from Google Reader: A reader wrote in asking about general brunch options. This email was followed by the one below:“Have you ever blogged about The Highlands? It’s a diamond in the rough restaurant on 14th across the street from the Metro Bus Depot. OBSCENELY cheap and AMAZINGLY good (best crab cakes i’ve ever had). Wonderful service; chef c (Read More)

Oct 29, 2009

Submitted by Lesly from Google Reader: At long last the details of the PoP 3 year anniversary party. I’m really excited about this one - it’s fixing to be pretty sweet. It will be held at Wonderland (like last year) located at the corner of 11th and Kenyon Streets, NW. It will start around 6:30/7pm. So here’s the cool part - if you have a PoP t-shirt wear i (Read More)

Oct 27, 2009

Submitted by Lesly from Google Reader: I ran into one of the owners and his family on Sunday and he invited me inside to take a look and snap some photos. It looks like it’s gonna be pretty sweet. You can take a look at the menu here. (There are veggie options). The space itself wasn’t 100% completed but you could tell it had a comfortable feel. He said the (Read More)

Oct 14, 2009

Submitted by Lesly from Google Reader: By now you may have heard the news — Playboy is shaking things up and featuring Marge Simpson on the magazine’s cover, to commemorate 20 years of The Simpsons. But did you know that the provocative cover was meant to be an homage?Yes indeed — Marge Simpson’s pose pays tribute to the October 1971 issue featuring Darine Stern (Read More)

Oct 28, 2009

Submitted by Lesly from blog: Today there is such pressure to be perfect in an instant. I know everyone feels it–we must know everything about everything to be worth anything. The feeling is self-imposed and reinforced by society at every turn, creating a cycle of unrealistic expectations no reasonable person can meet. I always feel this pressure. (Read More)

Oct 09, 2009

Submitted by Lesly from Google Reader: We all know that Volkswagen makes cars, but who knew they made…musical stairs? Apparently the stairs are a part of a German theory called Rolighetsteorin, which in turn encourage people to change their behavior (in this case taking the stairs instead of the escalator) by making it fun to do. This is dopeness. . (Read More)

Oct 20, 2009

Submitted by Lesly from Google Reader: Amazing new video from my homie Kev Brown shot in Adams Morgan are of DC. If you don’t know, Kev has been in the game for a hot minute, but it seems like he’s more popular in spots like Japan, New Zealand and the UK, than in the DMV.There was a point back in the day when I would would always run into Kev and Slimkat in Adam (Read More)

Oct 20, 2009

Submitted by Lesly from Google Reader: A nonprofit’s tagline is hands down the briefest, easiest and most effective way to communicate its identity and impact. But this high-impact, low-cost marketing tactic is often overlooked or under-emphasized by nonprofits.  GettingAttention.org’s  2008 survey of nonprofits showed that 7 in 10 nonprofits rated their taglin (Read More)

Sep 28, 2009

swissmiss Yesterday’s Improv Everywhere Invisible Dogs all over Carroll Gardens made me and our little Ella Joy happy. Imagine thins: 2,000 (!) people participated in yesterday’s mission in Brooklyn. For those of you who were not there – Improv Everywhere passed out over 2,000 “invisible dog” leashes and had everyone go for a nice Su (Read More)

Oct 27, 2009

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Oct 16, 2009

mashable Fed up of Balloon Boy already? You’ve got a long road ahead of you: the story of Falcon Heene, who the world’s media believed to be flying over Colorado in a helium balloon as he hid in an attic, has rapidly become the next big Internet meme. Twitter users – perhaps pushing the boundaries of good taste – have taken to mas (Read More)

Oct 09, 2009

Submitted by Lesly from Google Reader: I was in the process of setting up Dora the Explorer for my four-year-old so that I could make breakfast. But when Yahoo popped up on the screen, I paused. Then I said, "Look. There's President Obama. He won a big award."My son said, "For what?" Then he pointed to an advertisement for Target — a boxing glove that punches im (Read More)

Sep 15, 2009

Submitted by Lesly from Google Reader: It may seem a bit forced to post about the VMAs and tie it to All Tomorrow’s Parties, but there is a connection. On Sunday night, when Taylor Swift was accepting the award for Best Female Video, Kanye West charged the stage, grabbed the mic from Swift, and told the crowd in his shouty, Pigeon Lady way that Beyoncé had creat (Read More)

Oct 04, 2009

Submitted by Lesly from blog: et me start with what is probably obvious–I have no interest in watching professional wrestling. Even as a kid when my siblings and cousins piled into the car to go see Rowdy Roddy Piper and Hulk Hogan pretend to beat each other up at the Convention Center, I stayed home. That was a long time [...]. (Read More)

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