Yawn. Blink. Sigh. Ugh. There is something so wonderful and completely hideous about my favorite Holiday… A day meant for feasting with loved ones and acknowledging our blessings, what’s not to like? But it has become a day of bizarre gluttony (sorry turducken fans but I’m looking at you) with a shifting focus that has begun to imply […]
In searching for something completely different, I came upon a picture of the Speaker of the House protecting their head from being pelted by something. No, it isn’t Steny Hoyer, and the projectiles aren’t tea-party brick-bats, but rather Representative Pat Boland of Pennsylvania, and he is protecting himself from large hailstones. This bizarre and – […]
Just in time for the Christmas season, Labyrinth Game Shop is opening today. Capitol Hill’s newest shopping destination features a full and intriguing collection of games, puzzles, and other accoutrement. Dungeons and Dragons paraphernalia, strategy games, and even an extensive collection of gift-worthy well crafted wooden games. So much, in fact, you will get beat […]
No, not the Sopranos-style “get rid of” but something more temporary (and more legal): the final Walking Shtick Tour of the season! According to a press release: We’re finishing the year with a bang, with our day after Thanksgiving “Dump Your In-Laws On Us Tour”. For one and a half glorious hours you can enjoy […]
When a new restaurant opens in your neighborhood– your beloved, cherished neighborhood which has had a bad reputation in the not-so-distant past, you wish it the best of luck. You go early in the game and explore it, enthusiastically order off the menu, in the hopes that it will make it and stick around. And […]