Hi all! Happy to be back after a week off. I’m still recovering from having had all my Instagram accounts permanently suspended. The reason? All I could come up with when talking to a follower who’s a Meta engineer is that a very sensitive AI took exception to my texting with my teenage son. Be ye warned, parents, and learn from my tale of woe! Save the cursing with your kids (and the war plans) for Signal. Being treated like a criminal and not being able to download 13 years worth of pictures and content has been a terrible kicker.
I skipped the Fourth of July parade on Barracks Row because, frankly, last week was just a little depressing. But I hope you all had a wonderful time. The Washington Post did a 249th birthday recap of the fanfare that day. Don’t worry: I don’t plan on being in a funk for America’s 250th.
A protest is a protest, but a DC protest? Ah, THAT’S a protest. THIH on TikTok
A new coffeeshop, Amazonica, is popping up inside Paste & Rind, 904 H Street NE. PoPVille
By the way, Cynthia Bar and Bistro has breakfast service now! Catherine Cotay, who is the delightful mastermind behind The Bakers’ Lounge, is now offering breakfast service, with brunch time cocktails starting at 11 a.m. Hill Rag
A nice write-up of the Open Streets Capitol Hill event. Washington Informer
And a beautiful vignette of what it’s like to show up to dance with the DC Rawhides from WTOP.
The Shakespeare Theatre Company is putting up their headquarters on Barracks Row, where they’ve been since 1997, on the market. They recently acquired a beautiful building in Chinatown. Washington Business Journal
Davey Martinez and Mike Rizzo are out and people are stunned. AP
The man who shot and killed Rumsey Pool swim coach Zaan Scott will be spending decades in jail. DC News Now
Citywide, but this ode to the bus system that was and is no more will move you. Greater Greater Washington
Just beyond the beltway: A Buc-ees?? WaPo