07 Jun 2024

DC:

Be careful: Phone Scam alert

This is a recent Metropolitan Police Department email. There is a phone scam going around the DC area where people are told they’ve missed a court date and may get arrested if they fail to comply with the instructions issued in the phone call. Read more below: Scammers impersonated members of MPD and said a […]


21 Apr 2020

DC:

What’s that (lack of) smell? Female ginkgo spraying in progress

If you’ve ever taken a crisp fall walk, only to encounter a smell that can best be described as the intoxicating mixture of vomit, baby crap and hangover breath, you know how unpleasant ginkgo berries –produced by female ginkgo trees– can be. The District Department of Transportation, in one of those inexplicable tasks that cannot […]


06 Jan 2020

DC:

Still need to dispose of your holiday tree? Read this!

Traditionally, January 6 or Epiphany day is the day where many Christmas decorations come down (and the three wise men bring MORE presents, but we digress). The Union Station regalia was struck this past Sunday, for instance, and most places are going back to normal– as are all those who hold down a regular 9-to-5. […]


30 Jul 2019

DC:

NEW DC STATEHOOD HEARING DATE!

If you were really annoyed that the whole Mueller hearing circus prevented our own DC Statehood hearing from taking place as originally scheduled on July 24, here is a bit of good news: Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton announced yesterday the rescheduled date for the statehood hearing: 10 a.m. on Thursday, September 19. Get ready to […]


03 Jun 2019

DC:

Random but cool: McDonald’s is taking your foreign currency, Thursday

It’s not often that we get a press release from McDonald’s, but this is pretty cool. Considering we have many international travelers in our midst, it might be something you want to do– if you eat at McDonald’s, that is. This Thursday, June 6, from 2-5 p.m., you can pay with foreign currency because Mickey […]


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