I live in Washington, D.C., where I first came to work as a writer and producer for The Atlantic in 2010. Now I cover transportation for local news site TBD at its On Foot blog.
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So much wonderful eating and dancing at tonight’s Sound Bites D.C. event outside the 9:30 Club. What a killer night.
Many contend that D.C. taxicab drivers discriminate on the basis of where you live, among other factors. One lawyer wants to make them pay.
What is the statistical probability Metro will kill spectacularly in the next 60 days? #IOnlyBetOnSureThings #SenseThisWillHappenSoon #wmata
— HellOnWheelz (@Hell_on_wheelz) May 18, 2012
To some, transportation is an epic, ongoing battle full of dramatic portent.
The National Building Museum is holding a forum to commemorate and discuss 51 years since The Death and Life of Great American Cities this coming Sunday morning, and I’m extraordinarily tempted to go.
How much would you a imagine a car-sharing company has to pay to void all of D.C.’s residential parking and meter rules for its fleet of 200 vehicles? Try more than half a million dollars.
Last night I ended up at Chez Billy, a new place on Georgia Avenue located about a block from where I live in Petworth, and sat at one of the bar seats pictured here. The establishment feels overpriced for the neighborhood but they sure know how to create a classy atmosphere. Nice wood, brick, relaxing music, the right drink menu, etc. The bar and restaurant is also deceptively hidden on Georgia Avenue, with no big signs or anything. You wouldn’t expect the amount of space inside. It’s right next door to a small liquor store and funeral home.
Eric Hilton, the guy responsible for this restaurant as well as Marvin in U Street (and a member of the band Thievery Corporation, believe it or not, who are actually quite wonderful live), was hanging out near the front windows of the place by himself last night.
The American Prospect may close by the end of May.
“I’m extremely hopeful that we’ll be able to raise the money,” Rachlis said.
Still, Rachlis thought the situation was serious enough to inform staffers last Thursday of the magazine’s current financial woes.
Rachlis said Prospect editors “thought it was important to be fair to the staff, to let them know there was a possibility that if we didn’t fill it, the Prospect’s last issue as currently constituted would be the July/August issue.”
Given the buyouts at the Post and the pay cuts at the City Paper, it’s not an encouraging season for our local journalism.
