Tryst in Adams Morgan has all the makings of a perfect coffee house, except for one tiny problem: the coffee is just not very good. They pride themselves on fresh organic coffee or whatever, but it always ends up coming to you lukewarm and watery. The animal crackers on the side don’t help, either...

Remember that movie The Siege? The one with Danzel Washington and that guy from Monk? Well a scene I’ll always remember from that film is the part where crazy Bruce Willis seals off NYC and puts troops on the bridge. Well right now I feel like one of the New Jersey people looking in. Hey at le...

If you don’t know where the title comes from, you really need to educate yourself*. Today is just one of those days at the office that’s just… well I was telling Michael that I need to come up a phrase for my BGA’s version of “going postal”. COB is going right to ...

The next time one of Butch Warren's bass solos inspires a couple to look each other in the eyes and see something new, the thanks should be directed not only to one of the great jazz players of the past half-century, but also to a shopkeeper in Wheaton, a TV news producer whose usual focus is the Wh...

"Man, I just can't help but think about how things might have gone down had I spent more time at the firing range and less time scrolling through the comments over at the DailyKos." -- Brian Beutler, liberal blogger --- Apparently, Mr. Beutler forgot to negotiate with no preconditions with the two t...

Helga Johnson, 73, remembers fleeing her Berlin home in 1944 with the Russian army hot on her trail. She remembers coming back to Berlin a year later and nearly starving in the aftermath of World War II....

I just came home from a truly delightful shopping trip at the brand-spankin'-new Harris Teeter store in Adams Morgan. It just opened on Wednesday, after what feels like an eon of anticipation. Now, I know there's all kinds of controversy and fear about how this will affect the neighborhood. The loca...

For my 501st Craigslist post, I chose to do a real one though inspired by a number of today's posts. Namely, a Han looking for his Leia (permalink), and an Ewok (permalink) looking for god knows what (just not a friends with benefits situation). I noticed that there were some Star Wars-inspired post...

This May will mark my eighth year in DC and hopefully my quest for a good sausage in DC will be over.  Although you can buy a good sausage at Eastern Market, it is hard to find a good hot dog shop in DC that can match Irving's, Super Dawg or Portillos in Chicago.  Although A local bartende...