I want to get a copy of this. So, looking for the Miami Herald, Guardian, Le Monde, El País, Toronto Star, Irish Times, Hindu, etc. Preferably in north Arlington (esp. Rosslyn) or downtown DC. Suggestions?

Yelp likes News World by Farragut Square. Yea / nay?

Maybe a pre-security newsstand at National Airport? Hudson News seems to usually only have a few (a local paper, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, maybe USA Today or Financial Times).

Thanks!

Young Adult Cancer Survivors of Smith Farm * invites you to come laugh with us!

Seasonal Disorder is a completely improvised show about holiday insanity. The folks at DCist and Washington Post Weekend loved the show, and we think you will too! Friends and plus-ones welcome.

Date:	Friday, 11 December 2009
Time:	7:30
Location:	Source Theater
	1835 14 St NW
:	Washington, DC

Meet Amanda and Jean Marie in the lobby between 7:30-7:45pm. Both girls will be wearing green scarves.

Please buy tickets in advance:

http://www.washingtonimprovtheater.com/pages.php?pageName=fullshow&view=ID&ID=81&month=12&year=2009

Hope to see you there! Spread the Word to the DC METRO AREA YACS in your life!

( * YACS of Smith Farm a new community for Young Adults living with Cancer in the DC METRO Area!  )

We meet on the 1st Tuesdays of every month!
Next meet-up: Jan 5, 2010 6:30-8:30pm
Screening: Kris Carr's Crazy Sexy Cancer
http://www.crazysexycancer.com/
1632 U St NW Washington DC 20009

Questions or to join the mailing list: yacsofdc@gmail.com

There's been a bit of talk in the City Paper about ramen, and they pointed out a ramenya in Bethesda that sounds pretty good. Unfortunately, it and the one that just opened lately in Farragut next to Java Green are pretty much the only two I'm aware of.

Does anyone have any relatively traditional ramenyas they like other than these two? Even if they are just those two, what do y'all think of them?

I went to the Library of Congress today to visit my book.

I boarded the Metrorail at Vienna in the dark and arrived at Union Station just after sunrise. Oddly, as I was passing through the main hall after disembarking, I noticed it was eerily empty; far from the compacted crowds I was expecting to find on this Friday morning in the nation’s capital. The relative emptiness followed me out onto Delaware Avenue, which led me past the U. S. Capitol building and to the steps of the Library of Congress. The last time I was in D.C., it was a claustrophobic, shoulder-to-shoulder scuttle through the streets. Today though, it was a comfortable delight.

After passing through library security, I went straight to the restroom. When done I must have looked confused. A man with no arms came up to me in the hallway and wanted to know if I was interested in a tour. I was planning on joining the 10:30 tour later, but he said with a wink that there was an opening in a special Reserved Congressional Tour just about to start. Not ever wanting to miss out on special treatment, I gratefully accepted the offer from the winking man with no arms. Our small group spent the next hour following Pat the tour guide as she provided a continual stream of fascinating details about this incredible building, it’s contents, and it’s history.



In 1800, the members of Congress began accumulating a reference library – books to help them better understand their constituents. In 1812, the British, still holding a grudge over that independence declaration issue, stormed Washington torching the White House and U.S. Capitol. And hence, the reference library went up in flames. Three years later, retired president Thomas Jefferson sold his immense personal collection of over 6,500 books to the U.S. government, and the Library of Congress was re-born.

In 1851, flames again brought trouble to Congress’ collection. An accidental fire on Christmas Eve destroyed approximately two-thirds of the Jefferson collection. It was a devastating loss. One hundred and fifty years later though, a football team came to the rescue. Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys, began financing an effort to restore the original Jefferson collection. A worldwide search remains underway to obtain copies of the books that were destroyed in the fire of 1851.

Today, the Library of Congress has grown into the world’s largest, containing over 142 million items covering every imaginable topic, including even the history of my father and his ancestry. In effect, the Library of Congress represents an accumulation of all knowledge garnered by mankind, catalogued and secured under the auspices of the United States government. It’s like a hard copy of the internet. Quite an extraordinary and ongoing accomplishment.

Some other fascinating facts about the Library of Congress:

I contains 650 miles of bookshelves.

The smallest book is a mere 1/25th of an inch square.

The library contains an original Gutenberg bible, printed by what is universally recognized as the most important invention of all time.

The building contains thousands of intricate and beautiful statues, paintings, and ornamentations full of thoughtful symbolizations.

And here’s one more fact, albeit a selfish one: if you search for “Koppenhaver” in the Library of Congress’ data base - all 142 million items - the first result returned is the book I came to visit today.

I am originally from NY and will not be getting home for Christmas Eve this year and a homey Feast of the Seven Fishes celebration. Can anyone recommend a Feast in the DC or VA area that you know if authentically good? Thank you!

Tuesday, 8 December 2009, at 8:00pm

Washington Psychotronic Film Society presents




screening at:

The Warehouse
1021 7th St NW, WDC
(1 block from Mt Vernon Sq/Convention Center Metro, 4 blocks from Gallery Pl/Chinatown Metro)


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I know it's far away, but I figured I'd post here anyway...

2 bedrooms upstairs available in a single family townhouse in Dale City. The house is very well maintained; the owner is my (quiet) uncle.

Uncle's space is the basement; renters would get the upstairs bedrooms. Shared kitchen but total upstairs privacy in living space (including your own living room).

$500 for one bedroom; $800 for both. ALL utilities included - electric, cable, water, etc -- even DVR.

Kids, families, singles, anyone welcome. :) Owner does have dogs, but they live downstairs. Pets OK.

Email me at photochik at hotmail.com!

I see a few previous posts about karaoke bars in the metro area, but are there any that hold regular contests?

Thanks!

this was posted on ugliesttattoos.com today:

On Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 Chris Mais (the keyboardist for Radio-Active-Music.com label artist Reaver) and his wife Marsha lost their two-month old daughter to SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). Radio-Active-Music.com artists as well as friends of the family have come together to present a compilation to help raise money for the family's funeral costs. Radio-Active-Music.com and the Mais family thanks you for your support.

( Tracklisting and donation information here )

My prospective landlord has a line in the lease that says the renter has to pay a $50 deductible for repairs to major appliances (stove, AC, water heater, washer/dryer, etc.). I've been a home owner for the last six years, so maybe I'm a little out of the rental loop, but this seems unusual to me. They claim their lease is based on the Montgomery County Residential Lease, which does have some sort of mumbo jumbo about that in there...although that kinda seems to apply more to stuff that gets broken from abuse. I'm thinking I'm gonna try and negotiate out of it. This stuff needs repair all the time, and why should I pay to fix it is my thinking. Any thoughts, ideas, experiences, etc.? AIYH.

From the lease: "When repair or replacement services are necessary for major appliances such as clothes washer, dryer, refrigerator, dishwasher, range oven, disposal, heating and air conditioning system, tenants are responsible to pay $50.00 deductible for each service."

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Wed Dec 9th in DC

( Sun Dec 6th - NITZER EBB details under the cut..... )

( Sun Dec 6th - NITZER EBB details under the cut..... )