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March 27, 2007
Professor, what's another word for pirate treasure?
Rite-Aid magazine rack, 13th & U, Washington, DC -- Akon caught you looking.
14th & O, Washington, DC
Posted by Emerson at 07:06 PM
Gilded Gutters
We recently went to Lucky Strike. This franchise mixes the bowling alley with the nightclub to create an experience that is dark, tacky, overpriced, and yet still fun. My favorite part was the bathroom posters of quotes from magazines like Us and People about celebrities hanging out at other Lucky Strikes to remind you that the place rocks -- and you're cool, too, for choosing to hang out there. It reminded me of an upscale soul food restaurant. You know, the type of place where they charge $25 for fried chicken and mac'n'cheese on a Fiesta plate. The food may taste good but it still can't hold a piece of fatback to the same thing pulled from under a heat lamp for $7 at a motor inn by the interstate. So, yeah, we paid $31 to basically bowl two games under a black light -- and I would do it again.
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| Lucky Strike March 24, 2007 |
Posted by Emerson at 12:27 AM
March 25, 2007
These Are Not The Mailboxes You're Looking For
Despite the dubious marketing purposes of these mailboxes for expanding the empires of the USPS and George Lucas, I think they're fun and find them much more attractive than the standard blue. I would actually encourage the post office to develop this idea further and turn mailboxes into an ongoing public art project.
Posted by Emerson at 11:55 PM
March 24, 2007
DC Goes Green. Al Gore mistakenly rejoices.
St. Patrick may have done it in Ireland, but I don't think even he could drive all the snakes out of the U.S. capital.
So, they just have this parade and get drunk instead.
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| St. Patrick's Day Parade DC 2007 |
Posted by Emerson at 01:23 AM