CLIPS
FOR WASHINGTON CITY PAPER
COLUMNS
As published in dead-tree editions
- Café Olé: How Counter Culture Took Over D.C. Coffee (Feb. 8, 2012, Young & Hungry)
- Sometimes a Bike is Just a Bike: On the Symbolism—and Politics—of Bicycling in D.C. (Aug. 4, 2011, Washington City Paper cover; also featured in the Summer 2012 issue of The Bicycle Reader)
- Artispheric Ambitions: Did Arlington’s New Resident Arts Center Expect Too Much? (June 23, 2011, Arts Desk)
- Radio Daze: Why, and How, WMUC Should Declare Independence (May 4, 2011, Arts Desk)
- Vegetable Underground: D.C.’s First Gray Farmers’ Market Goes Legal—By Accident (Jan. 26, 2011, Young & Hungry)
BLOGS
As published on the Internet
For Arts Desk
- H Street Playhouse Reveals New Anacostia Home: 2020 Shannon Pl. SE
- H Street Playhouse to Move East of the River
- The Time I Interviewed The Promise Ring’s Drummer and My Voice Recorder Quit
- Much Dithering at the Building Museum and O Street Studios About Artist Spaces
- I.M.P. Productions Asked BYT to Change Its Morrissey Contest Language
- BYT Replaces Suicide-Note Ticket Giveaway With Login Screen
- That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore: BYT Asks Morrissey Fans to Write Suicide Notes
- Listen: Lorelei’s “Hammer Meet Tongs”
- The Poster Spotter #1
- The Anacostia Arts Bridge? Four Thoughts on Reusing the 11th Street Bridge
- Rene Moffat’s “The 42 Bus” Offers a Rather Nonsensical Portrayal of Public Transit
- Black Tambourine to Record EP of Ramones Songs
- What LUMEN8Anacostia Will Occupy
- Anacostia’s LUMEN8 is Temporium-Crazy—In a Good Way
- The Lincoln Gets Programming That Could Actually Draw a Crowd
- Arlington’s Plan to Save Artisphere: Rent It Out
- Artisphere’s First Birthday, and What it Means for Rosslyn
- DC Shorts: Human Kindness—Or Not
- Arlington Cultural Affairs Head to Artisphere-ize New Brunswick
- D.C. Flag Tattoos We Don’t Endorse, Even for Voting Rights
- Foxes in Fiction Skips D.C. on Tour, Gets Geeky With D.C. Metro Map
- WMUC No Longer Totally Screwed
- WMUC Fights to Stay on Air
- In Which Record Store Day 2011 Will Be Pretty Low-Key
- In Which Radiohead Could Possibly Leave Its Fans High and Dry
- Tomorrow, Museum of Censored Art Trails Into NPG’s Shadow
- The Red Palace is Almost Ready
- Mount Pleasant the Band Vs. Mount Pleasant the Neighborhood
- Dupont About to Be One Yarn Store Richer, One “Exotic Boutique” Poorer
- Reviewed: The Evens at Fort Reno
- Howard Theatre Restoration Means a Major Music Venue for Shaw
I also write roundups of arts news every Tuesday morning.
For City Desk
- Uniontown Bar & Grill Shut Down for Not Paying Rent
- Are U Street NW Restaurants “Swagger-Jacking”? Maybe, but Our Conversation Needs to Go Deeper
- House Committee on Relaxing the Height Act: Worth Tweeting About!
- Harriet Tregoning Busted for Unbagged Bike on Metro
- Titan of Trinidad—Revealed?
- Charles Hurt’s Bikeshare Rant is Sexist, Too
- Nail Polish for Locavores: Studio85′s District of Columbia Collection
- Why Bikeshare Data Doesn’t Speak for Everyone on a Bike
- D.C. Council Treats DDOT Confirmation Hearing Like ANC Meeting
- Too Hot for D.C. Government!
- Be Your Own Bikeshare Restocking System
- DDOT Officials Hit the Road
- Read: Sidwell Friends Sued Over Alleged Affair
- Anacostia River Report Card: Mostly Fs
- Vanilla City?
- This Summer, It’ll Be One City for the Kids
- Catania’s “Over the Counter” Birth Control Isn’t Actually Over the Counter
- Easier Access to Birth Control Won’t Alleviate High Cost of Medicine
- Future of Medical Marijuana in the District Slow-Moving and Hazy
- F-16s Zoom Over District Seeking Small Commercial Jet
- To Those Interested In Same-Sex Marriage: Carry On!
- D.C. Medical Marijuana Framework Still Very Partially Baked
- Hostile Packages Make Their Way to D.C. Postal Facility
- Packages Go From Suspicious to Hostile
- Bag Tax Only Raises $2 Million, But So What?
- Media Matters Wants You to Drop Fox Like It’s Hot
- EPA to D.C.: Clean Up!
- Dangerous 18th St. NW Intersection Slated for Improvements
I also write daily Neighborhood News Roundups, aggregations of news and chatter from D.C. blogs and neighborhood email lists.
For Housing Complex
- Five Feelings About the Anacostia Streetcar
- Substantial Streetcar Discussion! Is Anacostia Done Saying ‘No’?
- Next Wave of D.C. Cycling Infrastructure Will Be Pushy
- D.C. For People: Jan Gehl Says Old Folks Should Ride Bikes Too
- Barry Not Helping With DDOT Streetcar Charm Offensive
- Fun With Pie Charts: Vacant Property Edition
- In the Battle of Barney Circle, Could There Be a Middle Ground?
- Far Southeast Will Gladly Take Your Sidewalks
- Putting Substance Over Spectacle to Help D.C. Residents Understand the Market
- Storytime with George Hawkins: Lead Scares, Boiled Water Alerts, and DC Water as More Than a Utility
- A Tabard Win: Historic Preservation Sends Follies Hotel Back to the Boards
- MTA Tightens Screws on University of Maryland’s Purple Line Recalcitrance
- Caution: Woodley Park Condos Are Larger Than They Appear
- Dispatch From College Park: Transit Administration’s Plan Flops
- Mixed-use Development and a Bike Trail, Too: Rhode Island Avenue-Brentwood is Looking Up
- Open House Hopping: It’s Better Than Brunch
- Barney Circle: God Willing, A Smooth Road Ahead For Historic District
For Young & Hungry
- Boozy BORF Beverage Wins Y&H’s You Call That an Artini? Contest
- Does This Cocktail Make You Horny? Casa Oaxaca’s Besamo Mucho
- Weekend Crowd Crams Round Two of Grey D.C. Market at Local 16
- Perpetually Low-Priced Eggs Out of Easy Reach of Most D.C. Residents
- D.C. Grey Farmers Market Steps Out From the Shadows
FOR GREATER GREATER WASHINGTON
- GGW Discusses: Gentrification versus Displacement
- Urban hipster? Longtime resident? We all need an affordable place to live
- Wal-Mart, urban design, Main Street, jobs, and eye care
- Gentrification needn’t displace if we do more than shrug
- Great Hall’s new look could accentuate its past
FOR THE BILLFOLD
- What I’ve Spent to Move Into a New Apartment
- What I’ve Spent Since I Got My Keys Back From My Ex-Boyfriend
- What I’ve Spent Since My Boyfriend Told Me He Was Moving to Germany, Then Broke Up With Me
