Beginning in December 2012, Man on the Street DC began producing a variety show called “Who in the Whatnow?”. While self-styled variety shows have gotten popular in the DC area, Whatnow is unique in its format, with gameshow elements, and unscripted performances from stand-up comedians that aren’t really improv either. Some of the regular features [...]
On Wednesday, April 10th, the umpiring crew for the Nationals – White Sox game showed up late to the game, reportedly due to traffic. Thanks to our crack reporting staff, and some other nebulous means of record, we’ve been able to obtain a copy of the conversation in the car en route to the stadium. [...]
David and Asif have another podcast, About Last Week, where generally they talk about TV, but we don’t watch much TV aside from sports, so we discuss odd jobs, including mascot work and trying out (unsuccessfully) to be one of the Washington Nationals Racing Presidents. Also, we pick up the guitar and play half a [...]
It’s been quite around MOTS DC lately for a number of reasons, meaning we haven’t been doing our own podcast since the turn of the new year. But, that should be changing very soon, and we’ll be getting back on schedule. In the meantime, we were the guest on this week’s Hollywood Pitch Funtime podcast, [...]
A preview of events this Halloween weekend and what memorable thoughts we expect to hear when eavesdropping on the folks next to us. Post your own on Twitter at the #OverheardDC hashtag. DO IT ALREADY. FRIDAY BYT Halloween Party: The Temple of Doom & the Lost Crystal Skull Crusade at The Sphinx Club “Almost as [...]
Beginning in December 2012, Man on the Street DC began producing a variety show called “Who in the Whatnow?”. While self-styled variety shows have gotten popular in the DC area, Whatnow is unique in its format, with gameshow elements, and unscripted performances from stand-up comedians that aren’t really improv either. Some of the regular features [...]
David and Asif have another podcast, About Last Week, where generally they talk about TV, but we don’t watch much TV aside from sports, so we discuss odd jobs, including mascot work and trying out (unsuccessfully) to be one of the Washington Nationals Racing Presidents. Also, we pick up the guitar and play half a [...]
It’s been quite around MOTS DC lately for a number of reasons, meaning we haven’t been doing our own podcast since the turn of the new year. But, that should be changing very soon, and we’ll be getting back on schedule. In the meantime, we were the guest on this week’s Hollywood Pitch Funtime podcast, [...]
Sunday evening, I swung by the soft opening for Cause DC, a new “philanthropub” near 9th & U St NW. Normally, I don’t cover bar/restaurant openings since plenty of other sites have that territory covered, but this is a slightly different take on a familiar model. The concept of a “philanthropub” is new in theory, [...]
Have you ever pARTied all night? That was the premise, sort of, behind Art All Night DC 2012: Nuit Blanche DC. An “all-night” arts fest (from 7:00 pm to 3:00 am), the celebration linked together a half-dozen venues in the Penn Quarter section of town. The event marked the close of Art4All DC, a new citywide collaboration to [...]
Have you ever wanted to shuck oysters? SURE, WE ALL HAVE. But, how hard have you been working to fulfill that dream? Not at all? Well, here’s what you’re missing. Over the weekend, Union Market in northeast DC held its first (annual?) “Shuck Off,” where average Joes and Jills could show up, enjoy some seafood [...]
A few weeks ago, I decided I was getting rid of my CDs. For me, this was more than impulse. Sure, digital is the way to go now. The very thought represented a break from the past. I’ve been acquiring music since I was 6. My first album was Quiet Riot’s Mental Health. My first [...]
I decided this year I wanted to know what people were talking about when they talked about whitewater kayaking. Get a kayaker going and he or she gets a faraway look in the eye that you don’t often see in this city. It is the kind of expression that belongs on the faces of people [...]
Since starting this blog, we’ve had several ideas for fish out of water type stories and none more fishier nor more out of water than to somehow immerse ourselves in the world of fashion. Technically, it’s not my first encounter if you really want to cast a wide net for criteria, but definitely my first [...]
On Wednesday, April 10th, the umpiring crew for the Nationals – White Sox game showed up late to the game, reportedly due to traffic. Thanks to our crack reporting staff, and some other nebulous means of record, we’ve been able to obtain a copy of the conversation in the car en route to the stadium. [...]
I don’t hear it too often, but occasionally a young lady will remark that she “hates brunch” or “doesn’t do brunch”. As you can imagine, this can be an isolating belief system. For 99% of women, brunch is a sacred institution. It’s leisurely, social, and can be on some level most of us guys don’t [...]
Yesterday, I was coming out my apartment in the Petworth section of DC with my bike, when I heard what sound like kids yelling. I looked up to the left and at the corner of the block, a young, possibly teenage, black male (dreads, white t-shirt, blue jeans) was running through tall grass with a [...]
A preview of events this Halloween weekend and what memorable thoughts we expect to hear when eavesdropping on the folks next to us. Post your own on Twitter at the #OverheardDC hashtag. DO IT ALREADY. FRIDAY BYT Halloween Party: The Temple of Doom & the Lost Crystal Skull Crusade at The Sphinx Club “Almost as [...]
A preview of events this weekend and what memorable thoughts we expect to hear when eavesdropping on the folks next to us. Written while at The Coupe, which featured a couple next to us breaking up (“Here’s how you can check in on me from now on”) and a terrible internet connection. Post your own [...]
Happy Columbus Day weekend, everyone. As always, our preview of events this weekend and what memorable thoughts we expect to hear when eavesdropping on the folks next to us. Post your own on Twitter at the #OverheardDC hashtag. FRIDAY, October 5 Story League Tournament 3 at the Black Cat “Can’t believe how many people are [...]
One of my favorite stand-up routines is the closing bit on Brian Regan’s first CD release, Live, in which the comedian details a conversation between two dogs that reveals two very bored individuals reminiscing about chasing cars. Dogs’ personalities have always fascinated me, but maybe not as much as what their owners put them through for the [...]
With Halloween approaching, I wanted to do at least one event that references the holiday in some way that did not involve cross dressing. Thanks, to Greg’s List (no affiliation), I found this small, low-key pumpkin carving contest at Helix, a bar I’ve been to exactly once, for a birthday party probably 5 years ago. [...]
The crowds. The pagentry. The Pomp. The Circumstance. The High Heels. The Drag Queen Race. DC is a lot of things. Uptight. Self-important. Unimaginative. Things that you would equate with cookie-cutter movies about politics and professional life in the U.S. It’s also the opposite of those things sometimes, as if parallel cities exists outside of [...]
Anyone need a kiddie pool?
Who cares if it’s nice out, I like couches.
This is definitely my favorite. Cocoas, ciders and chocolates are the real things. #signs #oldtown
Nothing is as it seems! #signs #oldtown
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