Category: Commentary
5 DC Brunches for Those Who Don’t Like Brunch
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 [...]
On Crime, Police, and Being a Hero
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 [...]
VIDEO: The Alyona Show 6-28-12
Well, it feels like a regular gig now, being on The Alyona Show’s Happy Hour segment for the fourth straight week. This time, I got paired up with RT producer Andrew Blake, and I think the interplay was tighter and quicker, since we both appear to have more to say than there’s time for. For [...]
VIDEO: The Alyona Show 6-20-12
For the third straight week, The Alyona Show on RT (state-owned Russian Television in America) asked me to come on for the light-hearted Happy Hour segment, in which we poke fun at select news stories. This week, a bit of a wrinkle happened. Normally, the producer, Patrice (the young lady who “discovered” me) sends me [...]
VIDEO: The Alyona Show 6-13-12
Here’s my second appearance on Russia TV’s The Alyona Show, for their Happy Hour segment. Topics were a Pew survey that says kids are less likely to believe in God, Groupon naming your baby, merch for that 50 Shades of Gray novel, and some kid who got caught overpreparing to cheat on a test. I [...]
VIDEO: The Alyona Show debut
Well, it finally happened. All this goofing around with the camera, microphone, stand-up, and sketch writing converged to present me with the opportunity to be one of my favorite near-meaningless titles in pop culture, the “social commentator.” A few weeks ago, I was on the National Mall and a female roving reporter approached me for [...]
VIDEO: Adams Morgan Day Festival 2011
During a long weekend of filming four different events, we spent part of Sunday afternoon away from the Mall and national September 11 commemorations to instead take in the day in one of DC’s more distinctive neighborhoods, Adams Morgan. Some embrace for it for its beautiful architecture, cultural diversity, and its symbolism of unity, drawing [...]
A Conversation Between Umpires Stuck in DC Traffic
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. [...]
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