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  • dc tax free holiday!

    The District of Columbia will offer its first 2007 Sales Tax Holiday beginning at 12:01 am Saturday, August 4 through midnight Sunday, August 12. The Sales Tax holiday grants an exemption from the 5.75 percent sales tax…

  • how to respond to racial slurs

    I've noticed that the mean people in my neighborhood come out when the weather gets warmer. Tonight, I took the bus home, as I usually do when I work the late shift. This busline is known to carry passengers who can be…

  • sounds i'd rather not hear anymore 1. squeaky mice running through our walls 2. gunshots 3. ambulance sirens I felt called to this neighborhood when I first moved here, as did my roommates, but in all honesty, I don't …

  • unprepared pacific northwesterner

    Ugh, so today was yet another example of why I wouldn't be able to live on the East Coast long term. The weather is way too extreme! Or maybe I just don't have the right gear. Tonight, I waited 45 minutes for the bus …

  • another gate in chinatown? The Dragon Gate 602 and 604 H Street, NW Between 6th and 7th Streets Washington, DC 20001 Apparently it was installed at noon today. So now, two gates + a bunch of iffy Chinese restaurants …

  • metro in the distant future Purple line, silver line, and extended green line?

  • yellow line being extended to fort totten Effective December 31. Finally! Yay Metro! This should mean that it won't take me quite so long to get to Arlington and Alexandria...

  • dc segway tours... Hahaha... For some reason, this makes me want to laugh. Is it just me, or does anyone else from Seattle find this funny? Oh, DC... you are an endless source of amusement to me.

  • sales tax holiday Apparently, DC shoppers are exempt from sales tax starting today through December 3. But not if you're buying school supplies.

  • 2006 help the homeless walkathon: 4 thoughts 1. Thanks to everyone who supported the Gib House Team in the 2006 Fannie Mae Help the Homeless Walkathon! We managed to raise about $1,500 for N Street Village. 2. …

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