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How is it August already and I have yet to have a single steamed crab or dipped even a toe into the ocean? I’m thinking it’s about time I put in for some vacation time! Oh right, I blew my vacation savings on a trip at the beginning of the summer. So does anyone need a house-sitter for their beach house?
This seems to happen to me every summer; I have these huge plans to take advantage of all of the great summertime events around DC — Jazz in the Garden, outdoor movie nights, biking, hiking, tubing, beach trips — and suddenly I turn around and summer is gone. I haven’t exactly been wasting my weekends on bad TV either. Too much is crammed into three months.
- Norm Metzger shared the results of a meeting between Commissioner Kirsten Oldenburg and Community Connections, in response to community complaints about issues with the organization’s clientele loitering outside.
- City Desk looked into the mystery of the stolen memorial bench from Turtle Park.
- City Desk also determined that some anti-statehood license plates spotted around the Hill are, in fact, illegal.
- JDLand announced that the grand opening of Yards Park is set for September 12.
- In a rundown of DC politicians’ use of social media, DCist gives a shout out to Tommy Wells for being the only one to actually send out his own tweets.
- Capital Cooking checked out Ted’s Bulletin…the pictures of the homemade pop tarts and milkshakes are making my mouth water!
- H Street Great Street checked out the new brunch at Liberty Tree, which will be served every Saturday and Sunday from 11 am until 3 pm. Frozen Tropics has the full menu.
- Speaking of brunch, I recently checked out the brunch at Fusion Grill on 8th Street. You can read the full review on Brunch and the City.
- ReadysetDC checked out We, The Pizza and Metrocurean put together a fun video of the new pizza place.