The District was slow to get into the ramen game, but ever since our first slurp we’ve been making up for lost time. What DC lacks in the concentration of ramen shops within the 68.34 mi² it makes up for in diversity and experimentation. DC ramen shops respect Japanese noodle traditions...
Christmas weekend is right around the corner and that means (weather permitting) outdoor ice rinks will start opening up to the public all over the District. We’ve pulled together a list of some of our favorite places to cut the ice.
Even a proposed bullet train can’t defy the speed of bureaucracy, but we are creeping closer to a 15-minute ride between Baltimore and DC. According to Urban Turf, three routes have been proposed for maglev train routes: The main route that has been publicized would have a station in either...
Halloween season is officially here and that means haunts all over Chicagoland are putting up spider webs, dumping dust on the crypts, and mixing up fresh batches of stage blood. Illinois and Wisconsin share the distinction of having two of the largest concentrations of haunted houses in the country. The...
The Chicago brewery boom doesn’t show any signs of slowing down. 2017 has been hopping with new breweries and the last three months being especially busy. Here’s a quick rundown of some of the newest entrants in this constantly fermenting market.
Murals are seeing a sort of renaissance in San Francisco. Some business owners continue to wash away street art in an effort to raise property estimates. But an increasing number of business owners are seeing the benefit of showcasing and supporting the creation of murals.
You no longer need to trek to Berkeley to get picture perfect fish-shaped ice cream cone. Uji Time Desserts has quietly opened in Japantown this month and Yelp is already full of snaps of soft serve ice cream on top of fish-shaped ice cream taiyaki pastries. Uji Time made waves in...
[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/105512967″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] “Party at the NSA” is a new track from YACHT that helps raise funds for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. More information at partyatthensa.com.
During a discussion on the Soul Coughing message board shortly after the release of El Oso a fan told M. Doughty that he hoped the next album would be more like Ruby Vroom. Doughty clearly bristled at the suggestion and responded that he would never ask anyone to “go back...
Maybe one good thing that could come out of the Boston Marathon bombing is a reevaluation of the Fourth Estate. I’m probably being overly optimistic, because it would require the national media to acknowledge they aren’t achieving their purpose of contributing to an informed populace. The amount of flubbed reporting...
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