It's Bono!
What a big week for Foggy Bottom! GGW’s commentariat decided we had an existential crisis and wondered whether FoBo is a ghetto, Bono showed up, a garden got planted, and GW Patriot authors are getting attacked by villainous bicyclers!
The FoBoGro lovetrain keeps on chugging, as the local grocers get some well deserved attention from WaPo.
Did you know there was a community garden (of sorts) near 24th and H? Me neither! But the seeds for the spring have already been planted.
The ANC took no action for or against 10 local establishments seeking to renew their liquor license, implying their consent. We’ll use the term “action” loosely here, since licenses are approved or denied by the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration, and not the ANC. The Hatchet covered a bit more of the ANC meeting too.
Hooray for the Foggy Bottom outdoor sculpture tour!
Did you see Bono in FoBo this week?
Metro will be operating as usual this weekend. And by that, we mean there will be major delays due to maintenance. Also, street closures.
“The GW Patriot: Sophomoric Hateful Drivel?” While the author laments getting stuck behind bicyclists on freeways in CA, (Really? I mean, REALLY?) they’re right about bikes not being allowed on sidewalks in FoBo — which is why we support more bike lanes coming to the area.
Check out the comments at Greater Greater Washington for a hilarious argument that asserts 1) Foggy Bottom doesn’t exist as a neighborhood, and at the same time 2) it’s a student ghetto/white person ghetto/rich person ghetto. All this over an even more ridiculous story about some Georgetown resident doing his best to prove that every neighborhood has its cranks.
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Wow, are you seriously that poor at reading comprehension?
There was no hate in my article. Yes, in California I did get frustrated when stuck behind slow bicyclists on freeways. The speed limit on the freeway is 60 in California, and at some points is only 2 lanes (1 for each direction) so when you are stuck at these points and a bicyclist is taking the only lane doing their training at 20mph, you’d get a little frustrated too.
But my point was that bicyclists in Foggy Bottom are breaking the law and endangering pedestrians in Foggy Bottom. I’m sure the typical person has better reading comprehension than the author of this article, so I would encourage everyone to read the article on your own: http://www.gwpatriotblog.com/2010/04/bicyclists-in-foggy-bottom-freewheeling.html
I see how well you comprehend my satirical reference to your post title.
In your post you first complain about bicycles on the road when you’re driving, then complain about bicycles on the sidewalk when you’re walking. Your concern seems to stem less from an interest in good and equitable transportation policy than it does from your frustration that bicyclists don’t seem to regard the presence of Tom Bird IV with as much significance as you do.
I also encourage readers to check out your post, linked to in mine, to consider it for themselves. If they’d like to weigh in, I hope they do so in the comments here and there. This will be all from me on this, I’ll leave the rest to the mighty commentariat.
Thanks for linking the article that we already linked!