From Extraordinary Observations
January 20, 2012 at 8:53 am
AdAge has a headline that reads: D.G. Yuengling & Son Becomes America's Largest Brewer. Of course, once you get into the meat of the article you see that it's technically true ... (
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January 18, 2012 at 8:57 am
True or False: a household whose income is $160,000 is "wealthy" or "rich"?I asked this simple question on Twitter earlier in the month and it sparked a small debate. Some people ... (
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December 28, 2011 at 6:19 pm
For a while now I've been enjoying food shows - mostly stuff on the Food Network, like Good Eats and Iron Chef; but recently I've started watching America's Test Kitchen, which ... (
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December 26, 2011 at 12:39 pm
Last week I was walking home from work, and without my iPod and earphones, had little ability to block out the loud conversation taking place behind me. One woman was telling another ... (
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December 23, 2011 at 12:19 pm
Later today I'll be boarding a plane and flying to Ohio for the holidays, just like I did last month for Thanksgiving, and dozens of other times this year, for a variety of reasons.Last ... (
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December 19, 2011 at 12:00 pm
Yesterday's lead story on 60 Minutes was about vacancy and abandonment in Cleveland. This is an issue that hits close to home for me.I started studying the problem in 2008. Back ... (
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December 18, 2011 at 1:20 pm
There's been a lot of chatter around the blogosphere about Christopher Leinberger's New York Times op-ed that I think really hits the nail on the head when it comes to the issue ... (
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December 17, 2011 at 10:32 am
The fact that the U.S. Post Office is basically a failing enterprise is nothing new. Figuring out where things went wrong is becoming a common theme in the blogosphere.(from Bennett ... (
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November 28, 2011 at 7:10 pm
Someone sent me a link to this video today. It purports to show Mitt Romney as a wild flip-flopper. Watch for yourself.Is Romney really incapable of holding a single position on ... (
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November 16, 2011 at 7:09 pm
Earlier in the month when I was traveling in Ohio, I got to drink some of the first Great Lakes Christmas Ale of the season. I've always been intrigued by its popularity. Even ... (
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November 14, 2011 at 7:10 pm
Emily Badger has a though-provoking article over at The Atlantic Cities about the desire, even in today's market, to buy a home, rather than to rent. If there's one topic that ... (
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November 3, 2011 at 9:46 am
Obviously it's been a while since I've blogged here (or anywhere for that matter). I'm taking a short break to take care of some personal things, but will be back later in the ... (
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October 22, 2011 at 11:59 am
I don't do much driving, but this year, I've made a couple of long-distance trips. The first was a round-trip between Washington and Akron - about 700 total miles. The second was ... (
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October 12, 2011 at 6:15 pm
There's a really interesting article over at GOOD about the power that Yelp has on local businesses. It describes my behavior pretty accurately, and makes me realize just how crucial ... (
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October 9, 2011 at 12:03 pm
Last week this headline caught my attention: "Pizzeria Eschews Groupon, Offers Own Half-Off Deal". The article is about a gourmet pizzeria in Arlington that will offer half-price ... (
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October 8, 2011 at 12:55 pm
Kojo Namdi did a very good show on coffee last Wednesday. Click through and listen to the segment, it's about a half-hour long and it's very good. They even produced this little ... (
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October 7, 2011 at 7:19 pm
Streaming video is the wave of the future? Right? That's what Netflix seems to believe, and what a lot of people are really wishing will be true. I'm not quite as optimistic.(from ... (
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October 6, 2011 at 7:25 pm
Lydia DePillis wonders if competition will really improve car sharing in the District. I'm not to certain it will, as I wrote over the summer. In any case, plenty of people are ... (
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October 3, 2011 at 8:00 am
Stephen Smith has a post about housing and gentrification that I think hits on some good points, but it only tells one piece of a bigger story about how housing markets works. ... (
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October 1, 2011 at 11:43 am
I've got a new post over at Greater Greater Washington about two coffee shops in my neighborhood. A block apart from each other, one opened just a few months before the other closed. ... (
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September 28, 2011 at 7:38 pm
Retailers are finally starting to get rid of self-checkout lanes at their stores. I'm neither surprised nor heartbroken by this development. I've found self-checkout to be more ... (
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September 25, 2011 at 10:56 am
I really liked This American Life's Amusement Park episode. I spent four summers of my teenage life working at an amusement park, so this was something I could certainly relate ... (
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September 23, 2011 at 7:04 am
Last winter I set out to figure out what's so special about the gourmet burger craze in DC. At the time, I couldn't understand why people were so excited about a simple food that's ... (
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September 19, 2011 at 7:19 pm
I recently got a chance to read Ryan Avent's Kindle book The Gated City. I have a lot of respect for the author. I think he's one of the smartest people around when it comes to ... (
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September 18, 2011 at 7:03 pm
Yesterday I rode my bike over to check out the H Street NE neighborhood festival, followed by a screening at the DC Shorts film festival at the Atlas Theater. Ever since major ... (
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