At IAD

I'm pretty angry but also having complicated feelings. idk if I'm looking for advice, reassurance or what.

i live in the Trinidad/Noma area. This morning I was at the intersection of WV Ave and FL Ave crossing and saw the woman walking down WV Ave yelling to herself. When I saw her a side of me was saying "don't judge. You've seen plenty of being mentally unstable here that have never posed a threat". She crossed the street while traffic was heavy and knelt down and spat on my 11 month old. Luckily it was just on the onesie and stroller strap. I confronted her, but it took every once of will power not to physically strike this woman. She was goading me to hit her. My wife was telling me no. In the split second while confronting her I thought about the optics of a 220 pound white guy striking a 100 point black woman. No way would that have look good, more so if someone filmed without the spot. But my God it was not easy.

I'm feeling conflicted as she was clearly mentally unstable, 100 pounds, and pretty sure unhoused. My wife recognizes her around the area. My wife is upset because she saw her cross the street, but didnt move the stroller cause the same thoughts I have. plus she works with a lot of homeless. I'm trying to forgive this lady because she is not mentally stable and dealing with homelessness, but dang I'm red hot right now. I see plenty of people with kids in this area (low and what I assume is high income), but NE DC does not feel like a healthy place for families.

Found this handsome boy in Southeast DC on Mississippi Ave and 10th place this morning 9/1/26 around 5am. He had the harness on already but he didn’t have a leash. Neighbors found him and tied him to the corner to see if his owners would come. I took to the vet - he doesn’t have a micro chip. He is not neutered. He is extremely friendly. Hes about 55lbs. Looks like a Bully. Please let me know if you know him or his owners.

I went to Lupo Verde on 14th with friends and this was the caprese salad I was served for $26. I get that a lot of restaurants are struggling for various reasons but they’re getting produce in bulk and how much could a tomato possibly cost that you’d need to slice it so thinly to make it stretch across multiple plates? I felt like I just ate a ball of mozzarella with a hint of tomato. Whether it’s labor costs or high rent regardless of what the root cause I feel like nothing can excuse this. My friend got tortellini for $30 something dollars and there were only 8 small tortellini on the plate so it wasn’t just me.

Are others noticing shrinking portions and quality while prices continue to go up?

That being said I love the food scene here and you can have so many incredible meals in this city for around the same price as this so why can some restaurants provide quality commensurate to the cost of the meal and others not?

Just always find it fun when artists show love to our 9:30 club, although I don’t know if blink-182 has ever played the 9:30?

All the parking threads here lately got me curious, so I pulled the full 2025 parking citation dataset from Open Data DC and ran the numbers.

Totals for the year: 1,033,777 citations, $61,881,924 in fines assessed. That works out to about $7,000 in fines per hour, around the clock, all year.

The weird one is August. 46,568 citations — barely half of July (97k) or September (96.5k). It's a full month of data, not a partial pull, I checked it against the source directly. I don't have a good explanation for why enforcement fell off a cliff for one month. If anyone knows, I'm genuinely curious.

The top violation isn't what I expected either. "Fail to display a multi-space meter receipt" the paper slip from the kiosk — beat everything else at 130,767 tickets. And "no current tags" is the biggest money-maker of any category at $9.3M despite being second in count.

Everything's from Open Data DC. Happy to share the exact queries if anyone wants to check my math.

I work until midnight most days and am generally a night owl. What’re some good places to walk around after midnight? I’ve done the monuments. Bonus if there’s any cozy places to grab a quick bite that are open late, maybe to read a book

No need to find a real parking spot. We don’t care

PS - strange that this ostensibly Virginian plate is only ever near the Md border

This past Saturday afternoon, there was a free electronic music and creative arts event by the Washington Monument.

Towards the end (about 7pm), a gaggle of Navy folk in their PT uniforms ran by as the DJ was spinning some variety of house.

I thought it made for a wonderfully odd pic.

Does anyone want to see Patti Smith tonight at The Atlantis?

My girlfriend is sick and I have an extra ticket. The ticket is free, just have to meet me there as the ticket is will call.

Figured I’d try here because…why not.

My date fell through for show Tuesday next week, Sept 8. So, I have an extra ticket.

The show is at Songbyrd (a great little local venue by Union Market, if you’ve never been). At 7pm with an opener.

The headliner is a fantastic indie “country rock” band called Brown Horse. Check them out: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mKxMFlRj6xw&list=RDmKxMFlRj6xw&start_radio=1&t=540s&pp=ygUQYnJvd24gaG9yc2UgbGl2ZaAHAQ%3D%3D&ra=m

So, if you’re a single lady interested in some good live music, hit me up. The ticket is yours. Maybe we can grab a drink beforehand.

As mentioned, I’m 38. Honestly, pretty exceedingly normal. I enjoy being outside, primarily kayaking. And live music. Typical DC job.

It’ll be a low pressure, non committal thing. If all we do is enjoy each other’s company and some live music…that’s cool!

I’ve sent them an email but no response. I’m dying to know cause it’s my favorite honey mustard that I’ve tried and I just am dying to get a bottle of it.

Just moved here from NY/NJ and got a ragdoll kitten. Been bringing him places with me and he's doing very well. Brought him to local parks. At a beer garden right now with him. Any cat/pet friendly places in the area? Living in NoMa. Any kitty meet ups? Any tips on training an adventure kitty? My next hurdle is going to be going on the metro with him. Obviously in a bag with a harness.