Groupon is a combination of coupon and group. Every day there’s “something cool to do at an unbeatable price” (i.e. a coupon), but, in order for you to get the offer, enough people must sign up for it (that’s the group part). It’s a localized service, so there one “something cool” for each location. I’ve [...]
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Like a Zoo on a Holiday
We went to the National Zoo on Friday. So did everyone else. The place was like… well, like a zoo… on a holiday. Exhibits open at 10:00, and we turned into the grounds, toward the parking lots, about 10 minutes after that. We were waved past full parking lots, then directed to turn round and [...]
Proud of Silver Spring Neighbor Murray Hill
I’ll vote for Murray! If corporations have rights such as free speech, why not let them run for congress? That’s the issue raised by Silver Spring PR firm Murray Hill, which would like to run. Not that I’ll be able to vote for Murray, or for anyone else, being a victim of taxation without representation. [...]
Wheaton: It’s Tigerific!
How is Wheaton terrific? Let me count the ways, stopping at three for now: It’s poised for a boom. That’s according to city planners and via the local Gazette, so it must be true. Wheaton library hosts Year of the Tiger celebrations this Saturday, March 6 (again with the Gazette-linking). It is home to a [...]
Smartphones and Other Playthings
I’m in Interactions, the indoor playspace, in Kensington. Or at least I was on the 23rd; I’m editing this the following day. Anyway, there are these helpful labels on the toys, such as these Diatonic Boomwhackers. Great Kids Village in Silver Spring takes a different, but also helpful and probably more lucrative, approach. Parents can [...]
Snoburbia: Not Just for Winter
Here’s another map of the USA, to go with the one I posted earlier today. It adorns a t-shirt available from Snoburbia. That’s not a reference to our recent weather, but is the result of: snob + suburbia. I became aware of Snoburbia via a post on its blog, which I in turn found via [...]
DC as the Heart of the Nation
Washington DC as a big, red heart, pumping life-blood through the arteries of the nation’s body? The quote/link is from/to Strange Maps, a fine blog (and now a book). The map is from PublicOptionPlease, where it won a competition. Congratulations to artist Amy Martin. It makes me wonder which other locations might correspond to other [...]
Red and White
Red was doubly appropriate for yesterday, since it was both Valentine’s Day and Chinese New Year. It still seemed appropriate this morning, as there was a trip to Target (big red T) to spend some of the red envelope money. We have a white afternoon, though. The snow has started to fall yet again. It [...]
Happy New Year
Year of the Tiger, that is. This rather lovely poster is by Lili Chin. Our rather tasty lunch today was from Paul Kee. It seemed that everyone in the county was picking up a large order when I was there – and that was before noon.
Whiteout Wednesday
You know it’s bad when “snow forces snow plows, utility repair crews off the road.” But, as the Washington Post reports, that’s exactly what’s happened in DC and in MoCo. Speaking of our own county, sweet home, Montgomery schools are closed for the whole week. That means that schools will have been closed since just [...]