Only in DC!

This morning, over a lavish breakfast at the Georgia Avenue McDonald's with my friend Eric, the District of Columbia afforded me yet another reason to lament its swift and brutal gentrification.

Around 10:20am, a shirtless (in 25 degree weather!) man took off southbound on Georgia, running like he stole something, literally stopping traffic in the process, only to leisurely walk back from whence he came, laughing. He then sprinted back across Ed Murphy Way, hopped the tall-ass fence of Banneker High's baseball diamond, only to take off running again. The entire dining room went into a stunned silence, which was broken seconds later by simultaneous peals of laughter.

It was the single, most amazing thing I have seen this year. In fact, it almost beats the time Eric and I encountered a man who told us of the museum he opened with the help of Indiana Jones, after they went on an excavation in the jungle along with 3,000 of the neighborhood kids. What did they find on this excursion, you ask? Why, a giant statue, which is now being hidden by the military in the reservoir by Children's Hospital, of course.

You cannot make this shit up! If that's not a reason to cut out all this condo-building business, I just don't know what is.

Ladies and gentlemen, let's keep DC black!

Posted by: Brittany