Eleanor and Colby Singing Up a Storm
Eleanor and Colby Singing Up a Storm in themail, October 6, 1999
Dear Visualizers:
Don't you just love that picture? Next issue, or at the latest, the issue
after: the lyrics. We're on the trail, and we have enough leads now to be sure we'll bag
them. Now tell me the truth, wouldn't you rather have the lyrics to DC's own state song
than a millennium holiday in Hawaii, Fiji, or Italy? That's right, me neither.
Gary Imhoff
themail@dcwatch.com
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A few things that have been floating around in my head the past few days:
1) Congress just pulled a DC on Northern Virginia by unilaterally voiding
the 20-year old agreement between the Department of Transportation and residents of
Arlington restricting the width of I-66. Now that our friends across the Potomac are
learning what DC residents experience on a regular basis, I wonder if we can expect a bit
more cordial relations, if not support, when home rule issues are on the table.
2) Last week while crossing a downtown street (with the walk light) near
the Capitol, I was almost hit by a 60's era Dodge Dart that had pulled around the car
ahead of it and then ran through the red light. Aside from the obvious reaction I had, I
had a secondary one after noticing that the Dart bore House of Representative license tags
from New York's 5th district: was the driver one of those soap boxers who'd been lecturing
DC residents the past few days about the “lawless” example our medical marijuana
initiative might set for the rest of the country? Just curious.
3) With all the attention that's been focused on the cellular towers in
Rock Creek Park, the Park Service's proposed master plan for Rock Creek seems to have
gotten lost in the shuffle. Does anyone know its status?
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Tow Away? No Way!
Willie Schatz, willie@his.com
For never-ending proof of don't-believe-everything-you-read, try driving
north on Connecticut during “rush” hour. All those signs that say “Tow
Away: No Standing or Parking 7-9:30 AM”? As we say in my native land,
FUHGEDDABBOUDIT! It is a very rare morning indeed when fewer than five cars are parked in
the curb lane. It is even more rare when the offending vehicles have a pink slip on their
windshields. And the rocks will melt and the sea will burn (pop quiz: name THAT tune!)
before a tow truck ventures forth to do the job as promised by the sign.
Granted, we're not talking serious offenses here. And compared to the some
of the shit that goes down in this town, we're not talking offenses at all. Yes, the DCPD
has limited resources that only stretch so far and yada, yada, yada. But if you can get a
parking ticket for being a coupla nanoseconds late on your meter (on the extremely rare
occasions when those work), shouldn't these careless, inconsiderate “drivers”
have to suffer the inconvenience of retrieving their cars?
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Planning Director?
Stephanie Faul, steph@intr.net
There's a D.C. Planning Director? You'd never know it from the looks of
this city. Or did he plan to replace every single structure downtown with an anonymous
12-story office building? If so, his plans have been implemented flawlessly.
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From somewhere in the crypts of my mind, I recall seeing DC’s song.
The Commissioners adopted it back when. It has a name like Washington, My Home. Most
memorable, was the line that we're the “home of Washington, Jefferson, and Lee.”
If I had my choice our State Song would be “Lift Every Voice and
Sing,” also known as the Negro National Anthem (I think). Not only is it stirring and
universal in theme, but just about every DC public school kid knows it.
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You asked about past efforts at a DC “State Song.” The only
newspaper reference I could find was a Washington Post article (December 5, 1993)
that stated:
“Report from Week 37, in which we asked for a name, a capital, a
flower, a slogan and a governor for the great state of Washington, D.C., plus a state
joke.
“No one came up with a decent candidate for governor. The closest was
Jim Kolb, of Derwood, who suggested lawyer ‘Boogie’ Weinglass, because he has
the coolest name. This is no way to select a governor, Jim. Americans prefer the more
conventional method of picking the person with the squarest head.
“A lot of duplications in this contest. (Flower: The Croakus. Bird:
The Robbin'. Slogan: The 'Right to Remain Silent' State.) The runners-up are in the
postcard below. State name wins the photo of Gov. Berry, autographed by Chuck Smith of
Woodbridge, who incidentally proposed this as the State Song: ‘Bitch Set Me Up, Up
& Away.’
“The Winners:
State Name: New Crimea (Peggy Hyde, Charlottesville; also, Gene Lawhun, Gainesville)
State Bird: The Great Horny Coot (Rosemary Walsh, Rockville)”
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Yes, there is a file at Washingtonia on it, and Betty Smalls, Ron
Richardson and Eleanor Holmes Norton sang it after Norton's birthday party at the
Washington Court Hotel bar some three years ago. Phil Ogilvie knows all about it.
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Barbara Luchs, a native Washingtonian and long-time civic activist,
especially for recreation issues in Ward 3, should have the music for DC's
“state” song.
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Elusive State Song
Barbara Zartman, zartmanbj@aol.com
The elusive state song is known to (and has been sung by) Colby King. Yes,
the Washington Post's own offered an a capella version when he spoke to the
Committee of 100 some time ago. (Some thought the official song was “Hail to the
Redskins!”) Perhaps he will sing it for you? Offer the lyrics for themail? Cheers!
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Plans for the Millennium
Jim Davison, dcmguru@aol.com
Well, my wife and I decided, after talking to computer folks in
government, not to travel to a “foreign” land. Instead, over a year ago, we
booked a beach cottage on the Island of Kauai, the northernmost Hawaiian island. We are
leaving the day before Christmas Eve, and will not return to our apartment in SW until
January 9, 2000. Figure if we lose power, and the world falls apart, why not be on a
beach? I learned to cook any meal I wanted over an open fire more than 30 years ago, so
we'll survive, perhaps even thrive. I don't need Dick Clark or Will Smith to have a great
time on New Years Eve.
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Fiji it is, about 200 miles from the dateline. I had planned for years to
be in Fiji, then hop a plane to Hawaii, and thanks to the massive time difference,
celebrate all over again. But alas, the more details that emerged, I realized I would be
in a cab headed to the Fiji airport on Nandi instead of celebrating New Year's at some
resort. We'll try to get to the island that we can simply walk across that has the 24 hour
time difference. Some friends are headed out to sea that night, and will scuba across the
dateline at midnight, flying back to Fiji in the wee hours at 150 feet altitude so as not
to boil their blood! Rest assured, the Y2K problem should not be a problem, as Bill Gates
and 1,000 top MS employees have chosen Fiji as well. Then again.....
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Ms. P’s New Year's Eve
Miss Dorothy Persiflage, daniel@his.com
Miss Persiflage (whose motto: “Mi piace multissimo tutti cosi
Italiani!”) is pleased to report that she will welcome in the New Year close to
the banks of il fiume Tevere in Roma, Italy. Actually, she'll be staying right across from
Hadrian's Castel Sant' Angelo, fondly evoking in her mind one of the more precipitous of
operatic deaths (no long, “die already!” drawn-out “Adio...” for
Tosca, thank you very much!), in addition to a long history of Popes on the run. Ms. P
briefly considered celebrating at Polly's on U. Street, or (incognito) at Tracks, but the
lure of Lazio was too great to ignore. In what other country does one drive along towards,
say, Arezzo, and see road signs such as “Arezzo 123.7 k,” “Arezzo 52.4
k,” “Arezzo 23.9 k,” and, when one arrives,“Arezzo 0.0 k.” So
Italy it must be.
Especially since Ms. Persiflage has a confession to make: she never
finished her reading of Mr. Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Yes,
she's ashamed to admit such a dreadful thing, but it's true. Ms. P stopped at The
Nineteenth Chapter just when Julian was about to acquire the manly virtues of firmness and
discretion. She recalls ending at a passage of possible interest to our local death
penalty opponents:
“The emperor was easily convinced that his own safety was
incompatible with the life of his cousin: the sentence of death was signed, dispatched,
and executed; and the nephew of Constantine, with his hands tied behind his back, was
beheaded in prison, like the vilest malefactor. Those who are inclined to palliate the
cruelties of Constantius assert that he soon relented, and endeavoured to recall the
bloody mandate; but that the second messenger, intrusted with the reprieve was detained by
eunuchs, who dreaded the unforgiving temper of Gallus, and were desirous of reuniting to
their empire the wealthy provinces of the East.”
The story of Constantius and his beautiful Eusebia was just heating up, so
to speak, when Ms. Persiflage lost the thread of the story, and she feels a strong need to
continue reading to see what happens. Of course the title of Mr. Gibbon's work sort of
gives away the ultimate ending (you didn't know how Titanic was going to end?), but Ms. P
is determined to see it through. And so she will, as we roll over into the year 2000.
So...Va bene! Dove il NATO 'sconto? And, hopefully, A tout ta'
Do
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Celebrating the What? Part II
Tony Ross, rosseroo@erols.com
Joan Eisenstodt's recounting of the AU Hillel Y2K T-shirt reminded me of a
joke I was told by a Persian friend. He said that discussions of the messy domestic
political situation in Iran often end with the phrase, “Let's not worry about such
things, it'll all be resolved by 2000.” (I didn't get it either, until it dawned on
me that in Iran it's not 1999, it's 1378....)
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Abandoning Waterside Mall (Continued)
Anne Drissel, drisselab@aol.com
A recent message stated: “I am a resident owner who lives across the
street from this Mall, and I find the delay in replacing or returning these (EPA)
employees incomprehensible.” I find this message puzzling. Maybe I'm an old-timer,
but, if I'm not mistaken, I remember when those buildings were BEAUTIFUL RESIDENCES with
large living/dining rooms with big bright sunny windows and large bedrooms and nice baths.
When the possibility of the METRO stop being located there, the buildings were allowed to
run down and gradually “illegal” commercial rentals were mixed in with
residential. I know because my employer was one of the early non-residential rentals.
Ultimately the entire complex was rented out as commercial space.
Radical idea: With the hot demand for DC rental, condo and residential
properties — what about converting these buildings back into residences? The Mall
would have plenty of business all day, evening and weekend that way!
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Don't know who did/or is doing the Reno Road work but I don't think they
are finished. As part of the repaving of Van Ness (which took forever), there was a first
layer of pavement put down and then some time went by and eventually a second layer. I
think that may be what is happening with Reno Road. The wavy lines (and I agree they are
pretty funny looking) are temporary and as such are better than the total absence of lines
which made for really exciting driving. You are correct, there is a huge hole that is
opening up at Porter and Reno. Drivers beware! It looks as if one of the manhole covers is
sinking into the road bed. It is a huge inconvenience having Reno Road torn up.
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WASA and Reno Road
Ann Loikow, Cleveland Park, john1@erols.com
Margaret Yoma Ullman wrote asking about the yellow line wobbling on Reno
Road and the great potholes have opened up in the work that took place after resurfacing.
The work between Upton and Warren Streets was done by a WASA contractor who worked on the
water leak that led to the accident at Reno Road and Warren Street last winter. I called
them several times to get the potholes fixed and last Friday a crew was out there filling
almost all of them (missed one pothole near Van Ness St.). I also asked them when they
would release the street to be permanently repaired. I was told it should happen fairly
soon. If others want to add their voices to the chorus, call 202-673-7374 between 8:15 am
and 4:45 pm.
The wobbling yellow line on the newly repaved portion of 34th Street south
of Tilden was done by a contractor retained by DPW as part of its repaving project. ANC 3C
is talking to DPW about the possibility of extending the one lane in each direction with a
center turning lane (the street configuration north of Van Ness St.) farther south through
the Cleveland Park portion of the Reno Road-34th Street corridor as a way to improve
safety and slow down the traffic racing through our neighborhood. However, I don't think a
decision will be made on this before the street markings are finished. Anyway, if you want
to complain about the wobbling yellow line, call DPW Street Repairs, 202-645-7055.
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What to Do When DPW’s Regular Telephone
Numbers Aren’t Responsive
Anne Drissel, drisselab@aol.com
Call the central hotline 727-1000! It works! They record the problem, give
you a follow-up number to track the problem if it's not resolved. Try it! You'll like it!
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No One Promised a Regular Workday
Naomi J. Monk, NMonk10501@aol.com
I join those that compliment and support Chief Charles Ramsey for placing
policemen and women on shifts that provide better protection from crime and disorder for
residents and visitors of DC. Policemen and women know when they were hired that they were
committed to work 24 hours a day. They should be required to work the hours that provide
the best protection for the residents and visitors of DC. If there are those that are
dissatisfied with shift work, they should be required to find employment to fit their
needs elsewhere.
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There's a common misconception that Greens and hard-core progressives,
like me, are always “against” something or other and never have anything
positive to say. Sure we do. I want to congratulate Byte Back! on the opening of their new
training facility in Brookland, dedicated Oct. 4 with an impressive and diverse gathering
of community activists, city officials, business philanthropists and — get this
— FCC chair William Kennard. (I've lived in Washington for 28.5 years, as of this
week, and I've encountered presidents, veeps, Watergate felons, astronauts and kings; but
I had never seen a Federal Communications Commissioner before, especially out in public,
showing an interest in the community.)
Byte Back! is a nonprofit that provides free computer skills training to
homeless adults, who proceed to get jobs that pay over $30K a year. Simple, apolitical,
effective — this is community empowerment in its purest form. They're currently
teaching 445 students, and so far an average of 76% pass each class. I have (and seek) no
connection to this organization except that my friend Denise works there part-time; I just
wanted to say they're doing a great job. Check out volunteer opportunities at http://www.byteback.org.
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Linda Keister and I are researching the Foggy Bottom and surrounding areas
for an article, perhaps a book. We're focusing on the area from the State Department to
the wharf and even Watergate *before* the Watergate complex was built and over to where
Julie Hall's once stood. Does anyone have any memories or anecdotes — personal or
otherwise — you'd like to share? We'd love to include them and very much want to
credit you, if you don't mind.
If so, please tell us about them. We're hoping to hear from you before all
that nostalgia becomes a mere footnote. You can reach me at: hattal@aol.com.
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Regional Economic Developments Addressed in October
Edition of NARPAC, Inc., Web Site
Len Sullivan, lsnarpac@bellatlantic.net
The National Association to Restore Pride in America's Capital has revised
its web site (See “What's New?” at http://www.narpac.org)
with new headline summaries and new correspondence — this time to the President re
including DC's future in his “Clinton Legacy,” and to the OMB Director, urging
White House veto of the DC Budget Act. Plans for developing Alexandria's Potomac Yard and
the Dulles Town Center are noted, along with those for the newly opened section of DC's
Green Line. A NARPAC analysis finds DPW's 1997 Transportation Vision and Strategy short of
the mark, as well as DC's newly unveiled “Scorecard” system for measuring
performance of local government services — but not efficiency!
NARPAC offers to provide a guest speaker at local meetings, and presents
two new artists on its “art gallery.” Comments are given on the important role
of public housing in regional poverty-sharing, and on the difficulties of the DC Medical
Examiner in disinfecting the morgue of “cultural dysfunction.” Its latest
editorial view, entitled “Sitting in the Mess They Created” looks at the overall
gainers and losers in the President's veto of the DC Budget Act, and concludes that it is
the Congress that the nation should be ashamed of — for trying to play the role of
Mayor Superior. C'mon in. Feel free to disagree.
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CLASSIFIEDS — EVENTS AND CLASSES
Saturday, October 9, is the latest yard sale bonanza organized by Jenkins
Hill Child Development Center. The sale will be across from Eastern Market, in front of
Antiques on the Hill. We'll be selling our wares from 8:00 am until 3:00 pm. All proceeds
benefit our center. Please stop by!
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The Friends of Cleveland Park Library will hold their annual fall book
sale on Saturday and Sunday, October 16-17, from noon to 4:00 pm. We've been busy sorting
thousands of titles in virtually every subject — there's bound to be
something there for you!
Cleveland Park Library, Connecticut Avenue and Macomb Street, NW, Saturday
and Sunday, October 16 and 17, noon to 4:00 pm. Proceeds from the sale are used to help
build the Library's collection of books, periodicals, videos, and CDs; to purchase
furniture and shelving; and to refurbish the Library's first-floor auditorium/meeting
room.
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The National Institute for Jewish Leadership Is
Proud to Present the Social Event of the Season
Amanda Chorowski, amanda@dcjcc.org
Guilt Brunch II: Red Hot Jazz, Sunday, October 10, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm, at
the DCJCC, 16th and Q Sts, NW. $14 Members/$16 Non-members. Call Amanda for registration
at (202) 518-9400, x271. Join us for a little wicked fun! Serving up bagels, lox, red hot
jazz, fascinating people and sinful desserts!
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Local Artists’ Weekend at Creighton-Davis
Gallery
Michael K. Wilkinson, wilkinmk@hotmail.com
I am pleased to be part of a privileged group of local artists selected to
participate in an Artists' Weekend at Creighton-Davis Gallery in Georgetown.
Creighton-Davis has recently moved into a tremendous gallery space in the lower level at
the Shoppes at Georgetown Park, and is beginning a new effort to reach into the local,
emerging artists' scene. The photographs I will be presenting at Creighton-Davis are
large-scale ilfochrome prints unified only by the theme RED. You will likely never have
seen photographic prints so large, yet so crisp and vividly colorful. The subject matter
is secondary to the impact of the color ... a velvet stool at a martini bar in Adams
Morgan; a granite step covered in geranium petals; a red hot chili pepper nestled on a bed
of burlap. Seven 24x36 images, framed in simple black wood frames, will be on display, and
many additional prints will be available for viewing in a portfolio.
The Artists' Weekend takes place over the Columbus Day weekend. The
gallery is open Saturday 10-9, Sunday 12-6 and Monday 10-9, and is located in the Shoppes
at Georgetown, closest to the Wisconsin Avenue entrance to the mall. For more information,
call the gallery at 202-333-3050, or the photographer at 202-483-2271. Thank you for your
support.
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Footlights — DC's only drama discussion group — meets monthly to
discuss plays from the modern theater. Membership is free; we pass the hat to make
expenses. At our meeting Tuesday, October 19, we will discuss the seminal expressionist
play that inspired Eugene O'Neill & Arthur Miller: “The Adding Machine”
(1923), by Elmer Rice. In a series of stylized settings, “The Adding Machine”
shows the effects of advancing technology and the corporate ethic on “Mr. Zero,”
modern drama's original antihero. Our discussion takes place 7:30-9:30 p.m. (dinner at
6:30) at Delray Vietnamese Garden, 4918 Del Ray Avenue, a few blocks north of Bethesda
Metro. We will hear from director Benjamin Fishman, whose production of “The Adding
Machine” opened on October 5 at the JCC of Greater Washington, 6125 Montrose Road in
Rockville (White Flint Metro). To make reservations for our discussion e-mail hboothgo@aol.com or call (202) 223-1763. For discount
tickets to the Sunday, October 24 matinee performance of “The Adding Machine”
e-mail larkinr@erols.com or call (301) 897-9314.
For more information visit the Footlights web site at http://www.footlightsdc.org.
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Renew Your Spirit at Longview
Connie Ridgway, kaniru@aol.com
Longview is a new retreat/workshop center nearby which encourages people
to take risks and imagine possibilities. It is a beautiful 130-acre property in Accokeek,
Maryland, across the Potomac from Mt. Vernon. We encourage people to explore what is
sacred to them and live out of their values while being surrounded by beauty and a sense
of being Home. The property is on the river and has a view of the Washington Monument and
Mt. Vernon.
Upcoming One-Day Workshops Include: The Creative Spirit, nurturing
creativity in women, October 30; Creative Wellness, qi gong, a Chinese healing art, and
guided imagery with music, November 13 (also on January 15 and March 11); Women's Winter
Retreat, January 8; Singing for Fun and Healing, February 12; Quiltmaking, February 26;
Anger and Forgiveness, March 25. E-mail me at kaniru@aol.com
or call at 202-966-1485 for more information.
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Tasting Society International October Calendar of
Wine Events
Charlie Adler, wine@TASTEDC.COM
1) Oct. 7th (Thursday), “France vs. California Showdown: The New
Releases,” Radisson Barcelo Hotel, 7-9 pm, $50 per person. Who says that France makes
better wine than California does? Join Ann Berta, Washingtonian Magazine wine
columnist, as we compare and taste some of the world's finest wines. Just to make this
event even more interesting (and objective) all bottles will be covered. These
double-blind tastings are always fun and showcase what's really important in a wine: great
taste and aroma. 2) Oct. 19th (Tuesday), “Wine Basics 101,” Radisson Barcelo
Hotel, 7-9 pm, $39 per person. Our most popular tasting! We'll cover the basics: how to
match wine and food, how to purchase and order wine, and what to look for in different
grape varieties. You don't need to be an expert to enjoy great wine! 3) Oct. 21st
(Thursday), “Wines of South America: Argentina and Chile,” Radisson Barcelo
Hotel, 7-9 pm, $40 per person. Experience the pleasures of South America's greatest wine
region. 4) Oct. 27th (Wednesday), “Taste of Spain: Spanish Wine, Sherries and
Tapas,” Toro Tapas and Grill, Shirlington Village, 4053 S. 28th St., Arlington, VA,
7-9:30 pm, $50 per person. Taste the delicacies of Spain with an array of Toro Tapas' most
popular cuisine paired with Spanish wines and sherries. We'll pair each food with the
right Spanish wines and sherries, and you can purchase them at a discount at the Daily
Planet wine shop (just mention TSI!) Vegetarians are welcome! Partial proceeds of this
event benefit the Leukemia Society of America. Ole! Reservations: RSVP at (202) 333-5588,
E-mail wine@tastedc.com, or use form at https://labyrinth.dgsys.com/clients/tastedc.com/order.cgi.
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CLASSIFIEDS — RECOMMENDATIONS
Photographer
Connie Ridgway, kaniru@aol.com
I've been pleased with photography from Jim Tkatch, who's in Adams Morgan
on 18th Street. His phone number is 202-462-2211. He did our wedding andprofessional
photos.
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Publicity Photographer
Gabe Golberg, gabe@acm.org
I used Philip Kent in Vienna twice: once for corporate publicity photos
for which a client was paying, once for my wedding. I was very happy, he does good work.
For the wedding, Philip shot photographs and one of his people shot the video, we were
very pleased with all the work. He's not cheap, but we figured we paid a fair price. (703)
790-1020, tell him I sent you.
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I think the space you're asking about in Virginia is Airlie. There's also
a retreat center in Marriottville, MD (it's run by nuns, I think). For a short period, you
might look at Woodend in Rock Creek Park.
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CLASSIFIEDS — FOR SALE
Miscellaneous furniture for sale: dark blue hide-a-bed sofa (double bed)
sheets and mattress pad if you want them, $75; two teak bookcases, each about 7 feet tall,
$50 each; glass and metal coffee table, $30, mahogany and upholstery arm chair, $25; two
black legal size file cabinets, $25 each (there is a counter top — $10 available as
well if you want to make the two filing cabinets into a desk). Call Gloria White at (202)
966-2852 for info or to arrange viewing. All of these things are in good to excellent
condition.
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CLASSIFIEDS — CITY PAPER PREVIEW
Dave Nuttycombe, webmeister@washcp.com
From washingtoncitypaper.com's LOOSE LIPS column, appearing this Friday:
RIDERS ON THE STORM: Rep. Ernest Istook, chair of the House D.C. appropriations
subcommittee, customarily begins his hearings with a smile, a nod to the witnesses seated
before him, and a brief, upbeat opening statement. So when Istook slammed his gavel Sept.
29 with an icy visage and tore into a Dostoyevsky-length monologue on the perils of
medical marijuana, it was clear that he was pissed.
Istook could have channeled his angst toward 75,536 liberal-minded D.C. voters, who
together gave the medical-marijuana proposal a 69 percent victory at the polls last
November. But the Oklahoma Republican opted for an easier, more partisan set of targets:
D.C. Congressional Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton and President Bill Clinton.
Read the entire Loose Lips column here: http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/lips/lips.html
From washingtoncitypaper.com's CITY LIGHTS page, here are a few early
warnings for upcoming events:
TUESDAY: Richard Lester's “Petulia” is screened tonight at 7 p.m. at the Library
of Congress' Pickford Theater, 1st and Independence Avenue SE. Free.
WEDNESDAY: Novelist Ron Hansen reads from and sign copies of Hitler's Niece at 7
p.m. at Politics & Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. Free.
More details and more critics' picks are available online at http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/pix/pix.html
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