Archive for February 25th, 2013

Marc Fisher’s really condescending Travel article about Baltimore

MARC FISHER: In Baltimore, finding more than just true grit – The Post
My favorite former Metro columnist wrote an amusing column about the next city up the Northeast Corridor/Interstate95 from D.C. – Baltimore!
But I never got into the true-grit romance of Baltimore. Those black billboards that Martin O’Malley put up around town when he [...]

I never knew the Natural History museum elephant was named Henry

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Among other things I learned during a recent trip to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History was that the elephant in the main lobby had a name. He’s Henry!
While the origin of the name is unknown, the details of Henry were published in June 6, 1956 Sports Illustrated – The Biggest [...]

Nats: Boswell thinks Davey Johnson is – THE MOST INTERESTING MANAGER IN THE WORLD

THOMAS BOSWELL: Davey Johnson: At 70, Nats manager enters one final glory year – The Post
It came over a week late, but the most-highly regarded Post columnist (according to Mr. Irrelevant) sent Davey Johnson a big Valentine in the form of the column above. It is, as expected, overflowing with praise and has the trademark [...]

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