William World News William F. Yurasko's blog v.14 – Nats, Redskins, Capitals, D.C. life, transportation, not so much Penn State anymore,

TYSONS CORNER, Va. — Something that I think people forgot in all the antipathy between fans of the Washington Nationals and the Philadelphia Phillies and their fans is the Nats won season series victory last year. That won me a cheesesteak from a friend who follows the Phillies, the Ombudsman. It was only the second [...]

Thanksgiving is probably my favorite holiday. Turkey and all the trimmings, a fire in my parents fireplace and football on TV is makes for America’s greatest holiday. We rule.
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YES, SIR, OFFICER OBIE, I CANNOT TELL A LIE, I PUT THAT ENVELOPE UNDER THAT GARBAGE:

Arlo Guthrie’s “Alice’s Restaurant” is one of my Thanksgiving traditions, [...]

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — On Sunday, my father treated several of us to lunch at old favorite, Chadwick’s in Old Town. I arrived a little late because I needed to park at the public garage near city hall. I arrived just as the waiter was taking drink orders, so when I heard that DC Brau, the [...]

FAIRFAX, Va. — The Ombudsman recently moved to Northern Virginia from the Boston area to be closer to WWN operations.* His arrival is good on several fronts, including the bourbon one. On Saturday, before meeting up with my dad for some chili dogs at The Vienna Inn, we visited his new apartment in order [...]

LANDOVER, Md. — Since I retired from tailgating prior to my son being born, I started going to the 2thelion tailgates on my rare trips to Penn State games. For big games, they team up with Diesel Tailgate. These folks go all out.

Yup, that’s a pig. We had it post-game. I got talked into eating [...]

Most of us know people who have had breast cancer I think the headline above says it pretty concisely, doesn’t it?
My wife Erica is walking in the 2010 Susan G Komen Global Race for the Cure tomorrow morning. I hope you will consider supporting her participation with a donation.
Thanks to all those who [...]

We Love Drinks: Joe RileyFormer blogging colleaguge Jenn Larson discovers what I’ve known for years — Joe Riley is Washington’s finest seller of spirits and an all-around good guy.
Joe Riley, the man the cocktail – 02.03.2010
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NEW YORK — I visited my friend David for six hours last Saturday. We wound up at the Lower East Side’s Doughnut Plant after breakfast at a dive near his apartment in the East Village. Had I known beforehand about Doughnut Plant, I would have insisted we just go there for breakfast. The bakery, with [...]

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