THE POOR LITTLE CHIHUAHUA

incredible: http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_6504331

DISTRICT SCHOOL REALITY

at least the mayor is openly talking about it with ms rhee and mr lew now instead of after school begins. yeah, it's back to school already soon.
beer sales are up in georgetown.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/30/AR2007073001710.html

NEWS FROM MAINE

northeast harbour, maine

martha stewart just bought the little old empty monastery and fields up the road, well keep you posted. the locals are pleased because if it's going to be condo's it'll be nice.

DON'T STOP THE TRAIN

not that i would attend an event like this, but i like the art & music:
http://www.seatea.com/

btw, i'm back splitting time between the ritz carlton and georgetown. oh the burdens of talent. hahahaaa

CHILDREN'S MUSEUM

it's been announced the Nation Children's Museum will be at the national harbour complex down in fort washington, maryland on the potomac river below the woodrow wilson bridge. the current site is becoming luxury housing. they were looking at a site near the national mall but it didnt work out. now all the screaming kids will be on the waterfront and hopefully a few will fall in and drown. oops, my bad. that's one museum this queen is glad to see gone. besides, now they can charge an admission fee too.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS LEAST POPULAR

i aint makin this up people, according to http://www.forbes.com/ our team, the washington nationals are the most unpopular team of all of major league professional baseball teams.

LIKES SOME NILLA IN HER CHOCOLATE

i've known new council member representing ward 7 Yvette Alexander for several years now. a really nice lady who's always helpful and caring. well now it seems harry thomas jr wants to create a DC council black caucus. something tells me this isn't going anywhere but here a piece from this mornings Wapo about it:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/27/AR2007072700004.html

TAKE A 3 MINUTE BREAK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He82NBjJqf8
lady wears hat by Paul Smith.
it's the English Bulldogs fault, what a drooler.

JACK EVANS APOLOGIZES

council members get paid a lot of money for a part time job. so when an insiders development gets through the process without a hearing before the public on emergency legislation we have an obligation and right to ask questions. oh we the questioners will be demonized or characterized as crackpot activists but we're use to that by now.

here's a link to Jack Evans apology relating to the ward 2 land deal where our well paid representatives were a bunch of gutless wonders. it's on the front page of the Georgetown Current:

http://currentnewspapers.com

RESPECTING A LIBRARY

first a link to the declaration:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0719/p14s01-lign.html

in the Wapo, silverman writes clearly concerning the MLK library's elevators and how by degrading the physical plant, the developers almost got away with stealing this asset from the people. today, the MLK is a declared historic monument and i bet that pisses tony williams off who soon returns to town as guess what? that's right, a developer.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/23/AR2007072301865_2.html

AU REVOIR TAMMY FAYE

u entertained us:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Inm6J1lzqBI&mode=related&search=

MONEY BACK GUARANTEE

if harry potter isn't delivered and signed for by 7 pm it's a money back guarantee...we're waiting UPS :-)

SIMPLE HUMMUS or who has time?

soak a bag of dried garbanzo beans in 4 cups of water overnight. dont be spooked when you hear some of the beans popping because they are expanding.

next day. add kosher salt to the water and beans..
cook covered on low heat for 3 hours or until not hard.
meanwhile, grab some parsley from the garden and get the food processor.
rinse parsley and combine it plus the beans and reserved salt water with 3 heads of garlic, juice from lime or lemon, cayenne pepper and a quarter cup of tahini or peanut butter. throw into food processor and make smooth.
refrigerate until later.

serve with tabbouleh & sliced tomato.

LET HILLARY BE HILLARY

i like this hillary clinton where she takes the gloves off and knocks the pentagon PR spinners directly in the teeth. all she does is ask for a briefing on ending the war and they call her aiding the enemy. somebody in the pentagon is scared.

SAX & HAIR

here's clarence Clemons on saxophone and all the girls! great live voices: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1G9RHvdKRo&NR=1

have a great weekend and don't forget to fertilize the plants.

and just 41 days until Georgetown Football season opener!

SUMMER PARTY

friends from an island near africa said i'm going to turn into a monkey if i continue preparing foods their way. they use tandoori mixes, garlic and hot peppers. actually, it's not too unusual. right now i'm making gazpacho and a black olive pate for tonight.

LARRY KING LIVE THURSDAY 9 PM

Tammy Faye Bakker is on, could be for the last time, this life time anyway! :-)

OMG they had a 10 minute preview of the interview tonight.
all i can say is that looks very different and not in a good way.

MICHAEL VICK AND DOG FIGHTING

when he was QB at VT michael vick was great but now that he's been charged with all those felony dogfighting charges i must admit he's an assclown. that is all i have to say about that idiot other than if found guilty he should go to jail for a long time.

BRING EM BACK ALIVE

during the height of anti-american involvement in the vietnam war came this classic. still relevant just 35 years later. elsewhere on youtube is freda payne on video tape lip syncing this song.

here's the audio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bz6EJ7yeek

BU-BYE JURASSIC PARK, DC

soon, very soon, the development will come. isn't that romantic? for the almost 20 years that i'm aware of our neighborhoods been the home of a large population of colored TV's who are also street hookers. they use to be over near 10th and M or blagden alley but they were pushed over here by a mixture of forces including MPD, development and plus the fact that the southside of NY Avenue and 4th NW was really safe for street prostitution. nobody cares about the safety and well being of senior citizens so the city didnt care either. the area was so freaky after dark the MPD officers use to call it Jurassic Park. i dont care where they go or what happens to them but i'll be happy when the girls are gone.

ZINNIA GARDEN AT THE MOHAWK

the basil, parsley and oregano are ready for first cuts as are the zinnia's. fortunately, i got permission from the planter to cut some for the house. i love zinnia's. this year, they're my favorite flower. last year it was the sweet pea. the fifth street gardener came and got his rocks off.....the back of the truck as we moved them to the tree boxes up his way. if anybody else wants some rocks from the Shenandoah national forest you just let me know.

ZEBRA

http://www.zapworld.com/ZAPWorld.aspx?id=188

WTF IS THIS ?

LOL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbvP7dT3Dx0

GREAT HAIR PLUG NOT PLUGS

Andrea Mitchell MSNBC gets her hair done at Jean-Paul's up off Yuma and 48th St. NW around the corner from AU law school and Crate & Barrel.

ALEX23

before the diet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcoGiuo4yXs

fatboy at 268 lbs and slimming down!

NIXON TAPES

my favorite tape so far is when he orders the safe at the brookings institute to be cleaned out. foul mouth. so funny.

NORTHEAST HARBOR, MAINE

back from a long weekend and so happy they have internet, indoor plumbing and fishing boats. funny how john d rockefeller would create all sorts of equestrian roads, bike paths and walking trails and have so few gas stations given that he owned all that oil. great to see all the relatives and gotta get back there in october when all the tourists are gone.

OUTING FRANCESCA

hey everybody, so y'all know, the rascal who's been leaving the vulgar signatures is none other than my OLDER sister Empress Francesca de Habana!

BENSON AND HEDGES?

http://eclectech.co.uk/camillaqueen.php

RHYTHM AND BLUES AMERICANA 1965

this is great...love the sound and adore the audience:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpoAIDs604M&mode=related&search=

dusty belts out a tune with martha and the vandellas doing backup. the supremes perform a little ditty, but flo is distinctively heard. david ruffin is awesome singing about how much honey he carries along with being envied by the birds and bees.

but the best is the last...my favorites, martha and the Vandellas... rockin the boat!

777 IT'S YOUR LUCKY DAY! ENJOY!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ00AkzwkZA&mode=related&search=

SALUTE TO ISRAEL

last night i was in bed at 8 PM and you know what?
the fireworks didn't awaken me.
i rolled out of bed at 5 45 AM.

found this morning, plenty of work on her face and big hair. is it a wig?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbnsKeCKfHI

PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xir0ehyNes8

what a glorious day! happy 231 America!

A DOUBLE HEADED DISCO

Uncle LD just got back from well deserved time off and vacation in Nashville and surrounding Appalachia seeing relatives, old friends and eating lots of preserved pork with fresh vegetables.

i deleted the link to Uncle LD's Podcast because it wasn't gay enough. suffice it to say, Uncle LD isn't Michael Musto, yet.