Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for September 09, 2013
Transcript:
what's boring in d.c.? along with its monuments, museums & historic sites, washington also has many boring places of interest to calm the weary tourist- dry cleaners a window ledge with a rubber plant in a green-foil-covered pot, ancient magazines & a few dead flies in a vermont ave dry cleaner. a space marked "permit parking only" occupied by a rusty cart from a long-defunct grocery store in a gravelly lot on p st. a half-obliterated historical mark-er on 6th st. identifying the site as the former center of d.c.'s once-thriving hat-blocking district. a small neutral zone of beige wall in metro car #314 that can be com-fortably stared at as it's not somebody's armpit, fanny pack or face.
Ida No over 10 years ago
I’m always on the look-out for boring places of interest!
Sisyphos over 10 years ago
Other cities also have boring places of interest, but it’s too boring a tale to tell….
vwdualnomand over 10 years ago
also, i heard that dc allows predatory debt collectors to foreclose on homes who are in tax liens of $40.