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Samantha Cooper
Olympic Recap: Week 1
Congress may be on recess, but that hasn’t stopped the rest of DC workers from slaving over their office desks and desktops. While you were refreshing your twitter feed working hard on a very important document, the best athletes in the world were duking it out in Rio. And all …
We the Kids
Ohhh children. Being a parent is just like being a babysitter, only your payment is having a minute to yourself during nap time and instead of watching TV all day you’re cooking, cleaning, changing diapers, and performing another million different tasks all at once. But you’ve already gotten a day to …
Too Lazy to Think of a Name for this Post
It’s National Lazy Day! And we know what you’re thinking, is that why the metro was so late today and traffic was terrible? Sorry honey, but no, that’s just DC. But now that you know of this special day, let the festivities begin! We’re not exactly sure why the world picked …
The 2016 Olympics is Going Green
Are you keeping up with the Summer 2016 Olympics? Well don’t worry, we are so you don’t have to. As we’re sitting here watching the Women’s Synchronized Diving Competition, something about the scene just doesn’t look right- and no, we’re not talking about their extremely tight bathing suits. Someone call the …
Who Even is Evan?
As if the 2016 Presidential election wasn’t interesting enough, Evan McMullin recently announced that he too will be throwing his hat into the race. The third party contender announced his candidacy on Monday morning saying, “It’s never too late to do the right thing. And if we work together, there’s nothing …
Delta Down
Thought you were having a bad case of the Mondays? Just check out the guys over at Delta Airlines. With more than 650 cancelled flights and many more delays, anyone involved in the Delta outage of 2016 didn’t get the best start to their week. But don’t feel too badly …
The Olympics for Millennials
The Olympic Games have been around for 120 years, so in millennial talk they’re “like literally so ancient it’s gross.” Due to their old age it is no surprise that the summer Olympics have become a little bit outdated, I mean really, why would someone actually play tennis when I can do the exact …
The DC Olympics
Just because you’re not athletic enough to compete in the official 2016 Summer Olympics doesn’t mean you can’t be a good sport about it. Speaking of sport, we’ve turned Washington, DC into your own personal Olympic grounds. With our DC Olympics Challenge you’ll think you’re in Rio competing alongside some …
Bringing Out the Best of Pitbull
You remember Pitbull, right? He’s that guy that’s featured in just about every song on the radio, worldwide. Well, he’s coming to the Verizon Center tonight, so we thought we’d get this dog house poppin’ early with some of the best from Mr. 305. ¡Dale! Take it away Pitbull… Best Song When You …
Going for the Gold(schlager)
The Opening Ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games kicks off this Friday, August 5 in Rio de Janeiro, which is basically another excuse for Americans to show their pride and drinking capabilities. So while you watch people light the Rio Olympic Torch you too can carry a torch, for alcohol that …
Bringing Out the Best: Coffee Shops in DC
This has been a looooong week, and we’re only halfway through. Luckily, we’ve got a secret weapon on our side: caffeine. Whether you take your coffee with cream, sugar, or black, we’ve got the best places in DC for you to get your coffee fix. So put down that Starbucks cup and …
Did Instagram Just rip-off Snapchat?
Today the wildly popular social media site, Instragam released its latest attraction entitled “Instagram Stories.” This new feature allows users to post a series of photos that expire after 24 hours as well as look at their friends “Instragram Stories.” What a minute… this concept sounds very familiar to me. …
Escape Room Live Opening in Georgetown
Have you ever been in a job interview, business meeting, or office party and wished you could get out of that room ASAP? Well now you can (sort of) with the newest Escape Room Live addition opening in Georgetown this summer. Escape Room Live is partnering with Paramount Studios and …
If the 2016 Presidential Campaign Was a High School Movie
After enduring both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, these politicians and their families are starting to look a lot less like world leaders and a lot more like people I went to high school with. Between all of the cattiness and name calling I feel as if I’m reliving the …
Famous Rant: DC Traffic
Ah, rush hour. There are only two things in the world I hate more than rush hour. One of them being spiders and the other being that notification you get on your iPhone saying you haven’t backed up your iCloud in like 345 weeks. Like sending me an irritating notification …