03.05 - you're a wizard
what’s going on in d.c.
It should be a good weekend for an outdoor movie. Drive in movies are back in Alexandria with showings each Friday and Saturday night. Tonight features Jurassic Park, while tomorrow’s flicks are Despicable Me and Fast & Furious. Tickets are $40 per car. Or, if you’re a Harry Potter fan, head to a picnic-style event Navy Yard’s The Bullpen on Sunday night to catch the first movie. Tickets are $15/person.
A Van Gogh immersive experience that received rave reviews in other cities across the globe is heading to D.C. this summer. Despite the exhibit’s August opening date, tickets are already almost sold out for many weekend dates. Presale ends at noon today if you want to get tickets before the masses.
let’s talk food and drinks
my weekly best bite: it was a smoothie-centric week! The Full Recovery smoothie at Georgetown’s Foxtrot and the Blue Lagun at Dupont’s Zeleno
Foxtrot is offering free Jeni’s ice cream tomorrow, starting at 1 PM.
Saturday is expected to be sunny and not too cold, so it should be a good day for a winter Farmers Market at Monroe Street in Brookland or Columbia Heights.
Neighborhood fav Big Bear Cafe in Bloomingdale is now serving wood-fired pizza on Thursday-Saturday nights for “pizza on the patio” or takeout orders.
what’s on our minds?
Turns out giving high need individuals no-strings-attached monthly incomes works, at least according to the results of the Stockton, California universal basic income experiment. In results published Wednesday, researchers learned that the residents who received $500 a month were more likely to find full-time employment, report higher happiness levels, and stay healthier. Per one of the lead researchers, “These numbers were incredible. I hardly believed them myself.” Other cities are beginning to enact their own versions of the program, but D.C. is not one of them. (ht to Sarah for the find)
Top-secret federal clearance, a hotly-coveted necessity for many a D.C. career, requires, at a minimum, a demonstrated loyalty to the United States. However, a sizeable number of those who stormed the Capitol on January 6 are believed to have held or currently hold a federal clearance, representing a substantial insider threat to our government. Emblematic of this threat was yesterday’s arrest of Federico Klein, an active top-secret security holder and Trump State Department political appointee, who is now charged with beating police with a riot shield.
Quick links to other weekly #goodreads:
Beige Ambition - per The Cut, “Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen grew up to make New York’s most desirable clothes. But can even perfection survive the pandemic?”
Bias, disrespect, and demotions: Black employees say Amazon has a race problem - per Recode, “Interviews with diversity managers and internal data obtained by Recode indicate that Black Amazon employees are promoted less frequently and are rated more harshly than non-Black peers.”
Hex Factor: Inside the Group Offering $250,000 for Proof of Superpowers - per OneZero, “To defend science, the Paranormal Challenge devises experiments to test claims of X-ray vision, telekinesis, and other paranormal abilities”
People Who Are Friends With Influencers Are Revealing What Their Lives Are Really Like, And It's Actually Depressing - per Buzzfeed
what are we watching/reading?
Everyone is talking about WandaVision, even those who aren’t traditional Marvel fans. I’m yet to watch as I fall into that non-Marvel category, but I’ve heard enough rave reviews that I’m planning to jump in this weekend (on Disney+).
Murder Among the Mormons on Netflix. This three-part documentary dives into a series of mid-1980s bombings in Salt Lake City. The series zigzags through an increasingly complex labyrinth of documents that challenged the Mormon church, impressive forgeries, and some eclectic interviewees.
‘til next time -courtney