09.08 - rebel yell
what’s going on in d.c.
Friday: Billy Idol performs at The Anthem (8 pm)
Saturday: The DC Bike Ride returns to the district, with 20 miles of closed streets for bikers to enjoy (8 am - 12:30 pm; must pick up race packet today) | After a long summer of longing, it’s dogs’ turn to take over the public pools during Doggie Paddle Pool Day (11 am - 4 pm) | Rosslyn Jazz Fest brings performances to Gateway Park (1-7 pm) while the Silver Spring Jazz Festival begins a little later (3 - 10 pm) | DC United, the MLS soccer team, takes on San Jose at Audi Field (7:30 pm)
Sunday: The DC State Fair heads to Franklin Park, with competitions and performances (10 am - 5 pm) | It’s Adams Morgan Day, adding a pedestrian only area to the neighborhood, as well as music and vendors (12-7 pm)
all weekend: SporcleCon, a trivia fest, comes to DC this weekend with 50+ competitions throughout the weekend | A Museum of Failure opened in Georgetown, highlighting 150+ inventions and innovations that failed (through Oct. 31)
let’s talk food and drinks
my weekly best bite: yuzu lemonade at Love, Makoto
The Square, DC’s newest food hall focused on lunch options, opened in Farragut Square this week. The goal is for the spot to host 15+ restaurants/bars, but for now, there’s about five vendors, including ones by well-known DC chefs.
Little Blackbird, a creatively themed wine bar, opened this week in Cleveland Park.
what’s on our minds?
Not quite ready to drop 8 figures on a mansion, but have about $39k/month or $462k/year as a rent budget? You’re in luck - a McLean home hit the rental market, and if rented, will break the DC-area record.
As kids head back to school during a record heat wave, over 84 classrooms in DCPS face broken air conditioning systems (and potentially hundreds more, with 734 additional “routine” work orders in the system). The highest number of open requests are among schools in Ward 8.
Quick links to other weekly #goodreads:
The Unraveling - per Washington Post, “How a small-town police officer took down the largest match-fixing ring in tennis”
The Decomposition of Rotten Tomatoes - per Vulture, “The most overrated metric in movies is erratic, reductive, and easily hacked — and yet has Hollywood in its grip.
They Were Promised Help With Mortgage Payments. Then They Got a Foreclosure Notice. - per ProPublica, “Homeowners enrolled in Nevada’s mortgage assistance program have received foreclosure notices when the money fails to make its way from the federal government to the loan providers on time.”