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If you’ve been thinking about going car-free in Washington, DC then this is an excellent time because you’ll give up an automobile and you’ll get something tangible back. Specifically you’ll get a free lifetime membership to Zipcar and $500 worth of driving credit. To be clear though, you’ve got to donate the car [...]

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I called Comcast last week to ask why I some of my favorite channels said “Please Wait” instead of showing the channel. The customer service representative said that I didn’t get those channels — my channel package [...]

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On October 1st a building a few blocks from mine had an electrical problem that caused a fire that destroyed the entire building (read the Post’s story about it here). Adam and I were talking about the fire that Monday night at tennis and thinking about complete destruction of one’s personal belongings seems [...]

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I dream of waking up in the morning and seeing the sidewalks full of walkers and the streets filled with bikes, scooters, buses and drivers car pooling. An organization called Car Free DC is having a car free in DC day on Tuesday that may bring us closer to my dream. The organization’s [...]

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Someone’s black Cannondale road bike was stolen a few blocks from my home on Friday morning. I hope the post on Craigslist will help people in the neighborhood track down the robbers and the bike.
dear fellow biker. On my way to work I saw 2 Latino men one with a camaflouge base ball [...]

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My friend Bob Cook is in town for a job interview and to do some post grad school R&R. When I went to work I left him to his own devices to call about job leads. Since I’ve got a single cell phone and no land line phone I suggested he do his [...]

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