Congratulations Nats! What a week it's been. Our baseball team is the talk of the town, and yesterday I heard a well meaning fan on WAMU talking about how excited he is, and how this event will bring people together "especially in a city as transitory as Washington, DC where everyone comes from somewhere else."
Wait, what?
Of course yours truly has something to say about that.
I know what he thinks he means. Yes, the District is a place where Congress and the like sweep in and out, but underneath that shifting tide, people like car mechanics, teachers, and bus drivers quietly slog out a living here. Politicians are the migrating sharks; DC natives are the coral reef.
Yes, Virginia, there really is such thing as a DC native. I offer this photograph as evidence. There's my mom with her little brother and cousin and their grandfather at Griffith Stadium in 1933, the last year a Washington team made it to the series. (I'm betting they probably couldn't get tickets to the game.)
This weekend while we all take a break from baseball, there's plenty of things to do both new and with history. Tonight check out the cool sounds of DOGO at the Bossa Cafe and Lounge.
On Friday The City Paper is hosting a conversation on the history of go-go at Public Bar which happens early. Afterwards catch the Dave Chappell Band at the New Deal Cafe.
Saturday drop by WOWD's fundraiser at the Takoma VFW. WHFS veterans Weasel and Milo both host shows at this tiny but important station. Please help keep truly local radio alive.
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