Entries Tagged as 'Washington'

It’s tough to find a chef sometimes

May 21st, 2009 · Comments Off · food

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Alabama native Chris Newsome almost got to open a new restaurant in Washington, DC’s Shaw Neighborhood this spring. Unfortunately for him, that wasn’t necessarily the case only 10 days into his new job.

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Ms. Ledbetter is going to Washington

January 28th, 2009 · Comments Off · Business

Lilly Ledbetter. Lindsay Beyerstein/flickr

Lily Ledbetter is an ordinary citizen who’s about to have an extraordinary thing happen. She’s about to have legislation signed into law that is named after here.

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The Moment – with Lincoln looking on

January 20th, 2009 · Comments Off · Inauguration 2009

The significance of the Inauguration was not lost on its planners, with large screen televisions spread throughout The Mall, including parts that were not necessarily on the minds of most of the folks in town for the events. While an estimated 2 million in the main crowd shot, I thought maybe it would be nice [...]

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Obama Inspired Art in Georgetown

January 19th, 2009 · Comments Off · Inauguration 2009

So besides finally realizing that the throngs of people are starting to arrive here in town, I’ve also found some very interesting free activities that have been available to visitors over the weekend. This exhibit closes tonight, but thanks to the fun of the web, and The Terminal’s YouTube channel, portions of it will live [...]

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Yesterday’s scene in DC

January 19th, 2009 · 8 Comments · Timetable

I”m a little slow in posting videos, especially since this is the first one we’ve ever done as a website. Hopefully the scene explains why our coverage is including DC’s events. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/EdJhf5muAtY" width="400" height="329" wmode="transparent" /] If you want to help cover events back in Birmingham or here in DC, drop us a line [...]

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The Hub’s in DC

January 18th, 2009 · 2 Comments · From the Stationmaster

The Capitol gets ready for Tuesday

  Photo: The Capitol prepares for the Inauguration of Barack Obama. acnatta/Flickr Well, I’ve actually been in the Nation’s Capitol since Friday evening – and I’m going to be here through early Wednesday morning. The city’s been buzzing since I drove in during the evening rush and the energy is just continuing to rise as [...]

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Your DC Inaugurational traffic warning

January 9th, 2009 · Comments Off · Events

We’re aware that many of you will be watching the Inauguration from your home or from Boutwell Auditorium on January 20. Yours truly will actually be in the Nation’s Capital for the event (along with an estimated 2 million others) attempting to write for both The Terminal and my personal blog. For those of you [...]

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Cheer on Hunter Bledsoe today!

May 21st, 2008 · Comments Off · Education, Trussville

Hunter Bledsoe from Trussville

If you’ve got the National Geographic Channel available to you this afternoon at 4 p.m., you may want to tune in and cheer on Trussville’s Hunter Bledsoe competes as one of the ten finalists in this year’s National Geographic Bee in Washington, DC. this morning beginning at 9 a.m. CT.

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