The United States Coast Guard, responsible for safeguarding over 100,000 miles of U.S. coastline and waterways, is facing a critical challenge in recruiting new personnel. Despite its vital role in…
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Chito is a writer, web designer and social media enthusiast. He is a longtime resident of DC and lives in Anacostia with his parrot and dog. In his spare time, Chito enjoys Running, Paddle Boarding and Biking
The Importance of Clear and Readable Logos for Rental Car Return
Returning a rental car can often be a stressful experience, especially when faced with confusing signage and logos. Recently, I had an encounter at the Jacksonville FL airport rental car…
Massive Redevelopment Underway at St. Elizabeths Campus in Washington, D.C.
Massive redevelopment is underway at the 350-acre St. Elizabeths campus in Washington, D.C. After almost two decades of planning, the project is gaining momentum with the completion of new projects,…
Biden Administration Implements $40 Billion Student Loan Forgiveness Program
IDR Account Adjustment: The Biden administration has introduced a $40 billion student loan forgiveness program called the IDR Account Adjustment. This initiative aims to address issues with Income-Driven Repayment (IDR)…
13th Annual Charlotte Black Film Festival Celebrates Diversity, Empowers Filmmakers, and Inspires Audiences
The 13th Annual Charlotte Black Film Festival recently concluded at the University Area Hilton Hotel, leaving a lasting impact on attendees. The festival, with the theme “Rise Up and Create…
Metrobar Opens to Connect D.C.’s all 8 Wards
The founders of the Metrobar are a rag-tag group of unconventional thinkers who wanted to open a bar unlike any other. They enjoy the diversity, the excellent people, and the…
Swimming in Anacostia River Postponed due to Sewage
This week’s intense downpours prevented a Saturday swim in the Anacostia River, which would have been the first permitted dip in the body of water in more than 50 years.…
Opinion: The AMBW Dating Community
Navigating Challenges and Embracing Possibilities When it comes to the AMBW (Asian Men Black Women) dating community, there is an undeniable sense of hope and potential. Countless individuals have contributed…
JBAB Freedom Fest Delights Washington, DC with Spectacular Celebration
A Fusion of Music, Food, and Fireworks Ignite Independence Day Spirit Washington, DC – The vibrant spirit of patriotism and celebration filled the air as Joint Base Anacostia Bolling (JBAB)…
Inaugural Sawasdee DC Thai Festival Celebrated Thai-US Diplomatic Relations
Washington, D.C. – The first-ever Sawasdee DC Thai Festival, held on the National Mall, successfully celebrated the 190th anniversary of Thailand-US diplomatic relations. Organized by the Royal Thai Embassy, Washington,…
Smithsonian’s Folklife Festival highlights history and culture of the Ozarks
THE OZARKS: FACES AND FACETS OF A REGION June 29–July 4 and July 6–9, 2023 “Welcome to the Ozarks, an American region with no single story to tell, a place…
13th Annual Charlotte Black Film Fest – July 6-9
The Black Film Festival in Charlotte is an annual event that showcases and celebrates the work of black filmmakers, actors, and other industry professionals. The Festival aims to promote diversity,…
Recession in 2024 could spell Trouble for Biden
With the majority of experts predicting a looming recession within the next year, Vice President Joe Biden may have a vested interest in ensuring it begins sooner rather than later.…
Conversational Spanish
10 Phrases to Learn tiene pinta de ser — it seems Ese restaurante tiene pinta de ser muy caro. (That restaurant looks really expensive.) Más … que nada — very…
Top 10 Recommended AI Stocks
The rise of artificial intelligence (AI), automation, and robotics is disrupting various industries. Recent developments in AI technology, such as OpenAI’s DALL-E 2 image and art generator, as well as…
Linux: An Ideal Platform for Building Chatbots
Linux is widely recognized as an ideal platform for building chatbots due to its robust features and vibrant community of developers. With a large number of contributors working on open-source…
Tijuana: Exploring Iconic Landmarks & Culinary Delights
Tijuana, a vibrant border city, offers an array of exciting experiences for visitors. From iconic landmarks to mouthwatering cuisine, this city has something for everyone. One such landmark that greets…
“Discovering Memphis: The City of Musical Heritage, History, and Culinary Delights”
When it comes to music, Nashville may be the go-to destination for country music enthusiasts, but for fans of blues and rock ‘n’ roll, Memphis is the place to be.…
Ford Maverick Hybrid: A Practical and Fuel-Efficient Option for the Modern Truck Enthusiast
Images provided by Ford Motor Company In the world of trucks, the body-on-frame construction has long been regarded as the epitome of ruggedness and authenticity. However, Honda’s Ridgeline shattered this…
Exploring Costa Rica’s Rich History and Culture (English & Espanol)
Costa Rica, with its lush rainforests, stunning beaches, and vibrant culture, offers a treasure trove of experiences for travelers. During our recent visit to the enchanting country, Cenia and I…
How Parole Works for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans
Not every citizen of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela (CHNV) is eligible to apply for parole under current policy. To be paroled to the U.S. under this program, migrants must…
D.C. Pride Parade and Festival: A Moment of Unity and Defiance Against Discrimination
The largest weekend celebration of Pride month in the District of Columbia takes place during the D.C. Pride march and festival. This significant event serves as a moment for the…
Recounting the AWS Summit Experience
In the fast-paced world of cloud computing, the AWS Summit has established itself as a premier event that brings together tech enthusiasts, developers, and industry leaders. The 2022 AWS Summit…
Green Power Ranger Sets Historic Record, Visiting All 98 Metro Stations in One Day
Raises Awareness for DC’s Mass Transit System and Promotes Awesome Con Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, June 1, 2023, the Green Power Ranger accomplished a remarkable feat by visiting all…
Embajadores de Jesus in Tijuana
10 km from the Tijuana San Ysidro border lies the Canyon de Alacran or Scorpion’s Canyon, one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods. There are no paved roads, the site is…
18th Annual Fiesta Asia
The Signature celebration of the 18th annual National Asian Heritage Festival occurred on Saturday, May 20, 2023, along Pennsylvania Avenue NW between 3rd & 6th Streets in DC. Fiesta Asia Street Fair is a Key Partner Event of…
Tijuana Women Demand Actions Against Femicides
On Wednesday, March 8, 2023, on Día Internacional de las Mujeres — International Women’s Day several hundred women gathered at the Monumento Mexico round circle in Zona Rio, Tijuana, Mexico to…
Around The World Cultural Food Festival
The Around the World Cultural Food Festival will occur on Aug. 27, at Oronoco Bay Park in Old Town Alexandria. This is the second year the festival has taken place…
Bad Saint has Closed
Bad Saint mathewluc’s profile picture katg0esme0w’s profile picture mathewramsey’s profile picture Liked by mathewramsey and 4,095 others badsaintdc’s profile picture badsaintdc After two and a half arduous, relentless pandemic years,…
Unleashing Innovation at the AWS Summit
A Spectacular Celebration at the DC Convention Center In the ever-evolving landscape of cloud computing, the AWS Summit has become a highly anticipated event, bringing together tech enthusiasts, developers, and…
Why the Georgia Senate Race may Split
Perdue is the incumbent senator, and Loeffler was appointed by the Governor a year ago. Both candidates have been accused of using insider information to make stock trades which is…
Vaccine Cold Play
A key Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted to approve of the Moderna vaccine today. While Pfizer’s stock requires sub-zero refrigeration (colder than Antarctica), Moderna’s vaccine remains stable at…
DC’s Rent Relief Grant for Landlords
A new D.C. program is using money from the federal CARES Act which will focus on affordable units and small landlords with 20 or fewer units. The program will cover…
Why The Final Month of 2020 Could be Rough for Stocks
So President Trump has authorized the GSA to allow President-elect Biden to start transitioning. Just after Thanksgiving, Trump agreed to leave the White House if Biden can win the Electoral…
Biden Big for Bitcoin
I didn’t start buying Bitcoin until April. As a truck driver during the Pandemic, a lot of stores refused to handle cash. It didn’t help that the World Health Organization…
The MAGA in Us
by Chito Peppler One week after the presidential election was called for Joe Biden by virtually all mainstream media, hundreds of thousands of President Trump supporters gathered in Washington, DC…
Million MAGA March in DC Saturday
Several pro-Trump and white nationalist groups are stirring chatter on social media about supposed rallies in D.C. this Saturday in an effort to further Trump’s baseless claims about a stolen…
Vaccine Coming Soon
Fantastic news – the vaccine is finally here. The best news of the vaccine all year. Record breaking time to develop one. The drug maker Pfizer along with BioNTech announced…
Veterans’ Day Deals 2020
The Capital Wheel: All active and retired service members ride for free and accompanying family members are eligible for its military discount. Must show military ID in person to redeem…
Sad Day for Democracy
Today is a sad day in America. President Trump held a press conference and made egregious accusations that there is widespread voter fraud in several battleground states that he lost…
Spooky Style at the Slip Inn
It was a full moon over the mighty Potomac at the Slip Inn in Joint Base Bolling, and adults and children, alike were in the mood to celebrate the change…
Slip Inn Oktoberfest
The cooler weather is upon us. Fall has arrived. Football is back and so is Oktoberfest at the Slip Inn. Coming off the heels of a successful Crab Feast, JBAB…
Asian Cajun Seafood Boil
Never thought my favorite Asian buffet would feature a Cajun seafood boil with lots of shellfish and finger-licking good crawfish. Flaming Grill, where I have been found to be stuffing…
JBAB’s First Big Event
Every summer past the Slip Inn hosted some memorable events with big concerts and cook outs. Obviously, this year has been different with the Slip Inn opening on July 4th.…
MGM National Harbor hopes Revenue Improves in the Fall
MGM National Harbor, which reopened on June 29 has permanently eliminated 25% of its pre-pandemic workforce of roughly 3,200, nearly 780 previously-furloughed employees. Nationwide MGM Resorts has layed off a…
Sports Betting Opens Up in Capital One
Last July, we reported that sports betting is now legal in Washington, DC. The DC Council approved it making it the first in the DMV to legalize sports betting. After…
Walters Gearing up for Football
The Nationals were hosting the Braves, and although I couldn’t attend the game, been next door was the next best thing. The Braves were coming off the heels of the…
Trump Hired a Faux-Obama to Belittle and Fire
Even before Donald Trump sought to be president, he questioned President Obama’s birthplace and accused him of obtaining his “Ivy League” degrees by way of affirmative action. In Michael Cohen’s…
Fast Casual at MGM
Now that the casinos have reopened, guests have returned in droves. You don’t have to worry about overcrowding. MGM National Harbor is so enormous, visitors can spend days there and…
Astoria Packed After Dark
This weekend as in the last couple weeks on Steinway Street endearingly called “Little Egypt”, the streets are alive like they are in Dubai. The stir crazy crowds, mostly mask-less,…
Double Red Flags on Orange Beach
The beaches in Alabama are open just in time for the summer season, but you won’t be able to go for a swim today. Double red flags are flying in…
Mobile Opens Back
Businesses across Alabama are now allowed to reopen their doors for the first time in nearly eight weeks after some restrictions. Governor Ivey announced the amendments to the Alabama “Safer…
Fire Damages SE DC Condo
A large fire inside an apartment unit at Wade Road condos have displaced 38 people (31 adults and 7 children). Four residents were evaluated and treated at the scene. No…
Last Beach Standing
There’s only a few beaches in the US that’s still open and Biloxi Beach on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast is one of them. The community has taken its toll over the…
Open the Beaches – Enforce Social Distancing
“If I get corona, I get corona. At the end of the day, I’m not gonna let it stop me from partying,” Brady Sluder, Florida Spring Breaker People need the…
Bowser Cordons the Cherry Blossoms
The Surgeon General was on the Today Show this morning and he had a dire warning for Americans. “People are still heading to the National Mall in Washington to view…
Wizards Pride Night
The Washington Wizards hosted the Atlanta Hawks for their annual Pride Night game on Friday, March 6th entitled “Love and Basketball During halftime, Beyonce impersonator, Riley Knoxx sang and danced…
55th Anniversary to Bloody Sunday
A congressional delegation including Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) along with about 50 members of Congress was in Birmingham on Saturday to participate in the…
Xenophobia Cripples Chinatown
I don’t just go to Philly for its history. I don’t go just for the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall. I go for the museums that embodies the history and…
Nashville – Keep the Music Playing
It has been a crazy month for Tennessee, and Nashville has gone through so much chaos. Our hearts are with those who have lost their homes or businesses and with…
Katsucon DC 2020
by Jason Morenz https://www.katsucon.org/ Katsucon, a three-day fan convention hosted at National Harbor is popular with anime fans. Last year, the Marvel fan meetup drew in a crowd of over…
Trendy & Hip..Charlotte
She caught me staring from the corner of my eye. I quickly turned away nervously and looked down with a slight smile. This happened a couple times through the evening…
Superbowl LIVe
Miami knows how to host a football-themed party. Of the LIV (that’s 54 for those not fluent in Roman Numerals) Superbowls held since 1967, Miami has hosted 11 of them. …
The Best Decade in a Generation
I still remember clearly Y2K and the turn of the new century. That’s why it’s hard for me to fathom that we are now ushering the 2nd decade of the…
NATS World Series Parade Info
The Championship Parade will begin at 2 p.m., starting at 15th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, near the Washington Monument and will proceed east along Constitution and end at Pennsylvania…
2019 Nationals – Greatest Miracle in Major League Baseball
Photos by Jason Morenz The 2019 World Series will go down in the annals of sports as the most unusual series in history. The home team has lost every game…
Shippensburg Halloween Parade
The weather was flawless and my timing was perfect. There was no rain and I arrived just in time for a huge parade. The 32nd Annual Halloween Parade was just…
Smokey Joe’s Barbecue in Shanksville
At Smokey Joe’s in Central City, Somerset County PA, the cooking is slow and methodical. I actually just left the Flight 93 Memorial in Shanksville, PA and found this beauty straight…
Mystics Win WNBA Title in New St Elizabeth’s Arena
The Washington Mystics have won their first Title in 22 years during their first year they played at the Entertainment and Sports Arena in St Elizabeth’s, and it has been…
Lordstown on a Lifeline
It’s called Lordstown and they’re living on a lifeline. The rural town just 30 miles northeast of Youngstown has gone through struggled before, but never as devastating as this one.…
9/11 Remembrance
It has been 18 long years since terrorists-hijacked airplanes brought down the twin towers and struck the Pentagon. It’s a tragedy that’s seared into the souls of most Americans especially…
Winging It @ The National Zoo
Photos by Jason Morenz They were winging it at The National Zoo on Saturday. More than 200 people showed up to experience the phenomenon of migration at Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s…
Hull ArtWalk Opens to much Fanfare
Hull, Massachusetts used to be the playground for the rich and famous. The super wealthy from all over New England vacationed here. Paragon Park was a popular amusement park with…
Red Eye’s Bikini Contest
photos by Jason Morenz This past Sunday, the Red Eye’s Sports Bar in Grasonville, MD held a Red Eye’s Bikini Contest. The beautiful girls from the International Bikini Team took…
Side-by-Side Shows D.C. Police Friendly Side
The Police were performing in Congress Heights, D.C. at Mellon Convenience Store, a day after a deadly shooting in the area. No, not Police the Band and this wasn’t a…
The Band’s Visit
An Egyptian band gets stuck in an Israeli dirt town for the night. What was supposed to be coughed up as a simple but embarrassing mistake turned out to be…
Mystics Magic in Ward 8
Seems out of place to be watching professional basketball in an arena the same size as some high school gyms. But after all, having the Mystics, the reigning Eastern Conference…
Truck Explodes at Warfield VA Trucksop
A tractor trailer caught on fire and exploded just before 3 a.m. on Monday, August 5, at the Davis Travel Center in Warfield, VA. Seven fire trucks from Alberta and…
Sexual Harassment: The Epidemic in Egypt
It was the first day of EID. The holy month of Ramadan had just ended and Egyptians were out in the streets en mass to reward themselves for the struggle that…
Fat Jack’s – There is Life After Dark in Texarkana
Texarkana, located in the Ark-LA-Tex region, is a town with a unique name that confoundedly straddles two state lines. Considered one of Texas’ most dangerous cities, it had three Superfund…
Niagara Falls – Which Side to Visit
The Niagara Falls with the all the snow and heavy rainfall this spring has seen an increase in water levels. However the number of tourists has steadily declined. This effect…
Destiny’s Destiny
Destiny USA in Syracuse, a six-story shopping and entertainment complex on the shore of Onondega Lake.The 2.4 million square foot mall is the nation’s sixth largest shopping mall and is…
Arkansas Floods into Little Rock
Heavy snowfall followed by rainfall over the past few months have caused the Arkansas River to swell. The river originates from the snowpack in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, flows…
DC Bike Ride Raises Safety Awareness
Photos by Jason Morenz The fourth annual, D.C. Bike Ride, organized to raise awareness to biker safety in the city, attracted thousands of participants that biked 20 miles throughout DC…
Horace & Dickies Comes to Congress Heights
Inspired by the everyday family cooking, Horace and Dickies comes to Southeast with a pop-up at 2927 Martin Luther King Ave SE. Horace and Dickeys has beebn in business for…
Truckers Jamboree – Kenly NC
The Seventh annual East Coast Truckers Jamboree will be held in Kenly, NC from May 9-11 with display, concerts, fireworks and of course big trucks.
Awesome Con Returns to DC
The seventh annual Awesome Con, the local version of Comic Con, happens all weekend with approx 80,000 comic book and science-fiction nerds expected to attend. Awesome Con begins at noon…
Broccoli City Festival @ Fedex Field
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Broccoli City and Live Nation Urban announced the official lineup for Broccoli City Weekend 2019 taking place April 25-27, 2019. The three-day multi-format event will include musical…
Anacostia River Festival
For a taste of local DC, come celebrate the Anacostia River at the annual Anacostia River Festival presented by the 11th Street Bridge Park and National Park Service. Take a…
Caps Host View Game vs Canes in Capital One
The Washington Capitals hosted a free Game 4 Viewing Party Thursday to a packed Capital One Arena. Unfortunately, the Carolina Hurricanes won in Raleigh to even the series 2-2 . …
Cherry Blossom & Emancipation Day Fills Saturday Schedule
There will be a ton of events in DC this Saturday and those participating should be aware of extensive road closures. Both the Cherry Blossom Parade and Festival and the…