Tuesday, August 4, 2009

We like shopping at Target and the WaPo reveals all

This day would have to come eventually. A day where one of my deepest, darkest secrets would be revealed in just a few paragraphs in a widely-read newspaper. Yes, that is I proudly admitting to The Washington Post today that I sometimes shop at Target four times a week. (There have been days where I stop by twice.) But it's good to know that I am not alone, and that others love Ruby Tuesdays -- salad bar and all -- as much as The Heights Life does.

14 comments:

Spud Lite said...

Can I mock this article... paragraph six, "Columbia heights is still edgy. A few blocks from the Target, semi-permanent police cars monitor the muggings and shootings that still happen, in broad daylight, even..."

Umm, muggings = edgy?

Nithya said...

I want to throttle almost every person quoted in that article.

Spud Lite said...

Don't throttle Liz. The deodorant really IS locked up.

But why the overuse of the word hipster? Just because we live in CH doesn't make us hipsters.

Anonymous said...

Whoa, you're not who I thought you were, then. I was convinced you guys were another couple I know at 14th and Irving, but I was wrong. Enjoy the blog in any case!

-Mr. T in DC

Spud Lite said...

Ha - we aren't a couple, Mr. T. We're two single women.

Though I'm convinced you are this guy I see at the gym with his wife almost every morning... do you wear glasses when you work out?

Jamie said...

Muggings definitely make me edgy. By staying edgy, I avoid being a mugging target.

Mr T in DC said...

Boy, I'm way, way off base here! I thought you were a couple I know who live in Irving Station. I do work out at the gym a lot, but my wife has given up on it due to the crowding and runs outside now. I usually go in the evenings and weekends, no glasses, a short, balding white guy.

Spud Lite said...

Well you have the Irving Station part right, Mr. T. The only thing you have wrong so far is the "couple." I mean, ArtBart and I do hang out a lot, but mostly we go pick up some male hipsters at the Wonderland.

I KID... sort of.

Mr T in DC said...

I used to live in Irving Station, a cool building with nice residents. It could really use an awning when it's raining, though, and apparently used to have one:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_t_in_dc/2910318233/
(click "all sizes")

Alex said...

I don't even pretend to have any idea who any of you people are. :D

The blogosphere is certainly abuzz with this article today. I'm afraid to even look at the comments on PoP. While ridiculous articles in "Style" are probably as old as the Washington Post itself, what I'll never get is why do people agree to be interviewed for such things. They always make people sound as silly and one-dimensional as "Real World" characters.

Alex said...

I ought to add present company excepted, of course!

Jamie said...

I would absolutely have agreed to be interviewed! You seriously would say "forget it" if a WaPo reporter wanted to talk to you about your neighorhood? Who cares who silly the piece is. It's your name in lights!

Alex said...

Not sure exactly what your name in lights will do for ya. But seriously, to each their own!

Spud Lite said...

ArtBart was actually hoping the WaPo would pimp our blog.