Town Crier a No-Show at the latest Festivus Reading

On the board where folks are writing  grievances, another one goes up Saturday night on the Festivus board, the Adams Morgan kiosk.  After the hilarious success of Tom Sherwood as the town crier last Saturday,   the scheduled crier for Saturday the 18th failed to appear to read the grievances.  That didn't stop people from putting them up.  

God bless the Adams Morgan Clean Team

For keeping our business district clean.  

Feted here by the Adams Morgan Business Improvement District at Perry's Restaurant on Columbia Road.

Town Crier Tom Sherwood Reads Festivus Grievances

Channel 4's Tom Sherwood read the grievances at the Festivus (the kiosk at 18th and Columbia) on Saturday 11 December at 1pm.

In addition to the grievance reading, unnatural feats of strength were featured.  Someone is holding up 2 fake 40lb weights with one bare hand.

This is the 3rd year  Festivus has been up in  Adams Morgan, started by the  Business Improvement District.   It is the first year people been trashing it.  The trashing started with posters for an event held at Chief Ikes.  Someone wheatpasted the Chief Ikes posters right over some Festivus' notes.  A sign was put up  clearly requesting folks to put their event notices on the one kiosk panel left for events.  After those signs went up, somebody took down ALL the grievances.  That happened a few days in a row.  The BID ambassador started saving the grievances to be put up on Saturday morning since the Town Crier was scheduled to read them Saturday afternoon.   After the Saturday reading with Tom Sherwood, someone scribbled illegible graffiti over the grievances left up.

Sometimes you can't fight antisocial behavior like this, but saving the Festivus for the rest of us is worth the fight.  This photographer then posted her photos of the grievances taken at the Sherwood airing.  

Columbia Heights LIghts a Holiday Tree

 People gather 'round to get hot chocolate while waiting for the tree to be lit.

 The tree sits waiting for its lights to turn on, scheduled time:  6:00 pm, Monday December 13, 2010.

 The temperatures were low, below freezing.  The hot chocolate was a big hit; it warmed up the crowd.

 People gathered in the circle at Park and 14th.    The mood was indeed festive.

 The choir from EL Haynes prepared to entertain the masses.

 So cute in their Santa hats.

 Lead by a music teacher pianist.

 While the crowd gathered round to listen,

 the countdown to turning the lights on 

was preceded by a few numbers from the EL Haynes choir.

 Then the lights were turned on.

 Everyone watched; some took pictures.

 Friends and neighbors came out to celebrate.

 Nice to see ANC Commissioner Jordan and his lovely wife.

 So that's how the tree got lit in the Columbia Heights Plaza.

Mark Anderson and his wife Tulin and young son Soren came dressed for the festivities.

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