Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for May 14, 2020
May 13, 2020
May 15, 2020
Transcript:
a brief tour of inexplicable sites in the d.c. area uncanny elderly woman who waves at every passing car. arlington. men's shoes and video rental checks cashed live bait no patrons mysterious specialty store. hyattsville. ornate yet ill-maintained grave in traffic island. capitol hill. man 1: it's a paean to the heroic reticence of the vice-presidency. man 2: it's a big guy wrestling with a horse. obscure sculpture group. nw. raw dough kills especially cryptic graffito. se. guy 1: you go knock. guy 2: no, you. ancient, awful & honorable brotherhood of freeloaders enigmatic organization. ne.
well-i-never over 4 years ago
These are all exceptional, and uncannily helpful at the same time.
DCBakerEsq over 4 years ago
Thanks, Richard (posthumously). I couldn’t find any of these treasures on Yelp.
Teto85 Premium Member over 4 years ago
Yep. Yogurt stores and video stores and I think I saw a yogurt and video store in San Francisco about 30 years ago.
gbars70 over 4 years ago
Not to mention, the also cryptic and mysterious empty grocery cart…
Sisyphos over 4 years ago
D.C. has a super-abundance of the weird and wonderful! No one tells about it better than Richard did!