The Meandering Ones » snowpocalypse

Omni Shoreham Hotel cares about their role in the DC community, and they deserve your business.

SQ — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:34:00 +0000

We can't wait until the trees around Omni Shoreham look like this again (credit: flickr/Tom20008)

Andrew Beaujon of City Paper kindly requested in his posting yesterday that the Omni Shoreham hotel clear the bike path that’s not so close their hotel and not their responsibility, yet close enough that it’d be looked upon kindly by the riders that take that route every day.

The gang at Omni Shoreham could have overlooked it, but that would have been the wrong approach. Instead hotel manager Paul Sharp stepped up – along with his grounds team – and got to work.

Sometimes it’s not about what you have to do, but what you can do to take care of others. And it’s great when that courtesy extends beyond people and into businesses. After all, business are just a bunch of people like you and me, making easy and hard choices that sometimes cost a little extra money and time.

Thanks for being a great citizen, Omni Shoreham. You’ll be seeing us real soon.

Snowpocalypse Sunday: sunny with an 80% chance of helplessness.

SQ — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:04:15 +0000

The M-Ones HQ is snowbound in its first full day without the rapidly falling white stuff, wondering what the rest of the world is doing to escape the great white hostage-taker. Though we’ve devised 3 to 4 reasonable escape plots, we also realize none of the holds a shread of value until VDOT opts to start clearing the roads within a couple miles of here. Neighbors across the way have formed a chain gang of shovels that enter their second day attempting to clear an incredibly long driveway in a way only a government agency would normally dare. Others are rumored to have attempted using newfangled devices that routinely spit snow into the air, however they’ve found those modern machines no match for the sheer size of the neverending pile.

As we get closer to total elimination of our provisions we’ll keep you posted and alerted. And if you work for the Army don’t hesitate to bring some big equipment this way. Have fun!

With all these massive snowstorms in DC, are organized snowball fights the new kickball?

SQ — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:10:42 +0000

Photo: DamirM (flickr)

With these megasnows continuing to thrash the DC Metro, Washington City Paper asks, “Are Organized Snowball Fights The New Kickball?”

Perhaps there’s some opportunity for organized sponsorship here.

Snowpocalypse 2 edges ever closer to total weekend annihilation.

SQ — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:33:13 +0000

Snow falls on the Capital once again. (Credit: William Couch / flickr)

We wanted to take a moment to interrupt your peaceful thoughts of a mundane weekend out and let you know – if you’re one of the five left who hasn’t heard – that Snowpocalypse 2: The Crummy One is on. The DC Capital Weather Gang has updated their view, and there’s good news and bad news: the good news is the snowfall amount seems to be moderating at 16 inches (no more throwing around the scary phrase “20 inches”, though we’ve gotta believe 20 isn’t a big jump when you’re on track for 16. The bad news, however, is (as with seemingly every storm this year) the concentration of the snow shoots northeasterly in a path with Washington DC is its absolute epicenter.

What does this mean, aside from the fact that we seem to have the most pristine snowmaking-machine-in-the-sky known to man? Simply put, if the storm can make it, were going to get more of it than anyone.

Time to buy some board games!