DCentric

Good morning, DCentric readers! While you were standing in line for a lobster roll at Curbside Cookoff, we were foraging around online, looking for links:

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Hurts Black Women Most “African-American women were discharged under DADT at almost three times the rate at which they serve in the military…Although black women made up less than 1 percent of service members, they represented 3.3 percent of those discharged under the policy, the report says. “We do not know why African-American women are so adversely impacted by this policy…We are in the midst of conducting a new study to try to understand why they are being hit so hard.” (The Root)

Curbside Cookoff proves food truck popularity; Tryst/Diner-owner counters with restaurant industry’s p.o.v. “Thousands of Washington D.C.’s working crowd ditched the power lunch places Thursday afternoon and stood in snaking sidewalk lines instead. All for a taste of the District’s burgeoning street food scene…Attendance at D.C.’s first Curbside Cookoff, sponsored by the Arts and Humanities Commission, was a testament to the demand for more interesting dining choices in the city.” (myfoxdc.com)

Metro prepping iconic map for makeover (because the Gap’s new logo is such a hit!) “Contrary to popular belief, the rail extension out to Dulles International Airport has not officially been selected as the “Silver Line,” although it is commonly called that now…Asked about the possibility of Metro moving away from a color-based system and more toward a system with rail lines identified by numbers (like in New York City), Richardson wouldn’t rule out the possibility.” (wtop.com)

Jon Stewart calls D.C. ‘poorly designed,’ bans penis jokes “”Seriously, four unconnected 8th streets? There’s like a New York Avenue that for some reason just turns into Connecticut Avenue…. The whole thing is fakakta. I’m surprised gravity works down there sometimes.” Yes, Jon, gravity works just fine down here. If you like, we can prove it. Just come to FedEx Field this Sunday and watch as the football passes through Redskins receivers’ hands, then falls to the ground. If you’re looking for something that really doesn’t work down here, go with “public schools” or “subway escalators” or, say, “humor.”" (tbd.com)

Even if you can’t bike or walk to work, you can work out on Metro! (Because the quality of Metro rides is already so wonderful) “If you’re standing by a pole: Get a grip and lift up on your toes to perform calf raises. · Take one foot off the ground and pulse the leg inward and then outward. Try not to kick anyone.” Indeed. (The Washington Post)

District Taco Makes a Move to the Great Indoors ““I get Tweets all the time,” Hoil admits (about how his food truck is in Arlington, not D.C.). He says their messages are direct: “‘Shame on you. You shouldn’t call yourself District Taco.’” He wants to silence them with a D.C.-based cart. What Hoil will never silence is the street-food life that may appear outside his new restaurant, tentatively scheduled to open in late October or early November. “If you have a restaurant and they take your customers, it’s not their fault,” he says about street vendors.” (Washington City Paper)

Wheaton neighbor arrested in hate-based tire slashings “At 6 p.m., Wednesday, police arrested Steven Ray Armstrong, 52, of the 11000 block of Burnley Terrace and charged him with one count of race/religious harassment of a person and one count of malicious destruction of property under $500…Police have identified 21 victims as of right now, all of whom are Hispanic except for one person of East Indian decent.” (tbd.com)