DCentric

Good morning, DCentric readers! While you were watching the Real Housewives of DC, we were out collecting some delicious links for you to peruse. Happy Friday!

The City Paper Poll: The $25 Dining Question “I’m not sure exactly what relevant information we were trying to unearth with the question, but I suspect it has to do with class divides and whether, in this economy, we still indulge in pricey meals. I just have one issue with the question: its vague wording.” (Washington City Paper)

Still undecided? The Georgetowner to Host Mayoral Forum This Friday. “The Georgetowner will host D.C. mayoral candidates Adrian Fenty, Vincent Gray and Leo Alexander at noon at Tony and Joe’s (3000 K St., Georgetown Waterfront) for a lively exchange over education, the budget, crime and other issues facing the District in tough, touch-and-go 2010. Former Nathans owner and Q&A Café host Carol Joynt will moderate the forum, and will pose questions submitted by community groups and individual attendees.” (georgetowner.com)

Students critically injured by Drunk Driver in Adams Morgan crash “Chamica Adams, of Mitchellville, Md., was arrested after she apparently hit the two students with her Dodge Caliber on Wednesday. According to court records, in two different police-administered tests Adams had a blood-alcohol level of .17 and .18, more than twice the legal level in D.C.” (tbd.com)

In Oakland, CA it wasn’t gentrification– it was the lack of a Middle Class “…the changing demographics of neighborhoods and the city overall, which has lost more than 34,000 African-American residents this decade…(it) is bigger than gentrification. It is no less than a systemic failure to address issues of job retention and quality education – the opportunity to be in the middle class.” (baycitizen.org)

A team called the Redskins was once notoriously racist?! NO! ““Back in the late 60′s and early 70′s when the Cowboys were coming into their own the Redskins were owned by a guy named Marshall, who was a pretty bad racist…the Skins were one of the last, if not the last team to have a black starter.”" (Prince Of Pentworth )

401 M Street at Navy Yard Could Have a Grocery Store in 2013 “…it appears that a full-service grocery store could be arriving in the neighborhood by late 2013 or early 2014. While that’s not exactly right around the corner, those dates would seem to be an improvement over “someday, we hope.”" (JDland: DC Redevelopment )

D.C.-born Kevin Durant writes ’1972′ on his shoes in USA’s win over Russia “…when you actually see the best player on the 2010 Team USA men’s team reference a game that happened 16 years before he was born by writing “1972″ on his sneakers — in a game against Russia played 38 years ago to the day that then-USSR beat the USA on a disputed series of calls — well, this is just beyond cool.” (sports.yahoo.com)