Text Ticker: The lefty hot spot in Obama's Washington
The New Republic reports on Busboys & Poets, the D.C. coffeeshop (there's one in Arlington now too!) that is apparently on the ascent in these Obama-driven times. It was founded by an Iraqi-American, has an excellent selection of anti-war and civil rights literature on the shelves of the bookstore section, serves excellent overpriced food, and sports a fine event space in the back.
On inauguration weekend, Busboys was open 24 hours a day, and lines to fete Obama formed outside Sunday through Tuesday. Alice Walker, Eve Ensler of the Vagina Monologues, and Representative John Conyers all came to toast change beneath paintings of Obama, the Dalai Lama, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and Edward Said.
During the 2006 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, I was home in Arlington and deeply frustrated. B&P (the D.C. one) became a wonderful home for me. I went to a number of events there and found a community of good people also hoping for peace. [go!]
