Netflix arrangement, season 1, episode 1. Cake week. Signature challenge: Swiss rolls. The contestants made: lemon curd roll orange and aniseed sponge with honey cream cardamom, pistachio, and coffee chocolate orange with orange jelly filling pistachio with strawberry strawberry and…
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DC. It’s all gouda.
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I briefly considered applying for a job in Delaware. My lunch has spoken and told me I need to stay in DC.
Ah, 19th century news
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Is there anything more enjoyable than a brief item from a 19th century newspaper? For example: A man was taken out of the Canal last night by the Watchmen and carried to the watch-house. He was so far gone as…
Carter G. Woodson
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One of the benefits of the current location of the DC Office of Public Records is its proximity to the Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site and the Carter G. Woodson Memorial Park. On my way to the office…
A DC.Nerd’s heaven
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Shown here, my heaven. On the left, the 1901 District of Columbia Code, through 1924. Next to that, the 1901 Code amended through 1929, followed by five annual supplement volumes. The two dark blue volumes? The 1940 D.C. Code. With…
Pancakes
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Here I am two years after my last post sharing about pancakes. I’ll try to get back to more important things but really, pancakes are important, too. When Passover ends and you find yourself with milk (milk! that hasn’t spoiled!)…
Industry in 1915
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“Lack of scientific cost-finding systems in the women’s muslin underwear industry has led to ruinous competition in the industry.” Evening Star, November 26, 1915, page 12.
Hello from the Office of Public Records
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[NB: I’m not actually writing this from OPR. I hope that’s obvious.] Last week I introduced myself to the Friends of the DC Archives. In doing so, I shared my Twitter handle, and thus exposed this here blog/website. Having done so, I…
Adopt Prince!
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[View the story “Adopt the Prince of the Kittelach” on Storify]
When your resources aren’t perfect
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This post is a bit of a “what would YOU do?” request for input. Let me begin with the background: I am, on behalf of my office, working on a project to digitize (*cough*scan*cough*) all of the D.C. Laws from…