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Restonian: News blog from Reston, Virginia, the mauve-colored New Town (tm): We Ride The Silver Line So You Don't Have To: A Photographic Odyssey from Reston to DC
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A look at Reston's past. News and notes from Reston (tm). Friday, August 1, 2014. We Ride The Silver Line So You Dont Have To: A Photographic Odyssey from Reston to DC. It's been less than a week since the Silver Line has opened, and we decided to "check it out," as the kids haven't said for years, to see what it's all about. Come with us on our magical journey! We make it to the walkway across the Toll Road. Wait, what's this? On the platform. The anticipation is palpable. Like a metallic chariot, the S...
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Restonian: News blog from Reston, Virginia, the mauve-colored New Town (tm): Scenes From a Mall: A Stroll Through 'America's Next Great City,' Or At Least Some Jetsons-Like Elevated Platform
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A look at Reston's past. News and notes from Reston (tm). Friday, May 8, 2015. Scenes From a Mall: A Stroll Through Americas Next Great City, Or At Least Some Jetsons-Like Elevated Platform. Now that Tysons Corner has rebranded itself "America's Next Great City" (tm), we thought it was high time to discard our tired jibes about its decidedly unurbane, strip-mall and Crystal Koons car lot past. That was so 2014! Sprawl is out, dense, urban living is in, silly rabbits, and Tysons is poised. Why yes, that's...
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Restonian: News blog from Reston, Virginia, the mauve-colored New Town (tm): Caddyshackpocalypse Now: BZA Hearing Hinges on Scooby Doo Plot Point
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A look at Reston's past. News and notes from Reston (tm). Thursday, January 22, 2015. Caddyshackpocalypse Now: BZA Hearing Hinges on Scooby Doo Plot Point. Yesterday's Board of Zoning Appeals hearing on the future of Reston National Golf Course. Give us some good blockquote. BFFs at Reston Now:. McDermott said without coming from the county with official government stamps, the documents are not valid. 8220;You must be persuaded you be persuaded [by Fairfax County zoning] to respect and give greater digni...
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Restonian: News blog from Reston, Virginia, the mauve-colored New Town (tm): DRB Discovers 'Track Changes' Feature in Microsoft Word, Gives Us Migranes
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A look at Reston's past. News and notes from Reston (tm). Wednesday, February 25, 2009. DRB Discovers 'Track Changes' Feature in Microsoft Word, Gives Us Migranes. So the Reston Design Review Board has decided that it's time to make sweeping changes to the Gutenberg Bible of Reston. Its giant design guidelines booklet ( large, annoying PDF file at link. 8226; No red mulch! 8226; Compost bins must be NO MORE THAN THREE FEET HIGH, or else the DRB will borrow some of the heavy equipment from the stream.
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Restonian: News blog from Reston, Virginia, the mauve-colored New Town (tm): We, For One, Welcome Our Robotic Silver Line Overlords
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A look at Reston's past. News and notes from Reston (tm). Monday, July 28, 2014. We, For One, Welcome Our Robotic Silver Line Overlords. Confidential Restonian Operative "Joel" snapped this picture during Saturday's Silver Line opening-day festivities. Nearby, a helpful mechanical woman directed the anxious to a gated community of Port-A-Potties," he writes. Beyond the whole uncanny valley. Thing, we have so many questions: Why a mannequin? July 28, 2014 at 6:03 PM. July 28, 2014 at 9:37 PM. That sort of...
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Restonian: News blog from Reston, Virginia, the mauve-colored New Town (tm): On the YouTubes: A Musical Tribute to Reston; a Semiotician's Dream Come True
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A look at Reston's past. News and notes from Reston (tm). Friday, August 5, 2011. On the YouTubes: A Musical Tribute to Reston; a Semioticians Dream Come True. As we further deconstruct this sprawling, ambitious work, consider the following lyrics:. The roses were gone from Lake Anne. When the queen married the oil man. The king was upset but he still had some land. Not since Don McLean's " American Pie. Or perhaps the Archies' " Yummy Yummy Yummy. Man was born with a silver bowl in his hand. Move over, ...
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Restonian: News blog from Reston, Virginia, the mauve-colored New Town (tm): Bummer: No Giant Wheelbarrows of Cash as Metro Arrives
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A look at Reston's past. News and notes from Reston (tm). Tuesday, January 14, 2014. Bummer: No Giant Wheelbarrows of Cash as Metro Arrives. It is another truth universally acknowledged that the. Arrival of Metro service will be good for one thing:. Gridlock developers midscale chain eateries. It would be a tough decision, but in the place of our lovely, if somewhat dated, manse would rise a very skinny 97-story condo with excellent exercise facilities. These are all valid questions and deep down what I ...
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Restonian: News blog from Reston, Virginia, the mauve-colored New Town (tm): Caddyshackpocalypse Now: A County Zoning Ruling So Confusing That County Zoning Officials Can't Make Sense Of It, Apparently
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A look at Reston's past. News and notes from Reston (tm). Friday, May 1, 2015. Caddyshackpocalypse Now: A County Zoning Ruling So Confusing That County Zoning Officials Cant Make Sense Of It, Apparently. That it could best be summarized, as the kids with their emojis might put it, as (ツ) /¯? From the county zoning administrator, BFFs at Reston Patch:. Are county officials suggesting that the BZA pulled this ruling out of their. When it opted to disregard key pieces of evidence surfaced after 2012. Th...
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Restonian: News blog from Reston, Virginia, the mauve-colored New Town (tm): Welcome to the Silver Line Era: Same as the Old Era
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A look at Reston's past. News and notes from Reston (tm). Saturday, July 26, 2014. Welcome to the Silver Line Era: Same as the Old Era. It so happens that at the very moment that the first Silver Line train. Chugged out of the Wiehle-Reston East Station this afternoon, we were stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic on I-95, returning from one of our rare. But in many ways, that's not exactly true. More dense, atypical suburban living. The nation's first townhouses not actually in towns. 8220;What I’m re...
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Restonian: News blog from Reston, Virginia, the mauve-colored New Town (tm): Reston's Garlic Mustard Challenge Days: May the Odds Be Ever In Your Favor
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A look at Reston's past. News and notes from Reston (tm). Wednesday, January 16, 2013. Restons Garlic Mustard Challenge Days: May the Odds Be Ever In Your Favor. Our favorite correspondent, The Peasant From Less Sought After South Reston, alerts us to the newest challenge to Living, Working, Playing, and Getting Involved(tm) in Reston: the horrifically invasive garlic mustard plant. But fear not! Wellas if carnivorous, highly venomous, bright yellow triffids ready to attack the Hyatt Regency. But not to ...