Comments on: Columbia Heights Day http://www.creativedc.org/2008/10/columbia-heights-day/ Showcasing and inspiring creative living in Washington, DC Wed, 09 Feb 2011 18:46:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Gennadyi http://www.creativedc.org/2008/10/columbia-heights-day/comment-page-1/#comment-7235 Gennadyi Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:07:43 +0000 http://dev.creativedc.org/blog/2008/10/columbia-heights-day.html#comment-7235 Festivals can be different with something for different tastes. CH was terrific -had a good time, music & neat events. AMDay has been around much longer and is more of a Metro-wide event. But its FiestaDC and the Carribean Festival that have been receiving the city grants -- hundreds of thousands every year, and AMDay has not been receiving a city underwriritng grant. But I know it has much higher police costs and stuff like that as well as being a major local and visitor draw, so they've musta been more efficient with volunteers or snagging sponsors. But what is this fabricated crap about "alcohol-fuled AMDay." There are no AMDay Festival alcohol sales, only what is ordinarily sold at brunch or sidewalk cafes, and AMDay is a major cultural festival - dance, arts, jazz stage, kid's area, the main Florida/ Columbia stages, cultural plaza, etc. i go to AmDay just cuz there are more original local artists of quality there than anywhere else. Let's be glad of the fun diverse DC events we've got! Festivals can be different with something for different tastes. CH was terrific -had a good time, music & neat events. AMDay has been around much longer and is more of a Metro-wide event. But its FiestaDC and the Carribean Festival that have been receiving the city grants — hundreds of thousands every year, and AMDay has not been receiving a city underwriritng grant. But I know it has much higher police costs and stuff like that as well as being a major local and visitor draw, so they’ve musta been more efficient with volunteers or snagging sponsors.
But what is this fabricated crap about “alcohol-fuled AMDay.” There are no AMDay Festival alcohol sales, only what is ordinarily sold at brunch or sidewalk cafes, and AMDay is a major cultural festival – dance, arts, jazz stage, kid’s area, the main Florida/ Columbia stages, cultural plaza, etc. i go to AmDay just cuz there are more original local artists of quality there than anywhere else. Let’s be glad of the fun diverse DC events we’ve got!

]]> By: Jamie http://www.creativedc.org/2008/10/columbia-heights-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1024 Jamie Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:09:00 +0000 http://dev.creativedc.org/blog/2008/10/columbia-heights-day.html#comment-1024 I was on the planing committee, please read my comment on my blog at <a HREF="http://www.farmfreshmeat.com/2008/09/columbia-heights-day.html" REL="nofollow">about all this.</a> I was on the planing committee, please read my comment on my blog at about all this.

]]> By: Amanda http://www.creativedc.org/2008/10/columbia-heights-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1023 Amanda Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:13:00 +0000 http://dev.creativedc.org/blog/2008/10/columbia-heights-day.html#comment-1023 Yikes! After 2+ years this is the first bout of negative comments I've experienced here on Creative DC. Clearly I struck a nerve. Which is good - I want to hear diverse viewpoints! But I definitely want us to keep the discussion civilized. Give peace a chance!<br/><br/>After reading all the comments so far, I just want to reiterate that I only meant to share my personal impressions of the festival, not to suggest I'd covered it in a journalistic fashion. I'm one person who lives nearby, wandered over, wasn't that excited by what I saw, and kept wandering on a sunny fall afternoon. That's it. <br/><br/>If I'd been on assignment I would have talked to the event's organizers and reviewed the full schedule of events to make sure I sampled the full spectrum of activities. But, again, that wasn't my purpose.<br/><br/>I compared the event to Adams Morgan Day not to pick a fight, or because I think AM Day is the be-all, end-all of neighborhood festivals - but b/c I was just there, and had a great time. I didn't get drunk (someone suggested AM Day is mainly a drunkfest) - I enjoyed checking out the artists at Arts on Belmont, mostly, and people-watching, and just generally soaking up the festive atmosphere. <br/>It was energizing to see such a mix of people out enjoying the day. I felt similarly at Mt. Pleasant day last week.<br/><br/>Thanks for reading and again, all views are welcome, and you definitely don't have to agree with me. Let's just play nice. Thanks everyone! Yikes! After 2+ years this is the first bout of negative comments I’ve experienced here on Creative DC. Clearly I struck a nerve. Which is good – I want to hear diverse viewpoints! But I definitely want us to keep the discussion civilized. Give peace a chance!

After reading all the comments so far, I just want to reiterate that I only meant to share my personal impressions of the festival, not to suggest I’d covered it in a journalistic fashion. I’m one person who lives nearby, wandered over, wasn’t that excited by what I saw, and kept wandering on a sunny fall afternoon. That’s it.

If I’d been on assignment I would have talked to the event’s organizers and reviewed the full schedule of events to make sure I sampled the full spectrum of activities. But, again, that wasn’t my purpose.

I compared the event to Adams Morgan Day not to pick a fight, or because I think AM Day is the be-all, end-all of neighborhood festivals – but b/c I was just there, and had a great time. I didn’t get drunk (someone suggested AM Day is mainly a drunkfest) – I enjoyed checking out the artists at Arts on Belmont, mostly, and people-watching, and just generally soaking up the festive atmosphere.
It was energizing to see such a mix of people out enjoying the day. I felt similarly at Mt. Pleasant day last week.

Thanks for reading and again, all views are welcome, and you definitely don’t have to agree with me. Let’s just play nice. Thanks everyone!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.creativedc.org/2008/10/columbia-heights-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1022 Anonymous Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:44:00 +0000 http://dev.creativedc.org/blog/2008/10/columbia-heights-day.html#comment-1022 @5:26 PM anon, what "personal attacks" are you referring to? Flamefest? Really? The only personal attack I see here is your own, with the the "no shortage of douches" comment.<br/><br/>While the tone of a couple of the comments is a little defensive and a bit too sarcastic for my taste, honestly, the criticisms of those comments are a lot more vitriolic than the original comments!<br/><br/>Amanda's post says she didn't like the festival, but doesn't give much detail about that opinion except to say "it wasn't like Adams Morgan Day". Fine, that's her opinion, but it's a pretty shallow review of an event that had a lot more to it than she wrote about.<br/><br/>So what is so unreasonable about people who actually spent more than 20 minutes there pointing out all the activities that were taking place that she apparently missed? I thought the whole point of allowing comments on blogs was so readers could react. <br/><br/>I guess it's either "agree with the author" or "you are a douchebag" around here. But I don't see a big problem with this thread. @5:26 PM anon, what “personal attacks” are you referring to? Flamefest? Really? The only personal attack I see here is your own, with the the “no shortage of douches” comment.

While the tone of a couple of the comments is a little defensive and a bit too sarcastic for my taste, honestly, the criticisms of those comments are a lot more vitriolic than the original comments!

Amanda’s post says she didn’t like the festival, but doesn’t give much detail about that opinion except to say “it wasn’t like Adams Morgan Day”. Fine, that’s her opinion, but it’s a pretty shallow review of an event that had a lot more to it than she wrote about.

So what is so unreasonable about people who actually spent more than 20 minutes there pointing out all the activities that were taking place that she apparently missed? I thought the whole point of allowing comments on blogs was so readers could react.

I guess it’s either “agree with the author” or “you are a douchebag” around here. But I don’t see a big problem with this thread.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.creativedc.org/2008/10/columbia-heights-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1021 Anonymous Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:26:00 +0000 http://dev.creativedc.org/blog/2008/10/columbia-heights-day.html#comment-1021 What the hell. Creative just reported that she didn't have a terrific time, and the response is an unmitigated flamefest with all sorts of personal attacks?! I was out of town and missed the festivities, so I don't know if they were fantastic or lame, but based on the comments here, I can tell there were no shortage of douches in the area. Glad I missed the bad company and will make a note to repeat the near miss next year. What the hell. Creative just reported that she didn’t have a terrific time, and the response is an unmitigated flamefest with all sorts of personal attacks?! I was out of town and missed the festivities, so I don’t know if they were fantastic or lame, but based on the comments here, I can tell there were no shortage of douches in the area. Glad I missed the bad company and will make a note to repeat the near miss next year.

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