Just your run of the mill web log about Reston, Virginia
Operating as usual
Since literal Reston propaganda was used to demoralize and destabilize the Eastern Block, we guess... we're even now?
http://www.restonian.org/2022/03/from-reston-with-love-moscow-south.html
It seemed insignificant when we first posted news that a Russian-funded radio station was broadcasting on the FM dial thanks to a Reston ...
Apparently we have to destroy Reston National Golf Course to save it (from hordes of invasive plants).
http://www.restonian.org/2022/03/advocacy-group-we-have-to-destroy-golf.html
This map of the hordes of invasive species overrunning the Reston National Golf Course that we saw on Facebook this week looks pretty scary....
Like Reston itself, the PBS program was pleasant, inoffensive, and just a little bit awkward. But in a good way!
http://www.restonian.org/2022/02/we-watch-public-television-so-you-dont.html
It should surprise no one that Reston is boring sophisticated enough to be featured on PBS, and our plastic fantastic planned community's m...
"Clyde's was a sign that Reston could be as hip and urbane as nearby Tyson's Corner, which at the time also had a Clyde's, which in turn was a sign that that particular shopping mall and office park amalgamation could be as hip as (checks notes) Georgetown."
http://www.restonian.org/2022/02/clydespocalypse-now-restons-nautical.html
V. v. sad news for fans of midscale chain dining and nautical-themed knickknacks: Clyde's of Reston is departing Reston Town Center after mo...
Soviet-style shortages in Reston grocery stores surprise people who are easily surprised, we guess:
http://www.restonian.org/2022/01/in-reston-shelves-empty-you-soviet.html
The sight of empty shelves at grocery stores around Reston this weekend shocked and perplexed many. We almost feel like a snowstorm that co...
We ring in the new year in Reston with the same old roundup of what's hot and what's not:
http://www.restonian.org/2021/12/so-long-2021-and-dont-let-drb-approved.html
The end of the year is a time for reflection, a special time to share the spirit and joy of a new year with your neighbors and loved ones --...
Happy holidays to all (except the hydrilla) from the Reston Association
http://www.restonian.org/2021/12/holiday-wishes-for-algae-free-new-year.html
It's that time of year again, when thoughts of holiday cheer come to our homes via uniformed federal agents providing greetings and salutati...
Reston and Black (or DRB-approved Rustic Sage Charcoal) Friday: let all the holiday feels begin!
http://www.restonian.org/2021/11/black-friday-reston-style-cw.html
The one where we discover that Reston developers have a sense of humor.
http://www.restonian.org/2021/11/tall-oaks-where-irony-like.html
As the new development that has risen from the dusty ashes of the Tall Oaks Stucco Wasteland actually begins resembling the lovely rendering...
A different kind of "Reston Row" is lurking at the bottom of the giant pit near our favorite isosceles trapezoid:
http://www.restonian.org/2021/10/a-different-kind-of-reston-row.html
Ah, just a beautiful fall day in Reston, with our favorite parallelogram isosceles trapezoid balefully standing watch over bunch of new ...
Sadly, the giant boom heard in Reston on Tuesday wasn't our real estate prices skyrocketing.
http://www.restonian.org/2021/09/breaking-that-giant-boom-wasnt-our-real.html
Bummer : A prolonged, thunderous boom sounded all over the Washington region around 10:45 a.m. Tuesday, jarring residents unsure of its so...
TFW something you say figuratively winds up being literally true.
http://www.restonian.org/2021/09/breaking-loudoun-county-literally-stinks.html
Yes, that was a real question on another filthy "web log" published in the friendly, particleboard-curious county to our west. And just in ...
All the joking about the Reston Association's proposed $1 million treehouse is overshadowing an actual Good Idea.
http://www.restonian.org/2021/09/ras-magic-treehouse-just-one-of-three.html
So it's been a while since the Reston Association has suggested major new capital projects, maybe because of their semi-recent track record ...
Reston -- or at least RTC -- is definitely going to the Birds.
http://www.restonian.org/2021/07/reston-going-to-birds-e-scooters-join.html
First, the red Capital Bikeshare stations descended upon our neighborhoods , glowing monoliths and solar panels and puny, pathetic bollards ...
Bikeshare stations are popping up in Reston neighborhoods, with predictable reactions.
http://www.restonian.org/2021/07/invasion-of-parking-snatchers-bikeshare.html
Check out this weird piece of debris that recently fell onto Ring Road, presumably from outer space (monolith and all). Ha ha, we kid! It’s...
Just like Reston's founder, "Simon" is constructed out of Cor-ten steel, full of holes, and approximately 15 feet tall.
http://www.restonian.org/2021/07/earth-toned-hit-parade-another-reston.html
ZOMG, someone go light another candle atop Kasey Kasem's unmarked grave in Norway, because for the second year running, An Art from our pla...
A new Reston baby book will help prepare infants for a lifetime of suburban bliss.
http://www.restonian.org/2021/06/like-brave-new-world-only-with-more.html
Good news for lovers of literacy and dated design regulations: There's a new book called Reston Baby , which is about... a baby in Reston. W...
Purveyor of canned fish products moving to purveyor of midscale chain experiences: all in a day for Reston Town Center.
http://www.restonian.org/2021/06/sorry-charlie-canned-fish-purveyor.html
V. v. exciting news for fans of 1960s advertising mascots and canned fish! Star-Kist is leaving Pittsburgh for the Steel City of the Norther...
They had the tools. They had the technology. They could rebuild it.
http://www.restonian.org/2021/06/horse-fixed.html
Horse fixed. Good. It's been nearly two years since Lake Anne residents awoke to a scene straight out of a classic film , minus the bed and ...
Man Bites Dog
Cupcakery Replaces Toastery
Only in Reston.
http://www.restonian.org/2021/05/only-in-reston-cupcakery-to-replace.html
Here's a sentence we never thought we'd write, but was obviously preordained to appear on this filthy "web log" from the fateful day that th...
With a new "study group" making the rounds, ongoing efforts to redevelop Reston golf courses appear to be back at it again:
http://www.restonian.org/2021/05/caddyshackpocalypse-in-perpetuity-war.html
In Reston, it always seems to start with invasive plants. A cluster meeting in South Reston with representatives of Reston National Golf Co...
The Colonial Pipeline hack is *literally* under our feet in Reston.
http://www.restonian.org/2021/05/yikes-colonial-pipeline-hack-literally.html
You know how the Colonial Pipeline was hacked with ransomware demands, leading the pipeline to shut down and spike gas prices across the Eas...
Like real estate agents, Reston's first cicada arrivals appear to prefer trendy North Reston.
http://www.restonian.org/2021/05/theyre-heeeeeeeere-cicadas-emerge-but.html
Hey Reston, are you ready for the appearance of millions of cicadas, returning for the first time since 2004 after a 17-year slumber? Becaus...
As more dystopian video screens proliferate across Reston, we're wondering who's watching us.
http://www.restonian.org/2021/04/beige-mirror-as-more-dystopic-video.html
A few months back, a giant video screen featuring circling sharks appeared at Reston Station, bathing the various polygons and whatnot in e...
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a web logger, in possession of a web log, must write a post about the big stuck boat:
http://www.restonian.org/2021/03/okay-fine-well-do-post-about-big-honkin.html
As the big boat that launched a thousand memes continues to languish in the Suez Canal, here's some News You Can Use! Here's what the big bo...
Two weeks left in Reston eln szn, as the kids have absolutely never once called it.
http://www.restonian.org/2021/03/two-weeks-left-in-glorious-2021-ra.html
We're halfway through this year's RA Board of Directors election season (or "eln szn," as the kids have almost certainly never said), and we...
It's not a $69 million piece of art, but a priceless piece of Reston history just went on the blockchain.
http://www.restonian.org/2021/03/nft-wtf-piece-of-reston-history-just.html
After hearing that some piece of digital art just sold for a very nice $69 million on the blockchain , we here at Restonian Amalgamated Web ...
Chains can not live by containers alone: Pour a $5 venti, or whatever, out for the Reston Spectrum Starbucks, which has closed.
http://www.restonian.org/2021/03/starbuckspocalypse-now-reston-spectrum.html
Pour one a $5 double tall venti latte Americano chai tea, or whatever the kids are calling Sanka these days, out for the Reston Spectrum St...
A mysterious metal object surfacing in a Reston lake probably isn't the opening salvo of an alien invasion, but you never know.
http://www.restonian.org/2021/03/metallic-object-falls-into-lake-audubon.html
Reston's Lake Anne is airing its dirty laundry. Oh, and a bunch of sheets, too.
http://www.restonian.org/2021/02/lake-anne-airs-its-dirty-laundry-as.html
Wow, we knew Lake Anne Plaza is officially historic, with its fancy marker and whatnot, but who knew residents were trying to recapture tha...
Fancy new Reston hotel to become even fancier, despite conspicuous lack of woonerf.
http://www.restonian.org/2021/02/more-brands-than-stockyard-fancypants.html
It seems like just yesterday we were excited about the prospect of tying on a few too many Farmers Smashes at Reston Station and walking acr...
Amazon's HQ2 in Crystal City may have fancy spirals and trees, but Reston has something it doesn't - obtuse angles.
http://www.restonian.org/2021/02/spirals-or-trapezoids-hq2-vs-google-fu.html
The architecture world is abuzz , sorta, about the new building Amazon just dropped for its planned HQ2 site in Crystal Pepsi City , whic...
Now that Reston has been named the #1 work from home location in the U.S., you're going to need some new Zoom backgrounds:
http://www.restonian.org/2021/01/were-1-reston-named-best-place-to-work.html
ZOMG, mute your videoconference and tell your kids to stop interrupting, because we have very very exciting news! Our plastic fantastic plan...
Restonians can have a little Bernie meme, as a treat.
http://www.restonian.org/2021/01/okay-fine-you-can-have-little-bernie.html
After having had this meme of our favorite socialist (and also Bernie Sanders!) forwarded to us a half-dozen times, and seeing it again as w...
As two Lake Anne businesses close in Reston, the new year is bringing back some old problems:
http://www.restonian.org/2021/01/new-year-same-old-lake-anne-business.html
As we enter a new year, two Lake Anne businesses -- Teapot and Cake and Local VA -- have closed; the former permanently, the latter temporar...
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