Busboys And Poets Blog

Put together good food + relaxation + stimulating entertainment and you get Busboys & Poets. There are 2 different locations in DC. One is on 14th Street (near U Street) which is more chill and relaxed and the other is on 5th and K which is more of the somewhat upscale restaurant approach. They are [...]

REPRINTED FROM Socialistworker.org January 28, 2011 A year ago this week, our movement lost a powerful and fearless voice for change. Howard Zinn, a veteran of more than half a century of struggles for peace, justice and democracy, was the renowned author of numerous books such as A People’s History of the United States and [...]

Book Reviews For more children’s book reviews and recommended book lists, visit Teaching for Change Publications. Broken Memory by Élisabeth Combres Without sacrificing the horrors of the genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda, Broken Memory surprises by virtue of its affecting subtlety. It tells the story of the child survivor Emma who attempts to piece [...]

Some universal commonalities amongst the BB&P team is our love for good food and music. Since we already serve up great food we decided that every week a member of our team would share songs for the listening pleasure of our blog readers and fans. We hope that through these playlists we can share a [...]

The morning started with a winter storm watch for DC.  By the end of the day the snow storm had been cancelled and Nikki Giovanni graced the stage at Busboys and Poets at 5th and K.  Throughout the day, the Busboys and Poets events team was in contact with Nikki Giovanni’s publicist who kept us [...]

Some universal commonalities amongst the BB&P team is our love for good food and music. Since we already serve up great food we decided that every week a member of our team would share songs for the listening pleasure of our blog readers and fans. We hope that through these playlists we can share a [...]

“You Can’t Go Home Again” is not a cliché or necessarily a truth if you think abut it differently – think about it with the realization in the foreground that it has never been the same from moment to moment, let alone with the passage of great swaths of time – every moment we and [...]

Here they are, according to the Busboys team, some of the better songs of 2010. A diverse selection ranging from the retro beats of Chromeo and Swedish pop sensation Robyn to Cee-Lo’s comeback and Mr. West giving a “toast for the scumbags.”

Clever alliteration right?  Well not really, just wanted to inform our noble blog readers that our snazzy 100% cotton TS Designs Sustainable, Eco-Friendly Tees are finally here and wear-ready!  We opted out of this “hip” V-Neck business so you can wear them around in the “cool” neighborhoods of DC and New York without being mistaken for a [...]

Every year during the holidays thousands of good-hearted people make the effort to help the less fortunate. Some volunteer at their local soup kitchen. Others open their wallets and donate to a charity of their choosing.  But this year Busboys & Poets and other members of Think Local First DC reached out to group that’s [...]