all photos: Page Collins
In a bevvy of spring and summertime parties that are besieging our fair city (you ARE feeling besieged, you know it), Live Green, a local organization dedicated to making greener lifestyles more affordable and accessible in DC and beyond had its official kick off party at Local 16. Page lives something like 2 blocks away, and knows what is good for her and the earth so she volunteered to capture all the do-gooding, and drinking on camera.
Her brief (but on point) estimation of the event was:
i’d say about 70% young professionals, 10% hipsters, and 20% older (slightly) crunchy types. the owner of local 16 was delightful. he led me down the back staircase and outside and showed me where he & several folks from live green participated in a ceremonious first planting of his organic herb garden (which is located between between Subway and Starbucks at his side door). it would be cool if he actually used the herbs in the food at local 16, but here’s to wishful thinking. it was a bit crowded and hard to get shots.
Here are said shots:
The site itself is up and running so to live a better, greener lifestyle in this city go here:
http://www.livegreen.net/
I always considered the “young professional” to be any regular guy/gal that is living/working in DC that’s under 30 and works above the service industry. They are not hipsters. They are not frat-holes although sometimes they can dress like them (or are ex-frat-holes).
June 23, 2008 at 12:44 pmYes, “young professional” generally refers to lawyers, doctors (& here in DC, lobbyists, think tankers, Hill or Executive Branch staffers), etc., under 30.
June 23, 2008 at 3:43 pmThink tankers, lobbyists, and staffers are not professionals. Teachers, Doctors, Lawyers, Architects, and Engineers are.
Think tankers, etc, aren’t regulated by a guild or association that sets rules for their profession, that’s what pisses me off about people that use the word, because they all use it incorrectly. If you’re a program manager at Human Rights Watch or answer the phones at National Geographic, or get coffee for Senator Douchebag, you aren’t a “professional.” You’re whatever your job title says you are.
June 23, 2008 at 4:24 pmYou’re correct re: the original meaning of the term “professional,” Michael, but I think the meaning of the word has broadened quite a bit in general usage over the past 75 years (e.g., professional v. amateur athlete). In marketing parlance, etc., “professional” is often used as a synonym for “white collar,” so basically, if your job involves wearing a suit & tie, or used to back when most white collar workers still wore suits & ties, you’re considered a “professional.”
June 24, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Still confused about what a “young professional” is.
On another note I made a mess of collards from my garden last night and reserved the pot likker for soup base over the winter.
June 23, 2008 at 11:59 am