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Ditto to the comment about better light -- I gave up at several tables because I just couldn't see anything. I did walk away with How the Grinch Stole Christmas, read by Zero Mostel....

If you're into drinking good beer, Bar Louie is having Round 2 of their Local Brew contest, Tonight at 7PM. Flying Dog, Hook & Ladder, and Holy Brew will be pouring samples for their chance to be vote...

As reported here, it happened during inauguration: http://dcist.com/2009/01/person_struck_on_red_line.php...

Zoey!...

Morning Roundup before 9am?! I had to look twice to see who posted this one. Good job Sommer, keep it up!...

You forgot to mention the homicide by the convention center. Nothing like a little early evening murder to scare off convention dollars....

Yeah, I feel like it's misleading to claim that AU split up its ceremonies this year, as if they've never done that before. They always have multiple ceremonies. And never very good speakers....

I blame my longer than usual commute on the President of Israel and the AIPAC conference at the Convention Center. It really annoys me that I had to walk allllll the way around, just to get in the met...

At the Georgetown waterfront during the GW Rowing Invitational: GW and Cornell are racing down their lanes marked by two lanes of buoys every 30 feet. Husband turns to his wife and says "Honey, look...

Even better than actually participating in the Bar Louie contest -- they have $1.50 baskets of tots all night, and $3 Sam Adams drafts. Sounds like a cheap Thursday night activity to me......

I want to steal him....

Actually, Sommer does get paid to edit DCist, none of the other contributors do. So I figure if they can get a post up before 9:30, so should she. It's the way the crazy working world works. ...

Does that mean Morning Round Up is supposed to be published by a certain time? Why does it vary so much? (Hooray for when Tom does it, and it's actually up before 10am)...

I often tell people I'm giving up god. Stops the annoying questions and conversations for awhile. But then again, I went to HS in Texas, where it was cool to be a religious zealot. ...

Actually, I think you can do either. When my boyfriend lost his job (based in VA), he collected DC unemployment (where we live). ...