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Written by DCist Contributor Vince Wadhwani, of BuyIndie.net

This marks the return of DCist's bar feature, Coalition of the Swilling. Don't forget Poland! Post by DCist contributor Brandon Gentry It's no secret: 18th Street can be a real mess, especially on the weekends. Drunk folks crowd the sidewalks, angling for fights and hook-ups. Too many of the bars cater to the lowest common denominator ("Shots! Blaaaargh!") or to adults playing dress-up (it's hard to pretend you're on a secret mission when you're puking...

Back in January, the new Congress passed revamped ethics rules theoretically intended in part to minimize the influence of lobbyists on lawmakers and their staff. How our elected representatives hate lobbyists, with their wee beady eyes and those smug looks on their faces. "Oh, you're gonna vote for ethanol subsidies, oh!" How can they hate lobbyists? The lobbyists put addictive chemicals -- money, swag, and trips -- in their dealings with lawmakers that make them crave lobbyist contact fortnightly, smartass. Without the new ethics rules in place, our lawmakers are completely unable to determine right from wrong on their own -- powerless to resist the lavish meals and international excursions thrown at them in tacit exchange for their votes.

It was around this time last year that we collectively mourned the fact that the District just doesn't have very many good bagel shops. Spare the few options most of us could name off the tops of our heads, we realized that within the confines of the city, there seemed to be a relative paucity of bagel providers. And now, a year later, we add one more bagelry to the list, and it's in an...

Standing in her galley kitchen, Zora Margolis observes how impractical it is for a seasoned chef. "I don't have enough counter space for all my machines," she said. But Margolis has a soft spot for the kitchen because it was built by her husband Jonathan Alderfer when he was young.

Editor's Note: In this very occasional series, we've lamented our lack of a quick lube and a dearth of good bagels. Now, we wonder why bowling is so hard to do. Is there something you think D.C. is missing? Let us know.

Editor's Note: In our first installment of this very occasional series, we mourned the lack of good bagels in the District. Now, we wonder why a simple oil change is so hard to come by within the city limits. Is there something you think D.C. is missing? Let us know.

A conversation between DCists recently led to a long diatribe about the lack of certain amenities in our fair city. We thought it would be great to open the conversation up to our readers, and thus bring you the first of an occasional series, What We're Missing. If you've got thoughts on other ameneties noticably lacking in D.C., feel free to leave a comment.

An alert DCist reader informs us that the Post's Animal Watch is online after we noted that it was not available. You can find this week's here, through the Extras section. But we still want to note that on washingtonpost.com, easy links to Animal Report from the "Regular Features" section come up with nothing.