Cleveland Park residents and smokers from across the city were saddened to see Bedrock Management's Aroma close its doors a few weeks ago. Word around town is that the space will reopen after renovations as some kind of wine & tapas spot, with the crucial difference being that it will no longer sell cigars. Whatever ends up replacing it, one of the few bars inside the District that legally allowed smoking is gone for good. more ›

The Washington Post went to the trouble of putting up an online poll of its readers this morning over whether they agree with a recent Prince George's County decision to ban the sale of single cigars. The County, you see, has decided to outlaw single cigar sales because teens are buying them in order to use the cigar paper to roll big-ass blunts. Blunts, spliffs, fatties and other jumbo-sized marijuana joints may be big in pop culture, but the notion that making it slightly more difficult to roll them (you can still buy 5-packs of the same cigars) will reduce the ability of anyone to get high is beyond laughable. What will PG County ban next? Apples? Empty soda cans? Light bulbs? more ›