A couple weeks ago we linked to a post on popular Clarendon bar Galaxy Hut's MySpace blog announcing that owner Lary Hoffman had decided to stop accepting credit cards. The announcement sparked a number of agitated and sarcastic comments accusing Hoffman of passing on unnecessary extra costs, like ATM fees, to his customers. Thanks to the negative reaction, over the weekend Hoffman emailed us and posted a comment on the same thread saying he'd changed......

If your morning commute involved the Orange or Blue lines through Virginia, odds are good you've sat down at your desk rather late this morning. A smoking light fixture at the Clarendon Metro stop shut down service throughout Arlington around 9 a.m. this morning. Service returned to normal about 45 minutes later, but not before passengers were forced to exit the affected Orange Line stations and stand outside in the cold waiting for shuttle......