Once mainly a dumping ground for hotels in easy striking distance of both Georgetown and downtown, the District's West End neighborhood has lately experienced a building boom that may bring more residents than ever into the quiet area east of Rock Creek Parkway, north of Foggy Bottom, and west of Dupont Circle. more ›

The District will have one fewer place for middle-aged letches to hit on dancing college girls drinking watered-down hurricanes, when Friday night fades into Saturday morning and Lulu's Club Mardi Gras packs up its multicolored awnings for good. Lulu's has long been a fixture at the changing corner of 22nd and M Streets NW. Longtime owner Ulysses "Blackie" Auger sold Lulu's years ago, and when he passed away in November 2004, his family opted to sell sibling Blackie's House of Beef. Blackie's went to the great restaurant slaughterhouse in the sky on New Year's Eve. And Lulu's will climb its own 13 stairs -- no doubt made of wrought-iron -- at 4 a.m. Saturday. If you'd like to read some last rites to the summer intern haunt and erstwhile Kegs & Eggs host, head down to Lulu's this Friday night at 8 p.m., when your $20 cover charge will give you access to an open bar. Besides, it may be the only time that their completely unnecessary velvet rope is actually warranted. more ›

By DCist Food and Wine Contributor Michael Mugmon. more ›

-- Neo-Bourbon Street Lulu's Club Mardi Gras to get new view: that of a zinc- and glass-clad condo building (with vertical gardens) more ›

The corner of New Hampshire Avenue and M Street has never been known as one of the city's most beautiful. With Don Shula's steakhouse, Lulu's Club Mardi Gras and the Exxon gas station in the center, you may wonder why the West End Ritz Carlton decided to set up shop on the edge of what could be described as a garish, undefined regurgitate semi-urban, semi-suburban architectural mess. Lulu's attempts to transform the corner of M and 22nd streets NW into a 'lil-bit-o Bourbon Street certainly haven't helped. more ›

Ah, Mardi Gras. The annual bacchanal of food, drink, more drink, bared breasts and parades. Can't make the trip to New Orleans this year? Next Tuesday, Feb. 8, a couple of local events will try to recreate some of the spirit of the season here in our own backyard. more ›

We came across this image from some sort of University of Oregon research page on urban heat islands. While a political pundit may try to say that Congress or the White House is full of hot air, it may in fact be the Pentagon. Examining this undated map, here are some locations in near the center of the city that produce a lot of heat. - the Pentagon - Department of Agriculture - Department of... more ›