A D.C. resident says he stole back his bicycle after it was taken from his friend's porch Sunday night and then posted for sale on Craigslist the following morning. And the vendor who attempted to sell that bike is also listing several other cycles for amounts well below their suggested retail prices. more ›

Presale tickets for this year's Virgin FreeFest disappeared in about ten minutes today. This means that it's time for people to start selling them at exorbitant rates on Craigslist, obviously. Ain't capitalism grand? more ›

Last October, Craigslist -- for whatever reason -- decided that they wanted to figure out the most "romantic" Metro station. Using the rock solid methodology of "counting the number of missed connections at any given station," they came up with Vienna/Fairfax‐GMU. And it turns out other major metropolises have nothing on suburban Virginia. more ›

I have to be honest -- the DCist staff was about 95 percent sure that the Craigslist ad for a 16-cat Dupont sublet which we featured yesterday afternoon was a fake. And that was well before I received an email from one "Fred Decatt" (get it?) last night, claiming to be the poster and asking me to be "more receptive and tolerant of cat enthusiasts such as myself" in future posts. Of course, by the time another reader forwarded us an email exchange in which the photo to the right was proffered as a photo of Bitnum, one of the cats listed in the ad, well, the inauthenticity of the ad was pretty much a foregone conclusion. more ›

Adventures in Craigslist is a whenever-we-find-something-interesting series in which we dive headfirst into the vast complexities of the Washington region's Craigslist. Today: that's...a lot of cats.

I don't use the term "cat lady" loosely. It's actually kind of offensive, and The Simpsons has really cornered the market on the joke. But sometimes, the moniker just seems totally appropriate. For example: when applied to the kind of person who places an ad on Craigslist for a Dupont Circle sublet which the new occupant will have to share with 16 cats while the original renter is in Denmark attending a cat convention. more ›

It's been less than a week since news broke that WJLA/TBD would be laying off several news staffers. That hasn't stopped the media outlet from posting a job opening for a "Digital News Manager" via Craigslist, though. more ›

Adventures in Craigslist is a whenever-we-find-something-interesting series in which we dive headfirst into the vast complexities of the Washington region's Craigslist. Today: the people you encounter during a thundersnowtrafficpocalypse. more ›

Good Morning, Washington. Did you get your fill of shopping and stuffing your face? I'm actually writing you from up north in Boston, and I imagine many of you are reading from various relative's houses across the country, not your homes in the DC area. That said, this is what is happening during this lazy holiday weekend. more ›

Adventures in Craigslist is a whenever-we-find-something-interesting series in which we dive headfirst into the vast complexities of the Washington region's Craigslist. Today: it sure beats buying one at the grocery store! more ›

A fact sheet involving Metro, Craigslist, romance and statistics? Color us intrigued. more ›

So DCers, lest you forget that next weekend will be a mess of Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert rally goers, Halloween revelers, and general madness, we have a round-up of what people are talking about a week before: more ›

Here's an ad for a bamboo coffee table, good condition, "[g]reat for plants, photo display." Says the seller, "we had in front of Christmas tree even, and put gifts on it." Sounds lovely. Though we can't help thinking that a photograph of the table in question, rather than an (admittedly detailed) Sharpie diagram of the table's dimensions and features, might have helped seal the sale. more ›

Virginia Attorney General Ken "The Cooch" Cuccinelli has been a pretty busy guy of late. But when he isn't circumventing the General Assembly to push through tighter regulations on abortion clinics or actually rendering a decision regarding where people can display religious displays, he's lending his name to an effort to shut down the sordid corners of Craigslist. more ›

There are really only two types of Craiglist ads that pique our interest anymore: ones that rant vociferously -- and at length -- about Metro, the Washington dating scene, the sad state of D.C. politics or whatever, and incredibly creative/terrifyingly nerdy housing classifieds. more ›

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Here's a bit of entertainment to get you through the gloomy afternoon -- a tipster draws our attention to this Craigslist missed connection, which I think we can all relate to, yes? more ›

Serious inquiries only, this is very important to my family. Young Money Baby!Hopefully all of the sighted attendees of this birthday party can stop themselves from laughing during the Fake Lil' Wayne performance long enough to fool this kid. more ›

Who doesn't!? Just ran across a grand post on Craigslist: a girl in Purcellville is looking for empty Skoal cans because her boyfriend wants to make a table out of them. Sounds kind of like college where somebody made furniture out of pizza boxes, but with more spit and mouth cancer. But hey, recycling is a good thing. Help her out! more ›

Many of you pointed out in the comments that the re-posting of the Mt. Pleasant assgrabber rant on Craigslist has also been flagged for removal. What's wrong with you, Craigslist community? more ›

We loved the Craiglist post City Desk linked yesterday, in which a Mt. Pleasant woman detailed her aggressive response to a total creep grabbing her ass on the street recently. So we were sad to notice today that it's been flagged for removal. Who would have flagged that post? We guess the author promising her assailant that she would "MACE YOUR FACE" should he ever try it again could technically be considered a threat of violence, but that's seriously lame. more ›

Back in February we were alarmed by reports of a man in Prince George's County who was using Craigslist to lure rape victims to various locations in the county. The Post reports that the man suspected of committing these crimes killed himself during a standoff with police yesterday. The suspect, Mark Antonio Humphries, 33, of the 4100 block of Suitland Road of Suitland, shot himself in the head after police began setting up a barricade outside a Hyattsville apartment where they believed he was hiding. He was pronounced dead later at a nearby hospital. more ›

Intern season is in full swing in Washington, and one local blogger has taken notice of just how many gross older dudes are hoping to hook up with them. The concept behind m4intern is simple: posting entire Craigslist ads, with links, that are expressly designed to lure young women in D.C. interning for the summer out for dates and sex. It's not like you can't find these on your own, but when someone is taking the time to compile all the best ones, certainly you can make room in your RSS reader. more ›

Whether Radiohead or the Pope, tickets for some events in the Washington area just aren't easy to come by. The process usually looks the same — the sale day comes; thousands of expectant buyers suffer server mishaps or are shuttled into virtual waiting rooms as sellers try to deal with the online version of a stampede; tickets sell out in minutes; mere minutes later they show up on Craiglist or through ticket brokers for a substantial markup. more ›

Considering online dating? The stigma of online personal ads has certainly waned in recent years, and giving it a shot has worked out really well for many D.C. area residents we know. But a story from NBC4 makes the whole concept sound a lot more harrowing than just being worried someone's picture might make them look 20 pounds lighter than they actually are. more ›

>> Blues Alley's Christmas music extravaganza continues tonight with The Redd Brothers, a group led by vibraphonist Chuck Redd and pianist Robert Redd. Sets are at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Tickets are $18 + $12.50 surcharge/minimum. more ›

>> One of the funniest comedic performers out there today, Amy Sedaris is at the Historic Sixth and I Synagogue tonight to promote her recent book, I Like You, at 8 p.m. Advance tickets are no longer available, but a few seats can apparently still be had at the door for $25 -- a small price to pay to be entertained by the woman who brought us the wonder that is Jerri Blank. >>... more ›

FRIDAY: >> Local comic book store Fantom Comics is celebrating the grand opening of their new Union Station store tonight with a party from 6 to 10:30 p.m. They'll be serving up free pizza on the early side and the comedy stylings of the Geek Comedy Tour during the second half of the night. There will also be a trivia contest with $500 gift certificates up for grabs. The party is inside the Union... more ›

Our beloved D.C. United may have crashed and burned (again) in the MLS playoffs this season, but life goes on. Also, the playoffs go on -- right in our backyard, in fact. Many moons ago, Washington was picked to host the 2007 MLS Cup this Sunday at noon, at RFK. Time to put aside your grieving and check out the game. Tickets start at $30, maybe even less on Craigslist. When else are you going... more ›

MONDAY >> Do you like screamo? How about metalcore? Us neither, but if you do, get yourself to the 9:30 Club, for Underoath and similarly sinisterly-named Every Time I Die, Poison the Well, Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, and Belle and Sebastian. Just kidding about the last one. 6 p.m., $18. TUESDAY >> Stevie Wonder needs no introduction. He's coming to the Verizon Center today. Tickets start at $68, so get your wallet ready.... more ›