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While SFist cringed at the fatal dose of crime littering the Bay Area, it found solace in Hillary Clinton's San Francisco campaign headquarters opening, which featured loads of exposed mammary glands. In other news, SF Taxi Commission ruled that Satan's cab must keep its (in)famous medallion number, 666; and in an un-fashion-forward frenzy, San Francisco Fashion Week (chortle) bars bloggers from covering and getting smashed at their shows and parties, respectively. Also, they found a...

Via Glumbert, a snipped of an NBC4 news segment we missed earlier this month. In it, you can hear anchor Jim Vance and a handful of other NBC folks practically choke to death on their own laughter as Vance reports on a story out of Paris Fashion Week, where a runway model fell down not once, but twice on her way back from the end of the catwalk. We're not sure which is funnier...

>> The DC Independent Film Festival (DCIFF) opens tonight with a special tribute to Academy Award winning Executive Producer John Daly (Terminator, Platoon), and DCist will be there. Daly will be presented a Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the film industry. Having trouble choosing between which of the 139 films being offered this year? DCist will have a slew of reviews over the course of the festival. We're especially excited about DCIFF's move...

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If you've been at work all week lamenting the fact that you're crunching numbers in a cube instead of rubbing elbows in Bryant Park, fear not: DC Fashion Week is here. We won't pretend it compares to New York's Fashion Week, but we can't argue with its mission.

DCist has discovered that, against all logic, Mayor Anthony Williams proclaimed Sept. 10-19 dcFashionWeek. Sponsored by Corjor International, dcFashionWeek is a partnership of independent fashion designers, producers and models showcasing ready-to-wear, urbanwear and couture from an eclectic group of local and international designers. (This image shows the work of dcFashionWeek design participant Troy Artis.)