>> The city is suing Dynamic Corp., the contractor who was performing renovations on the Georgetown Public Library branch when it burned down in April, for $13 million. [WTOP] >> Work crews have started dismantling the old Verizon Center scoreboard, with the new state-of-the-art one promised in time for the start of the Wizards' fall season, which begins Oct. 9. [Free Ride] >> One in four adults read no books at all in the... more ›

We’re continuing our love affair with Robeks Smoothies and their summer promotions. Today, in honor of two new locations that just moved into town, Robeks is offering a Buy One-Get One deal at all D.C.-area branches. Where are the new guys? Near George Washington University at 2000 Pennsylvania Ave., and another at the Cabin John Shopping Center in Potomac, Md. That makes the 14th and 15th Robeks in our neck of the woods. Inferior to... more ›

Whoops. We neglected to bring you our weekly calendar of notable author visits yesterday, so here's your slightly abbreviated version. Go forth and enjoy the wordy goodness. TUESDAY: Get ready for the farmer's market season with Russ Parsons tonight at Politics and Prose, where he'll be discussing how (and how not) to squeeze and shake for the perfect piece of fruit when he reads from How to Pick a Peach. 7 p.m. WEDNESDAY: Turn off... more ›

There are two kinds of happy hours in the nation’s capital: Those hosted by Creationists and those hosted by Darwinists. At the Creationists’ happy hours, food, drink and space thrive in abundance, not unlike God’s Earth before the Fall of Man. Two strangers might strike up conversation over a half-priced draft and an early ball game on the flat screen; parties of six arrive in twos with little fanfare. The Creationist host skimps on neither... more ›

When architects, developers, and laborers set about transforming the former Columbia Hospital for Women into the massive Columbia Residences complex at the intersection of 25th Street, L Street, and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, they placed the area within a protective cocoon of chain-link fences. Inside the fences, just across L Street from the back door of Marcel's restaurant, went a little-known monument commemorating a joint international agreement to reduce military forces patrolling the Great Lakes. With... more ›

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 ›

We were't too surprised to hear that some liberals had got together to hold a protest of Grover Norquist. After all, his Americans for Tax Reform has grown into a formidable lobby in Washington and the Wednesday morning conservative strategy meetings he hosts have become legendary in political circles. more ›

We think that Woodward, Bernstein, Bradlee et al, have this whole Deep Throat thing wrong. W. Mark Felt? Seriously, didn't the good folks over at 15th and L streets see the 1999 movie "Dick"? more ›

Good morning, Washington. We start with this photo on Flickr of L Street posted by Burnt Pixel, aka Keith Jenkins, the photo editor of The Washington Post Magazine. From the streetscape, we think that it was taken outside the Post's main office. Speaking of the Post, congrats to Steve Coll, who was the only person from the news organization to score a Pulitzer yesterday. As FishbowlDC puts it, the Post "got shut out" although Coll's book "got a nod" for best general nonfiction for "Ghost Wars." Although those in the newsroom may be peeved over the lack of wins this year, a Pulitzer is a Pulitzer, and congratulations are due to Mr. Coll. more ›

If you're lucky enough to have the day off today, make the most of it by cashing in on distant relations or poking fun at our illustrious leaders. more ›

If you don't know the rules of the DCist pre-happy hour trivia challenge, please refer to Part I from Monday, where the first clue is detailed as well. Thursday, we'll post a final question that puts together the clues from Monday, Tuesday and today. The first one to find Mike at the DCist happy hour with the correct answer gets a free drink, with the possibility to get a second. more ›

DCist was watching the Michigan vs. Northwestern football game this afternoon at an L Street bar when ABC interrupted with a news flash that Vice President Cheney, who has survived four heart attacks, was at the George Washington University Hospital undergoing a host of tests due to shortness of breath. When the Wolverines built up a comfortable lead by the fourth quarter (Michigan beat Northwestern, 42-20) we headed over to Washington Circle to see... more ›

DCist is currently bogged down in the August doldrums. The work of democracy slows down and the workday is generally uneventful. But around 10 a.m., a spectacular multi-vehicle crash provided some excitement for DCist and other workers near Union Station. more ›

A DCist correspondant recently a spotted a sign hanging at 1635 Connecticut Ave, the future location of D.C.'s sixth Potbelly Sandwich Works restaurant. (The seventh is also in the works - at 1660 L Street) The sign read "If we were a chain, we'd be open already." Unfortunately, as far as DCist is concerned, they are a chain, with over 50 locations in six states - including the District, Minnesota, Texas, Michigan, and Illinois. more ›