Good morning, Washington. Hope you're enjoying your long weekend. For me, this will be the last time I wish you good morning, as I'm stepping down as weekend editor. You DCist commenters made it a good time, but as other things in life take priority (work is busy! hey, I'm getting hitched!) I've decided to stop doing this gig. You can always read me on my own blog, and you will be in capable hands with the new team. Now let's get to the news.
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Results tagged “memorialdayweekend”
The Sunday Morning Post
Photo of the Day: May 28, 2011
Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie captures something many of us will likely be enjoying this holiday weekend, a nice cold one. Bonus is that this PBR, beer of hipsters and Rolling Thunder riders alike, manages to look artsy, if not downright pretty, in its ice bath. Enjoy a cold one this weekend, DCist readers, and happy Memorial Day weekend.
The Saturday Morning Post
Good morning, Washington and happy Memorial Day weekend. This holiday weekend looks to be full of America - Rolling Thunder motorcycles, barbecues, baseball, beaches, and ...Sarah Palin? And of course, our patently hot D.C. summer days as we unofficially enter the summer season.
Morning Roundup: Holiday, Celebrate Edition
Heck yeah, Washington! It's the Friday before Memorial Day Weekend, and we sure hope you're leaving early today. Whether you're staying in town to enjoy a little extra breathing room or escaping via bus, train, car or plane, we'd like to wish you a wonderful and safe weekend. If you're like me, you're driving out to the beach despite surging gas prices -- but according to the WaPo, we're not alone. According to AAA Mid-Atlantic, a record number of Washington area drivers will take to the highways this Memorial Day weekend, gas prices be damned. Apparently we all really like getting sunburned. And now for some headlines:
Morning Roundup: Hot and Hotter Edition
Good day, Washington. Are you getting tired of this gorgeous weather yet? Yeah, us neither. As you work out the kinks in your upcoming Memorial Day Weekend plans, we wish you good luck and delight in describing the rest of this week and weekend ahead as forecast to be sunny and hot enough to give you that sunburn you've been hoping for. We're also putting together a few ideas for last-minute day trips for those...
Disaster Area to be Declared Due to Traffic
"With more than half a million people potentially caught in traffic this Memorial Day Weekend, we are standing by and ready to assist in every way we can," said a spokesman yesterday.Relief workers will be stationed along area highways with MREs and bottled water, porta-johns, back issues of US Weekly, and Play Station Portables. Governors Tim Kaine and Robert Ehrlich, along with D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams, are expected to declare the entire region a disaster area sometime early this afternoon. They have advised motorists to travel with a supply of duct tape and plastic sheeting.
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