The cold weather - and holiday festivities - descended upon Gothamist. The Rockefeller Christmas tree was lit, Broadway stagehand finally ended their strike, and NASCAR decided to run their victory lap through Times Square. There were disturbing photographs revealing the working conditions in which many city manholes are produced and ninjas were also a hot topic, either robbing homes or entering into alibis. But the city was really rocked by how Rudy Giuliani's visits......

Anytime a new bar opens with more than 3 or 4 taps, my ears perk up. I start getting the urge to go check it out, to pay a visit and welcome the new neighbor on the block. Thus, when a Bar Louie opened this summer in the Verizon Center (downstairs from Lucky Strike) with a 20-tap list, I was immediately lured by the siren song of another taphouse in the area. Although the bar......

Last week Prevention magazine put out its list of the Best Walking Cities of 2007. We were a little bit surprised by the results: 1. Madison, Wisconsin 2. Austin, Texas 3. San Francisco, California 4. Charlotte, North Carolina 5. Seattle, Washington 6. Henderson, Nevada 7. San Diego, California 8. San Jose, California 9. Chandler, Arizona 10. Virginia Beach, Virginia OK, so the top five cities are all plausible, even if we have a hard time......

They'll Kick You Out If You Give Butterstick an IPA Normally, the Feed saves its activity-related post for "after the jump," but given the popularity of last year's event, as well as the sheer number of great brews available, we're bumping this one up to front-page status. Tickets are on sale now for the Friends of the National Zoo (FONZ) 2nd annual Brew at the Zoo mixer/fundraiser/drunkfest. For $60, or $45 if you're a......

This spring, like every spring, is sponsored by Crate & Barrel, Williams Sonoma and, depending on your friends, Tiffany's. It's wedding season around the country, and Federal Marriage Amendment season on the Hill. Our lawmakers have decided that this issue merits a great deal of their time, and our own, so in this spirit Stare DCisis revisits one of the most important constitutional decisions about marriage that was ever handed down by the Supreme Court.......

October has been a busy month for classical fans in Washington, and it just keeps getting better. We still have one more week before the Washington National Opera and the National Symphony Orchestra return from their breaks. Both groups are busy, of course: WNO is preparing their final fall production, the much anticipated new production of Porgy and Bess, and the NSO has been on a tour of California and Nevada. For more concert options......

District drivers, this DCist included, often claim that drivers from Maryland and Virginia are responsible for the city's traffic woes. All too often a D.C. driver stuck behind someone driving too slowly or not willing to run a yellow light will look for clues in the offenders license plate -- anything bearing the words "Virginia" or "Maryland" will provoke an irate "Well they just don't know how to drive in the city!" Is there something......

Today will be mostly cloudy and windy with temps in the 40s. The photo is from D.C. Indymedia, where a poster reports three activists were arrested at the Supreme Court during a protest of U.S. sanctioned torture. Mayor Williams Eases Fears of Bioterrorism Lab: Mayor Williams told a skeptical D.C. Council a proposed Level 3 bioterrorism lab would have no "significant impact" on its neighborhood, adding "We're not talking about bringing Area 51 from Nevada."......

It wouldn’t be fair to say that Washington, D.C., spent the past week swept up in "State of the Union Fever." After all, with the Inauguration only a few weeks past, there’s something about a SOTU that seems ... so yesterday. It’s been years since a president ascended the congressional pulpit to suggest that the State of our Union was anything other than straight-up applejack goodness for everyone and everybody, and the last one who......

Watch out, DCers - we're shrinking! Or at least the U.S. Census thinks we are, a tiny bit anyway, according to an article in today's Post. They stated that district residents declined by 4,097 people -- from 557,620 in 2003 to 553,523 as of July 2004. But officials took issue with the number, noting that the U.S. Census overestimated D.C. population losses throughout the 90s. The census takers admit that their methods for the annual......

2:15 a.m. ... It all hung on Ohio or it may still hang on Ohio. Some media outlets have put Ohio in the Bush column, but it appears that the Kerry camp hasn't given up all hope yet. Ohio's 20 electoral votes may be up in the air for days. There are still ballots to be counted. But right now, it appears that George W. Bush will be re-elected and Sen. John Kerry of......

Grab your electoral maps political junkies and keep tabs on when each state will be called. We've compiled a list of when each state closes its polls. For more detailed info, check here. 6 p.m. EST. Polls close in Kentucky and Indiana. 7 p.m. EST. Polls close in Florida, Georgia, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Vermont, and Virginia. 7:30 p.m. EST. Polls close in North Carolina, Ohio and West Virginia. 8 p.m. EST. Polls close......

The presidential debates are finally over, so let the punditry begin. The Post's Howard Kurtz who offers his usual rundown of what the major media outlets are saying in Media Notes, reporting: The Tempe debate lacked any sense of electricity -- at least compared to the Yankees/Red Sox game on Fox, which undoubtedly cut into the candidates' audience. These guys know each others' moves. There was no obvious turning point. And the pundit reaction was......