We here at the DCist constantly extol the virtues of living in a city with abundant resources of all kind. Do you need to see an awesome show at a small venue? Check. Do you need to look at physical copies of the country's most important documents? Check. Do you have a need to see Matthew Lesko now and again? Got it. Other than that whole "vote in Congress" thing, D.C. probably has what you... more ›

Unless you enjoy wasting your weekend sitting in traffic, you may want to avoid driving downtown on Saturday. Three street-closing events—the National Asian Heritage Festival, the National Police Week 5K race, and the DC101 Chili Cook Off (which will feature two DCist staffers as judges, stay tuned for more details!) — will be joining forces Power Rangers-style to snarl traffic. more ›

Just as DCist reported earlier this month, the brand-spanking-new, New Orleans-style restaurant Acadiana (901 New York Avenue NW) held a benefit today for the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation. The bill of fare included a $25 shrimp or roast beef po'boy with a bag of Route 11 sweet potato chips. We enjoyed the chips but were at first befuddled by the Virginia-based chip company's inclusion. With sweet potatoes' prevelence in Creole cooking, the chips added an extra Louisiana flavor to complete the traditional sandwich and chip brown-bag lunch theme (and it appears that the well-known Louisiana-based Zapp's only began shipping again on Sept. 2.) more ›

(Classical music agenda by DCist contributor Charles T. Downey of Ionarts) Having done this agenda a couple times as a bimonthly column, we feel like we don't talk to you people regularly enough. Some readers have wondered why DCist is covering classical music, but we also know that other readers have gone to concerts suggested here and rediscovered a latent interest in things classical. Therefore, we resolve to give you a look at the concerts... more ›

Today will be mostly sunny blustery and cold with highs around 30. This photo of Lafayette Park was taken by Thomas Michael Corcoran. D.C. Government: Rolling in Dough: D.C. Chief Financial Officer Natwar M. Gandhi announced yesterday that the D.C. government had a surplus of $318 million in 2004 and has amassed $1.2 billion in savings. After withholding most to accommodate for expected increases in healthcare for city employees and other expenses, Gandhi is... more ›