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Written by DCist Contributor Stephanie Taylor Travel + Leisure magazine has released their 2007 list of "America’s Favorite Cities", which ranks D.C. as sub-par in most categories when compared to 24 other U.S. cities. Evaluated by our own residents, we came in a lowly No. 23 on the hotness meter, and No. 22 on the stylish (that’s out of a 1-25 ranking, 25 = bad, not good.) Visitors ranked Washington No. 24 on the people-I-like-to-look-at...

Walking into Jammin’ Java Friday night, here’s what I knew about Philly rockers Marah: 1) High Fidelity and About a Boy author Nick Hornby, a man who has documented his musical preferences at least enough for me to know I largely share them, loves on this band so much he devoted one of his book columns in Believer magazine a couple of years ago to their largely unsung magnificence. 1a) Stephen King --Josh Ritter...

Story and photo by DCist Contributor Jason Cox The last time Paul Van Dyk was in town, it was an almost somber occasion -- his trance anthems pulsed through the chambers of Nation one last time, only weeks before the raver haven shut its doors for good. When would he return? Where would he play? Fur, the most obvious choice, was likely out of the question if you listen to the urban legends about PVD...

Review and photos by DCist contributor Paul Ghosh-Roy

Cue sounds of cats hissing at each other. The latest issue of the Washington City Paper contains not one but two tongue lashings of Ward 1 D.C. Council member Jim Graham. The first, a lengthy cover story by Jessica Gould, nicely summarized in the subtitle: "Ward 1 Councilmember Jim Graham never met a misbehaving nightclub that blanket legislation couldn’t fix," details Graham's latest crusade against nightclubs -- an issue we've certainly talked about before....

This post was written by DCist contributor Hayden Alfano When John Thompson III replaced Craig Esherick as head coach of Georgetown's men's basketball, Hoya alums and other Washingtonians expected a swift return to the top for the storied program. With an 87-84 win over top-ranked and previously-undefeated Duke Saturday afternoon at MCI Center, the Hoyas announced to the entire country that they're back. After controlling most of the game and leading by as much as...

The Washington Wizards, fresh off of their first playoff trip in many moons, return to action tonight when the team travels to Toronto and tips off against the Raptors at 7:00 p.m. The Wiz had quite the offseason. They lost Larry Hughes, Juan Dixon and DCist fave Steve Blake in free agency and traded star-crossed former No. 1 pick Kwame Brown to the LA Lakers for Caron Butler and Chucky Atkins. Free agents Antonio...

A federal judge delivered mayoral hopeful Adrian Fenty a disappointing blow in his quest to ban the sale of malt liquor and other single-sale alcohol in certain parts of the District. Last year, Fenty, the councilman for Ward 4, pushed a measure through the city council that would have banned such sales. But a federal judge, Rosemary Collyer, intervened before the ban would have gone into effect and this past week, "struck down the law," the Post reports, saying that there wasn't enough public notice on the so-called Fenty Amendment.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Greetings from the capital of the Buckeye State. Thanks for all your input on our "Team America: World Police"-themed journey. We're continuing to head west. This photo, taken from Third Street near the Nationwide Arena District shows one of Columbus' more controversial advertisements. Like the giant H&M advertisement on the Flatiron Building in New York that has graced the landmark building and pissed off most everyone, the three-part ad seen here...

Taking cues from New York Press' 50-Most Loathsome New Yorkers, DCSOB (with the help of DCeiver) evaluated, rated and put together a list of D.C.'s most loathsome people. There are a few surprises among a list of some more obvious candidates. DCSOB picked Ward 4's Adrian Fenty for the No. 1 slot. But on the list include Washingtonienne aka Jessica Cutler (No. 25); James F. of why.i.hate.dc (No. 21); Carol Thompson, the former Riggs Bank...

The dark-at-5 p.m. days of standard time are again upon us, even though the thermometer still keeps reading 70 degrees. But there will be no rest for the weary this month, with what may prove to be a rollercoaster ride of an election kicking us off and the gluttonously delightful holiday of Thanksgiving rounding us out. And these are good things. They help keep us perky when the deep freeze forecasted for this winter sets in.

No reality T.V. show is moving into the third luxury condo unit located above Maggie Moo's in Adams Morgan because, as far as we know, it hasn't sold yet. Yes, for $795,000 the 1628-square-foot #3 unit of the "Belmont Lofts" located just steps from 18th Street could be yours!

Sometimes you just need pizza. And even though Pizza Hut's bipartisan pizza deal may seem tempting, you know that sometimes only wood-fired will do.

The Shenandoah Valley has beautiful scenery, but an ugly problem: methamphetamines. The Post says that Viriginia officials are trying to get a better understanding of the use of "poor man's cocaine" in the area.

According to a recent survey, D.C. is the second most-easy city to get lost in. Boston is No. 1. After D.C., San Francisco, Baltimore and then New York are ranked as navigationally challenging based off of street design, overall city layout, congested traffic and travel time.