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It's almost Turkey Time, but that doesn't mean DCist readers weren't posting good stuff. The comment of the week goes to voteprime, who responded to the morning roundup article about intersex fish: Potomac River's Father: D+? D+?! Why can't you be more like you cousin, C&O Canal! Potomac River: But Dad, I thought you'd be proud of my intersex fish. Nothing I ever do is good enough for you! grumble grumble...stupid canal...grumble grumble...outdated mode of...

Good morning, Washington. Did you stay up late arguing the finer points of last night's Democratic presidential debate at Howard University? Or were you just hoping to get a table at Busboys and Poets but unable to shove your way through the crowd? Shaw and the U Street corridor were overrun with Democratic political operatives last night ... which really probably isn't any different than any other night. But forget about the substance of the...

Chances are, if you live in or near the city and are not fantastically wealthy, you probably have roommates. Maybe you live with friends, maybe with some folks you randomly found on craigslist and barely talk to, but sharing your living space with other people is a fact of life for most people under 30 in D.C. And in this kind of heat, any sort of odd personal odors emanating from your roommates' bedrooms might...

Memorial Day is this Monday, meaning a lot of Washingtonians have a three day weekend. With the extra day comes extra opportunity to take a day trip (or two) around the area. We polled our staffer for some good destinations in the area to share, so pump up the bike tires, get out the hiking boots or start the car (Zip, Flex, or your own). And if you have any other good suggestions, let us...

Single? Finally shaken off the pounding headache you've had all morning thanks to the vicious hangover you earned after drowning your sorrows last night with fellow lonely hearts? Consider checking out kizmeet.com, a new Web site devoted entirely to romantic "missed connections", like the kind you already guiltily read on Craigslist and in the CityPaper. It's free, anonymous, and specific categories allow you to hone in on the encounter you're looking for. Whether you're posting...

Yesterday was Budget Day, which is one of those big deal days for official Washington that no one else notices. It's the day when the President formally submits his budget for the next fiscal year to Congress. Sexy, right? If you happen to work for an appropriator or one of the budget watchdog groups, it is. Each Department holds its own budget roll-out event complete with powerpoint, Secretarial speechifying, and usually some sort of bunting;...

Let's get a little abstraction up in here, shall we? Flickr user maxedaperture found these wavy fall colors reflected on the surface of the C & O Canal as they floated by. Find the EXIF data here....

Good morning, Washington -- it's Friday! Rejoice in all that start-of-the-weekend goodness. And note that on this date in 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first earthlings to walk on the moon. In their honor, go check out the Apollo to the Moon exhibit at the Air and Space Museum and see their spacesuits or touch a moon rock. Suitcase Forgotten, Results in Union Station Closure: WTOP notes that last night around 8...

Its iPod playlist stands up to what you might hear at H20 or Gate 54 downstairs at Café Saint-Ex. The WaPo characterized its music as “Latin and Afro-pop.” And although Nutella crepe filling and green tea tapioca jellies might cost extra, its dance party comes absolutely gratis. Almost a year into business, Georgetown’s Snap has gone from cute and discreet to a veritable LuLu’s reincarnation on the C&O Canal. Last month, the music got...

Saturday Night Live’s recent “Lazy Sunday” short film has given me an intense craving for cupcakes. The ones featured, from New York City’s Magnolia Bakery, brought to mind the following question: where can you find high-quality cupcakes in D.C.? “I don’t think this cupcake thing is at its height,” a bakery owner told New York magazine this past fall. With our northern neighbor's Buttercup Bakery in the process of franchising nationally and Warren Brown’s outfit...

Good morning, Washington. Today will be partly cloudy in the morning and then clearing with highs in the 80s. This photo of the Potomac at sunset was posted to DCist photos by the flickr user "adrummer_boy" who also uploaded a couple others we liked - one of the C&O Canal at dawn and another Potomac sunset photo. If you've got a blog you can get your meetup on tonight at the monthly meetup.com event for...

Good morning Washington. With all the Supreme Court news this morning (no, Rehnquist hasn't announced his retirement yet, but here's Linda Greenhouse's piece in the NYT about the Ten Commandments ruling and Carol D. Leonnig's piece in the Post about what the next step is for Judith Miller and Matthew Cooper since the high court refused to intervene in their cases) we thought it fitting to feature Olivia Leigh's photo of the Supreme Court she...

As we reported yesterday, today there will be a disaster training exercise near the Pentagon which officials warn may "look very real." This photo was taken by Flickr user Nick S at Dupont Circle. Today will be partly cloudy with highs in the 80s and a 20 percent chance of rain in the afternoon. Sierra Club: Metro Needs $2.4 Billion: The Examiner covers an ongoing effort by the Sierra Club to build the political...

Expanding Tyson's Corner: Wow. There's been a lot of regional planning news lately. First, local leaders met at a local planning gathering equipped with Lego blocks and maps trying to figure out how to accommodate 2 million more people in the area in the next 25 years. Second, the Post reports on how Tyson's Corner Center (where we snagged this image) is seeking to expand, transforming its regional shopping mall cluster into a giant built-up...

- A young man was found dead in a burning rowhouse on Prospect Street in Georgetown early this morning, where allegedly a party had been held the night before. There was a fire at another house on the block in September; it's unclear if the two fires are connected. - Three children suffered from smoke inhalation and one woman broke her leg escaping from a fire in an apartment building on Elvans Road in Southeast....

We all know the Orange Line is crowded. We all hear the many complaints from Virginia commuters about inching beneath the Potomac River between Rosslyn and Foggy Bottom. The Post explains why the Orange Line is getting more crowded and can't handle more trains. And it will get worse, regardless if and when a metrorail spur is built from West Falls Church to Tyson's Corner (and eventually to Dulles International Airport.) The problem is simple....

After 20 years of pulling an 18-ton tourist barge, Frances the "bicentennial mule" is retiring. She was born in 1976, and has been working along the C&O in Georgetown. We here at DCist didn't know the Kidspost was a place for serious news, but apparently Frances the mule was going to be a surprise for former President Carter on his 80th birthday Oct. 1, however the "news broke" that she would be retiring to his...

Over the weekend, DCist noticed this lawn sign reading "KERRY" on Potomac Avenue NW near Arizona Avenue in the Palisades. While such a landscape political statement isn't necessarily anything new (Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee had "BUSH" sculpted into a hedge outside his Northwest Washington home), the landscaping supporting Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry's presidential bid has two distinctive characteristics. First, it appears that the landscapers intended the sign to be seen from planes...

Just as the bulk of the massive Georgetown utility construction wrapped up on M Street a few months back and traffic through the core of Georgetown went from chronically clogged to sort-of clogged, things are about to get worse at Wisconsin Avenue and M Street. According to an e-mail from the District to Text Alert subscribers in Georgetown, Burleith and Hillandale, the city, in an effort to repair the 1830s-era bridge that carries Wisconsin Avenue...