The Associated Press has the early word on scheduling for President Gerald Ford's state funeral and public viewing, though they have yet to be approved by the Ford family and therefore are not final. Officials were preparing tentative plans for President Gerald Ford's body to lie in state this weekend and expected a funeral service after New Year's at National Cathedral capping days of mourning in the capital. U.S. Capitol Police officers said they were... more ›

DCist would like recommend White start riding metrobus, especially some of our most love-to-hate lines, including the D2, 30-series and 90-series. We'd also like to note that Mayor Anthony Williams drives to work from his Foggy Bottom apartment while Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York is a regular rider of his city's subway. more ›

Although DCist isn't necessarily surprised that Visions Cinema Bistro has been at risk of going out of business (with Landmark opening its E Street multiplex), but we are surprised about a possible replacement tenant. A DCist tipster says that he "wouldn't be surprised if Grover Norquist tries to turn Visions into a Reagan museum." more ›