Despite warnings from both city officials and your trusted bloggers at DCist, it looks like District residents were visiting gun shops over the weekend in Virginia and Maryland to try to take advantage of their freshly interpreted Second Amendment rights. Fortunately, as the Post reports, gun store owners are holding off on taking advantage of the new business -- they're waiting to see what regulations the city eventually chooses to impose on the purchase and......

It was just a couple weeks ago that we told you about Olsson's plans to shutter its Penn Quarter location -- which it finally did, on Friday. In an email to customers, owner John Olsson had said that "The landlord has other plans for the space," and we confirmed that those plans were to bring in UK noodle shop Wagamama. But the Post reported on Saturday that it looks like there's a lot more to......

Sad news for lovers of locally-owned bookstores: the Olsson's location in the Lansburgh building in Penn Quarter is shutting down. We had heard rumors this was in the works for a couple of weeks, especially after so many author events appeared to be moving to the Dupont Circle location. The email below was sent out to the Olsson's list on Monday. Dear Friends, After 15 years in The Lansburgh building on 7th Street NW, the......

Wendy Kaufman over at The Happy Booker (via City Desk) alerts us to the sad news that Candida's World of Books, the 14th Street independent bookstore that focused primarily on travel and international titles, will soon be shutting its doors after only four years in business. Candida's had a niche, and its niche was "travel," for want of a better word. But referring to Candida's as a "travel" bookstore didn't really do justice to what......

Written by new DCist contributor Thomas Richards Hipster New Year's Resolutions: 1. Quit smoking 2. Start a new band 3. Take advantage of D.C.'s free museums 4. Purchase furniture store on eBay 5. No more Makeoutclub.com at work. Umm, back up a second. Purchase what from eBay? That's right, hipster. If your resolution list looks anything like this, today is your lucky day. At the going rate of $150K in cash, you can walk away......

So this is an odd question. And perhaps not really worthy of your time. But why oh why don't Maryland Trader Joe's sell beer and wine? You can buy beer and wine at other grocery stores. I'm thinking it must be some regulation against discount beer and wine. But I'd love to know, without actually going to a TJ's in Maryland. I mean, hey, one of the main reasons to go to Trader Joe's is......

September 20 will from now on be known simply as "The Day Beer Pong Died," according to Arlington's Dr. Dremo: There is no more beer pong at Dr Dremo's by order of the Arlington county police and the VA Alcoholic Beverage Control. We have come to find out that drinking games are not permitted in bars in the state of VA. Whodathunk?With that nightly favorite now a relic of the past, Dr. Dremo's may have......