Good morning, Washington and happy Memorial Day weekend. This holiday weekend looks to be full of America - Rolling Thunder motorcycles, barbecues, baseball, beaches, and ...Sarah Palin? And of course, our patently hot D.C. summer days as we unofficially enter the summer season. more ›

Everyone was out and about during the gorgeous Memorial Day weekend, catching rays down by the Potomac or honoring veterans with Rolling Thunder or at Arlington National Cemetery. Click through to see what our DCist Flickr contributors were up to over the holiday. more ›

For a brief time today, both your weekend editors will be away from their desks at the same time -- an eventuality we try to avoid at all costs. Just as only two Coca-Cola executives know Coke's formula and each of them knows only half of it and only one of them may fly at any given time, one of your weekend editors is always grounded. And the same way that Locke stays in the submarine punching in the nuclear code while Jake explores the . . . well at least before the sideways universe . . . what I mean to say is that Aaron and I don't like to leave the desk unmanned. more ›

On the subject of long-haulin' it, Charlie Daniels has perhaps the definitive word. In the liner notes to his legendary 1974 album , Daniels wrote, "Hungover. Red eyed. Dog tired. Satisfied. It's a long road with a little wheel and it takes a lot of turns to get there. Thank you, damn it." more ›

The Metropolitan Police Department and the U.S. Park Police are warning area drivers about the following temporary road closures for events scheduled over the Memorial Day weekend. more ›

Looks like lots of folks stuck around for the Memorial Day events in D.C. this weekend. There are some fantastic shots of Rolling Thunder celebrating their 20th anniversary, poingant images of families visiting their loved ones at Arlington Cemetery, and some more lighthearted shots like this one, of a sweet Model A Ford brought out by the Marines. Flickr user {ryan} describes them by how hard they were to shoot, the "chrome and paint... more ›

OK OK, so maybe it's not technically "morning" anymore. DCist is on vacation for the day, and we slept in before we started browsing today's headlines. We hope you're enjoying the holiday with good food and good friends, and we'd like to dedicate this roundup to all of our readers who serve in the armed forces. The photo at right by Flickr user Karon is of yesterday's Rolling Thunder motorcycle parade, which celebrated its 20th... more ›

We wouldn't want anyone to think that we revisit these topics in a deliberate, cynical way, but there's no denying that certain subjects are evergreen here at DCist. Church parking, smoking bans and ticket presale passwords: we know you can't get enough of them. Neither can we. Yet there's one topic that towers above all the others. We're referring, of course, to Borf, aka John Tsombikos. As you might imagine, we were fascinated to... more ›

Today's photo comes from Flickr user Pak Gwei, who was front and center for this year's Rolling Thunder festivities. You can check the Rolling Thunder Flickr pool if you want more biker action, or if you crave more traditional Memorial Day photo fare, there's always the DCist tag pool. This shot was taken on a Canon EOS Digital Rebel. The EXIF data can be found here. I must confess I have a ulterior motive... more ›

Parents Question Schools Lockdown: Well, it seems like we weren't the only ones questioning the lockdown of the District's public schools last Friday during a gunfire scare at a House office building. WTOP is reporting that some parents are asking why the entire school system was locked down, instead of school in the immediate area of the U.S. Capitol. more ›

File this under “obvious.” Getting into and out of Adams Morgan can be a baffling ordeal for the navigationally challenged. Whether you’re a newcomer to D.C. (finding your way by that helpful grid system you’ve heard so much about), or an out-of-towner detraining at Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams-Morgan (expecting Adams Morgan to be right there), it’s easy to suffer some sort of temporary mental breakdown. And everyone knows that parking is nowhere to be found and that weekend nights are totally bananas up and down 18th Street in either direction. This DCist spent a little time this past weekend helping out some of our Rolling Thunder guests navigate from 18th Street and Kalorama Road to I-66 westbound, hopefully transforming good-natured exasperation into relief. more ›

Ahh, it's been so nice to disconnect from our computers this Memorial Day weekend. We hope you were able to do the same. But the DCist crew was busy this weekend. DCist not only joined Rolling Thunder on our Harley and snapped this photo, we also shared drinks with Jessica Cutler aka Washingtonienne. And then on our way to an East Carolina-style barbecue in Columbia Heights, we bumped into Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld eating at... more ›

Not long until Memorial Day weekend officially starts, but as DCist learned all too late, many workers act smart and take Friday off -- instant four-day weekend, and no need to worry about last night's effects on workplace productivity. While Saturday might face some storms, today, Sunday and Monday are looking to be beautiful. That's probably good for Rolling Thunder, which is coming through down this weekend. At left is a picture of the 2001 celebration, via EXB-WDC. more ›

In the nation's captial, among the subcategories of workers -- the civil servants, the lawyers, high-ranking administration officials, Starbucks baristas, congressional staff assistants, etc. -- there are the hundreds of events planners. In a city where official events are usually so well-scripted and logistically planned out, it is surprising that tourism and events officials had to cancel the annual Taste of DC because they failed to realize that there were other events taking place in the capital this weekend. more ›