Diners and imbibers, circle March 1-7 on your calendars. Those are the dates you'll want to make sure to take advantage of a number of great deals coming our way from the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington. "Unleashed" is a special RAMW event that includes a variety of different offers [.PDF] from a long list of restaurants in the area, ranging from freebies with purchase, special set menu prices, discounts on your bill, and more. more ›

>> A non-rolling tennis ball catches a lot of parking tickets on Cliffbourne Place. [Marc Fisher] >> D.C. police are trying to identify a body found in the Tidal Basin. [NBC4] >> "A DC Team is in the Super Bowl again. The Beacon House Falcons are in Pop Warner Football’s Pee Wee Division Super Bowl on Saturday, December 8th at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex." [Notions Capital] >> The District government expects to... more ›

As we noted yesterday, today is Patriot Day; so conceived to commemorate the 9-11 attacks—even though we Americans aren't the greatest at "commemorating," see: Veterans' Day, Memorial Day, etc. Just six years on, though, feelings are still raw and memories vibrant. Resiliency is a virtue of our citizenry however, and if nothing else, we can get a hearty laugh out of OBL's radical beard transformation, his decidedly porno 'stache, and threats of attack via the... more ›

Following up their popular May event, Sarah Goforth, Mary Hanson and the folks at the National Science Foundation will be holding their monthly Café Scientifique out in Ballston at The Front Page. Neuroscientist Kathie Olsen will be expounding under the evening's heading of Your Phantasmagorical Brain!. more ›