A neighborhood's name is part of its identity. Adoption of it, or aversion to it, can say a lot about where a place is going -- and where it came from. Today, we’ll look at the genesis of "Woodley Park" and "Cleveland Park." more ›

This week District Kitchen opened in Woodley Park. The much-anticipated eatery from Mendocino Grille’s Drew Trautmann and Jawad Saadaoui of Redwood, serves kicked-up American fare at the remodeled Connecticut Avenue space. more ›

Wonkette did a little bit of poking around this afternoon and uncovered that the Marriott Wardman Park -- currently hosting the annual Conservative Political Action Conference -- might just have some problems with bedbugs. (You know, now that I think about it, this news might make for a couple of funny jokes!) It could always be worse for the Michele Bachmann devotees of the world, I guess: at least the conference attendees aren't sleeping inside dorms at George Washington. more ›

On the same day that Walmart's PR efforts got a huge boost from First Lady Michelle Obama's endorsement of the company's plan to sell healthier foods, 25 people affiliated with the group Walmart-Free D.C. peacefully gathered to protest the arrival of four -- possibly even five -- outlets of the retail behemoth in the District. But instead of demonstrating at one of the possible Walmart locations or making their opinions known to members of the D.C. Council, the protesters descended on the Woodley Park home of Dick Knapp, an executive at Foulger-Pratt, the company that is set to develop the Georgia Avenue Walmart. more ›

Our Twitter feeds were clogged last night with several tweets like this one, wondering what the deal was with a huge police presence by the Woodley Park Metro station. But not to fear: it's just Hu! more ›

D.C. Police have closed a number of streets around the 2700 block of 29th St. NW due to a woman threatening to jump off the top of a building there. 29th St. NW is currently closed between Woodley and Calvert Streets, along with a section of McGill Terrace. The police situation is ongoing; note the closures for your commute home. more ›

>> Open City, the coffeehouse, diner and bar in Woodley Park, is celebrating its 2nd birthday tonight by offering diners their choice of a free cup of Tryst blend coffee, a glass of champagne, or a piece of chocolate birthday cake. >> Homegrown online fashion purveyors Unsung Designers are heading to New York, but tonight they'll be hosting a final D.C. trunk sale from 6 to 9 p.m. at 2412 18th Street NW in... more ›

Call us nostalgic, but everyskyline's shot of the Taft Bridge in Woodley Park makes us remember when we had a Polaroid. The camera's muted colors and fuzziness give this shot a timeless quality — it could've been taken in 1960 or the other day. Plus it's got some nice fall coloration and it's a view we don't often see, down below the bridge. more ›

>> A police officer from the Seventh District is claiming his commander ordered him to give special treatment to a member of Mayor Fenty's staff who was caught talking on her cell phone while driving. [Examiner] >> "District Fire and Emergency Medical Services officials are investigating the death this morning of a recruit who became ill during training exercises yesterday." [WaPo] >> AOL plans to cut 2,000 more jobs, including 750 from their Dulles offices.... more ›

>> The Red Line has resumed normal service after a suspicious package closed the Dupont Circle, Woodley Park, and Cleveland Park stations for several hours. >> Temperatures hit 102 at Reagan National Airport at 1 p.m., breaking a nearly 80-year-old record by one degree. [WaPo] >> The Adams Morgan Safeway closed briefly Sunday evening due to a bomb scare. [City Desk] >> Damage from the Capitol Lounge/Trover Shop fire is estimated at about $100,000... more ›

UPDATE #2 WMATA reports that all three stations have re-opened, though some delays may linger in order to get everything back on schedule. Enjoy your evening, Washington. According to an alert from Metro, the Dupont Circle, Woodley Park, and Cleveland Park stations have been closed due to a suspicious package aboard a train. Metro will be running shuttle buses between Van Ness and Farragut North to connect to the stations. We hope the package turns... more ›

RAMMY's All Around! Sunday was the Restaurant Area of Metropolitan Washington's 25th annual RAMMY awards, the local dining scene's big gala event. 1,500 people packed the Marriott in Woodley Park, listened to speeches, clapped for the winners, danced like teenage hooligans, and probably drank more booze than they wanted to/were happy about the next day. But, why else would so many people get together in one place? Oh, the awards? Yeah, I'll get to them.... more ›

This post is from DCist contributor Eddie Kim more ›

No, we haven't got any specific panda-riffic events tonight. It just seems like a good time to remind you that we're smack dab in the middle of Panda Month. As the weather slowly crawls into the "tolerable" range, it's a great time to check out D.C.'s hottest family at the National Zoo, before summer tourists completely take over Woodley Park. more ›

UPDATE: DDOT has also postponed the previously scheduled closures of the inbound lanes on the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge this weekend to accommodate the marathon. DDOT has rescheduled the bridge work for next weekend, weather permitting. Nearly 5,000 runners will take to District roads tomorrow to compete in the Wirefly National Marathon. The race is set to start at 6:30 AM at RFK Stadium. As it takes runners through every quadrant of the city,... more ›

>> Looks like this morning's hellish Red Line delays were caused by an electrical malfunction involving the much-storied third rail. Sparks and smoke were first reported on the tracks between Dupont Circle and Woodley Park Stations at 7:15 a.m., forcing both north and southbound trains to share one track for two hours. Delays continued after the issue was resolved, as backed-up passengers filtered onto inbound trains. [Washington Post] >> One blogger tells the harrowing tale... more ›

It's the Ides of March and there's not much to fear, D.C. As long as we don't step on any cracks (and therefore break mothers' backs) or allow black cats free reign, we might not jinx our chances for voting rights. Stay tuned for full DCist coverage on the debate/vote today. On a more personal note, for all those who succumbed to the irrational exuberance of sartorial selection this week, temperance is due; it's back... more ›

For all their symbolic power and grand civic functions, D.C. buildings built in the last half century have hardly created much buzz in terms of architecture, due in part to Washington's reputation for staid and conservative design tastes. On the occasion that a renowned contemporary designer finds a willing local patron, their scheme rarely makes it through National Capital Planning Commission review without serious revision or delay, as with Norman Foster's glass canopy finally under... more ›

By now, you and your entire network of friends, acquaintances and enemies have made plans to meet at DC9 tonight to take in the glory that will be Unbuckled 4: DCist's Official 2nd Anniversary party. Right? Well, just in case you haven't been sold by our lineup alone (and don't forget to check out our reviews of Middle Distance Runner and The Vita Ruins), let us give you 5 more reasons that Unbuckled is the... more ›

Amid alcohol, music, rain, and a little glam rock style, the 2006 Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington awards -- a/k/a the RAMMYs -- were handed out last night at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Woodley Park. Fabio Trabocchi's Maestro took home the Best Picture equivalent by winning the award for top Fine Dining Restaurant in the D.C. area, while tapas king Jose Andres earned Chef of the Year honors. Among the other victors were... more ›

This weekend, the DCist Food and Drink squad took in the 7th Annual Washington, D.C. International Wine & Food Festival at the Omni Shoreham in Woodley Park. Wine tastings, cooking demonstrations, and food giveaways spanned three ballrooms -- a fitting size for a popular event that had, in previous years, occupied the main convention hall at the new Convention Center. The change in venue didn't amount to a change in tenor. Perhaps because wine-tasting evokes... more ›

From our mailbag comes the following from a DCist reader: I thought I'd write about something that happened last night. I took a cab from Adams Morgan to Woodley Park (short hop, but it was 11, and I wanted to be safe) -- I was sending messages on my blackberry, and the cab driver asked me if I saw his cell phone, I looked around under the seat, and didn't, then he asked if I... more ›

Yesterday we broached the idea of getting rid of the zoo's elephants, freeing them of their tight digs in Woodley Park and sending them someplace where they could romp around as nature intended. Today, we have two updates. It seems that things might not be as bad as we thought. more ›

In a town as political as Washington, there are times that the line between day jobs and the life outside of work becomes increasingly blurry. We'd all like to think that once we leave the office, we leave the baggage that may come along with it. For Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte, that may not be the case. more ›

It was bound to happen. Butterstick, the National Zoo's resident mound of animal cuteness (a panda cub, to be exact), has ceased being the cutest thing to hit Woodley Park since, well, ever. more ›

It has been a light week here at Overheard in D.C.'s cramped quarters, but we understand that most sane people would rather be out enjoying this incredible weather than basking in the warmth of a computer monitor's glow, sending us emails. However, we were particularly tickled by an email sent in by a reader from the great metropolis to our north, pointing us to his blog entry recounting a recent conversation with a sobriety-challenged, directionally-challenged friend in D.C. It's not technically an Overheard in D.C., but we couldn't not pass it along. more ›

It's time to break out the active wear, limber up, and find an oasis of calm in a hectic schedule as area yoga studios celebrate the first DC Yoga Week. Beginning Saturday, April 29, 10 D.C. yoga studios are opening their doors to newcomers and offering free and reduced-price classes. Participating studios are Bikram Yoga Dupont (Dupont Circle), Capitol Hill Yoga (Capitol Hill), Circle Yoga & Budding Yogis (Chevy Chase), Flow Yoga Center (Logan Circle),... more ›

There is a guerilla advertising group that is paid to place graffiti advertising on sidewalks in public space. Another location was identified to me yesterday. It was orange and was a Verizon advertisement. Now I understand there are two on Connecticut Avenue sidewalks in Woodley Park, near the Chipotle and Mr. Chen's. I would appreciate it if anyone sees such advertisement would E-mail me with its location so that we can ensure it is removed and the parties properly sanctioned. You may reach me at denise (dot) wiktor (at ) dc (dot) gov.

It's become chic to take the transit map of one's home metropolis and anagram the station names. Boing Boing has a remarkable collection of maps that have received the treatment, and when we learned of the craze, we wanted to jump on the bandwagon and give D.C. its own personal mixup. Just in time did we learn that the job had already been done. We like the results, although we are disappointed in the failure to dub the Woodley Park station "Do Gawk, My Rare Panda Looms" (thank you, Chris Snyder). more ›

We didn't mean to, but it seems that we set off an interesting discussion about new names for the city's neighborhoods. As we mentioned this morning, real estate prices in NoMa are fast rising. For those of you unaware of a neighborhood called "NoMa" within the District, it's a large swath of land north of Massachusetts Avenue and east of North Capitol Street, fanning out from Union Station and encompassing a once industrial wasteland that... more ›