LAist is experimenting with blogging dates from J-Date, but finds the best men are found offline. Some date vicariously online and that is one reason why porn is big -- really freaking big -- so they ask if they should cover XXX since the heart of it lays in the city's San Fernando Valley. A writer grapples with her food porn photography obsession, another gets censored on Flickr, one gets scooped by the LA... more ›

Thanks to WABA's Jeff Peel and Flickr contributor Intangible Arts for sharing a few of their shots of the Bike to Work Day rally in Freedom Plaza this morning. More photos below the fold: Top three by Jeff Peel, bottom two by Intangible Arts. Good luck biking home!... more ›

Quick, informal poll: Raise your hand if your drive, slug, or Metro to work each day. Now keep your hand raised if you hate your commute. One more -- keep your hand up if you have a bike. For all of you out their that still have your hands up (virtually, at least), why not pull that old dusty Diamondback off the back porch, give it the WD-40 treatment, and ride it to work for... more ›

It's been awhile since the last entry in this very occassional series. We love D.C., but we know it's not perfect. Is there something you think we're missing? Let us know. Official Washington likes to think that it is bicycle-friendly. But we often hear a different story, involving dodging bricks, menacing drivers, annoying registrations, and brazen theives. For all but the most hardcore cyclists among us, the thought of negotiating D.C.'s streets on two wheels... more ›

We know that gas prices have been at record highs. We know that fuel conservation measures are necessary, and most of us can wallow in self-congratulatory satisfaction over our Metro commute. But when they take away the motorcycles from the Power Rangers? It's a sad, sad day indeed. more ›

At a Bike to Work Day rally on Freedom Plaza this morning, the District Department of Transportation's Acting Director Michelle Pourciau announced the launching of a new website that would pool resources and information for area commuters. more ›

Good morning, Washington. So... did you participate in Bike to Work Day? And wasn't it surprisingly pleasant? We hope the answer to both questions is yes. Here's one more reason to pick up the habit: yesterday WTOP reported that Metro will be replacing its old bike racks with ones that are more spacious and secure. Wilson Bridge Dedicated: The Post paints the scene at yesterday's Wilson Bridge Dedication ceremony. Governors! Giant flags! Woodrow Wilson's Rolls... more ›

We've always been big fans of cycling. Spare the somewhat aggressive drivers, pothole-ridden city streets and rock throwing kids we occasionally have to navigate, the District remains a cycle-friendly city. Though many commuters don't often jump on their bikes to get to and from work, tomorrow should be the one day to do so -- it's Bike to Work Day. Sponsored locally by the Washington Area Bicycle Association, the event caps off National Bike Month,... more ›

Of course. Bike to Work Day, in which this DCist is participating, had to fall on the one day this week where rain is a foregone conclusion. Hopefully a little precipitation won't dissuade area cyclists, though. In this rainy DDOT traffic cam shot of Massachusetts Avenue and Whitehaven Street, it doesn't look that there are many bikers out and about this morning. Did you bike through the rain? Congress Seeks to Overturn D.C. Gun Laws:... more ›

Tomorrow, if only for a day, the tables will be turned. Cyclists will wander fearlessly through traffic, knowing that they have strength in numbers, while cars proceed meekly through roads populated by amateur cyclists, roadies, off-roaders, and seasoned two-wheeled urban warriors. It'll be the day where Indians become chiefs, hunted the hunters. more ›

Anyone who bikes around the District learns to appreciate the ups and downs of cycling-related infrastructure and vehicular temperment in going from home to work to play and back. There are the potholed city streets that threaten the hardiest of tires, bikes lanes that arbitrarily appear and disappear (and the drivers that assume they can use them for their double-parking purposes), the possibility of being doored by an unwitting commuter emerging from their car, and... more ›