Nate Anda, who has specialized in pushing the envelope of the everyday protein, is currently readying to take the next leap: into the brick-and-mortar business. Red Apron’s 709 D Street NW storefront should open in a few months, and it’ll be, well, everything a meat-lover could possibly want.

Farewell, and thanks.

Hey, if the Office of Tax and Revenue and the Department of Motor Vehicles can do it, why can’t the D.C. Public Library? The city’s bookmasters announced this morning that — beginning December 5 and through February 5 — they’ll be launching their own amnesty program, forgiving fines on overdue, lost or damaged books, CDs, DVDs, and other materials.

Taxi cab rates aren’t the only thing that could be trending upward at some point over the next year.

In today’s Go Home Already: United’s renegotiating it’s RFK lease, Nats might be ready to make a free agent splash, Newt Gingrich dislikes our gun laws, and much more.

It’s encouraging to see that the Post has decided to extend its local coverage more digital inches on its national homepage.

Was all the hubbub about the District’s intranet gaming plan a lot of hot air? That’s the impression one might get after reading this report in the Washington Times, in which representatives from the D.C. Lottery say that most people they spoke with during a series of town halls on the matter were “supportive.”

This morning, a man was arrested inside the Occupy DC encampment at McPherson Square after he was found to have stolen supplies from the group’s supply tent.

In case you haven’t quite yet had the chance (or the inclination) to jump on the Spotify train, the D.C. Public Library might have a free way for you to check out some new music.

DCist contributor James Calder stumbled upon quite an interesting site this morning — a taxicab that had apparently lost control and found its way onto the steps of the Chevy Chase Pavilion in Friendship Heights.