Good morning Washington. Normally DCist won’t use our platform to ask you for help in a personal matter. But we must turn to you and say: “Help, our keg was stolen last night!” To celebrate good weather, 10+ DCists, surrogates and friends gathered at the Columbia Heights home of one of our contributors to eat, drink and plot how to introduce blogging to Loudoun County. And when we were all inside (we let our guard down for three minutes at most), the modest pony keg was stolen off the back porch! Gasp. If you’ve seen it, please let us know. Kelly Ann Collins, can you get your posse to put up a $30,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of said keg? (Maybe Jeff Gannon’s behind it. Or maybe some of the pesky bloggers who live down on Tenth Street. Yeah, you know who you are!) Kyle, if it isn’t recovered, Scott says he’ll give you $30 for the deposit. And to the punks who stole the keg: Please be aware you were able to take it so easily because there wasn’t much liquid content left. Enjoy the 30 cents worth of warm beer left in there.
OK, now on to the Morning Roundup, brought to you by Martin Austermuhle …
Good morning, Washington. Don’t get used to the sunny sky just yet — word has it that the next two days may bring a hefty dose of spring-time rain. If it helps, put it all in perspective — highs in Barrow, Alaska, will hit -8.
Stadium Closer to Reality: D.C. Chief Financial Officer Natwar M. Gandhi is reporting that the Washington Nationals stadium-to-be in Southeast will cost $46 million more than anticipated, yet the $581 million price-tag will come in just under the cap placed by the City Council last December, according to the Post. Gandhi also chose HOK Sport as the stadium’s lead architect, the firm responsible for 10 of the 14 most recent ballparks, amongst those San Francisco’s SBC Park.
WMATA Stepping Up Its Game: In preparing for the “perfect storm” of commuter travel this weekend, WMATA officials have announced that they will be running six-car trains at 12 to 15 minute intervals from 6 a.m. on starting Saturday, reports WTOP. Significant crowds are expected for the Cherry Blossom 10-miler at 8 a.m., the Washington Nationals 12 p.m. exhibition game at RFK Stadium, and the 1 p.m. Wizards game at the MCI Center. DCist recommends walking this weekend.
Road Closures at Mixing Bowl This Weekend: Adding to the reasons to avoid leaving home this weekend, local transportation officials have announced that the outer loop of the Beltway will be closed for repairs for part of the weekend, reports WJLA.
Briefly Noted: Housing in the D.C. metropolitan area is expensive, or so says Captain Obvious, aka the Washington Regional Network for Livable Communities … Washington area governments agree to make the Potomac River trash-free by 2013 … Major League Baseball and Orioles owner Peter Angelos strike a deal to televise Nationals games.
