This photo was taken by DCist reader Ben Bochnowski in the Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens in Anacostia. Check his Flickr account for more photos. The park is the “the only National Park Service site devoted to the propagation and display of aquatic plants.” Today will be partly sunny to start but become cloudy with a chance of showers in the afternoon. With highs in the lower 90s, the National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory in effect until 6 p.m. tonight. Also tonight, Q and Not U play Fort Reno and Screen on the Green kicks off with “The Way We Were.”
‘Harry Potter’ Excitement: The Post interviews some local kids for a story about the release of the sixth “Harry Potter” book, including one kid who “stayed up until 5 a.m. Saturday reading the book and finished it at 9 that night.” Did you finish it?
Hot Real Estate On U Street: The Examiner reports that at the grand opening of the Floridian – a new 118-unit condominium building off of U Street – 40 units were sold in the first three hours of sales. The paper calls the neighborhood “of the city’s most coveted places to live.”
Briefly Noted: Police investigate NW stabbing … the Examiner profiles WAKA kickball … churches worship in local movie theaters … Panda cub developing markings and “putting on weight and developing a little round belly.”
