Good morning, Washington. Today will be mostly cloudy and chilly – highs in the 60s. Matthew Bradley posted this photo to DCist photos, taken at the Dalai Lama’s talk yesterday at the MCI Center. The W. Times has a short story about the talk where they report the 1-hour talk was on “compassion”. Did you attend? What else did the Tibetan leader speak on?
Changes on 14th Street: The Post today explores in depth the changes at 14th and T Streets Northwest where the Church of the Rapture has been purchased for a condominium development, Paradise Liquor has been forced out by increasing rents, and the owner of Cafe Saint-Ex is plotting to open a new restaurant farther east in the city. The article is the second in a two-part series.
Kaine Announces Town Halls: Virginia’s governor-elect Timothy Kaine has announced the first of a series of public town hall meetings in Northern Virginia to solicit feedback about how he should approach what he terms the state’s transportation “crisis”, the Post reports. This week’s meeting is in Manassas.
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