- This evening brings more bad polling news for incumbent Mayor Adrian Fenty. The latest Clarus poll, released moments ago, shows Fenty is trailing challenger Vince Gray 45-38 among likely voters; a sneak peak at a Washington City Paper/Kojo Nnamdi Show poll shows Gray with an even bigger lead, 50-39, with nine percent undecided.
- It’s Dallas week, which means it’s time for the usual food-based bets from the executives of the two cities. The stakes: Mayor Fenty is staking half smokes from Ben’s Chili Bowl against Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert’s generic Texas barbecue on the result of Sunday’s game.
- You can now peruse this fair site in the shadow of the Washington Monument, no sweat.
- Capital Bikeshare will kick off service in D.C. and Arlington on September 20.
- Looks like people are back to holding parking spaces with cones.
- Lady Gaga took a yoga class at Bikram Yoga this afternoon.
- D.C. is the 15th most stressed out city in the country and the seventh most dangerous for pedestrians. Related, perhaps?
- D.C. Public Schools has won an award for having the best “K-12 District Education Website” in the country.
- Some 1,500 Woodrow Wilson High School students are still without textbooks.
- The IHOP in Columbia Heights is aiming for a November 16 opening. Hooray, pancakes!
Photo by Amber Wilkie Photography.
