- I poked some fun at the Post this morning for using the word “hipster” six times in a 400-word blog post; but that’s nothing compared to this Washington Times editorial, in which Amanda Hess counted 14 homophobic remarks.
- Lydia DePillis goes for a walk with a fifth-generation Washingtonian along U Street: “No matter how much I like or don’t like it, you can’t stop progress,” she tells DePillis.
- So you want to throw a block party in Washington, eh? Here’s hoping you’ve got a few months, some good sneakers and an incredibly patient demeanor.
- Inside Charm City reports that some early morning MARC and Amtrak delays today appear to have been due to the “malicious destruction” of a signal box near the New Carrolton Amtrak station.
- Educating children: less expensive than incarcerating people.
- Congratulations to Aziza Abate and Alene Reta, the respective winners of the women’s and men’s Army Ten-Miler yesterday.
- Ted Leonsis, in an interview in an interview on Fox News Sunday yesterday: “I will not rest. I won’t be able to die in peace unless I can win a championship.”
- A bicycle signal along the Mount Vernon Trail in Alexandria is purportedly the first one erected in Virginia.
- Remember “How To Use An Escalator in DC“? Well, now there’s “How To Use Metro.”
- It’s the Great (Metro) Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.
Photo by LaTur.
