- UDC President Allen Sessoms, under fire for his expensive travels on the university’s dime, met with students today after a demonstration led security to intervene. Sessoms has defended the travel as part of his job.
- Sulaimon Brown, during an appearance on WTTG/Fox 5 this morning: “I want to bring this to the point that Mayor Gray will have to resign.”
- Want to lodge an opinion about the new space from Tryst/Diner/Open City owner Constantine Stavropoulos at 11th and Monroe Streets NW? There’s a public meeting on Wednesday at the Harriet Tubman Elementary School Gym.
- Metro seats are pretty gross, will likely continue to be rather gross.
- One of the District’s new Congressional overlords is a fan of police chief Cathy Lanier, so we’ve got that going for us, which is nice.
- Two teens have admitted to robbing several people near the Rhode Island Avenue Metro station.
- Attention beer lovers: Bourbon in Adams Morgan is going to be opening its first cask on March 16.
- The Washington Kastles tennis outfit, forced to move from the old Convention Center site due to impending construction, have selected to erect a temporary stadium along the Southwest Waterfront.
- Lou’s City Bar on Irving Street is all set to open on Thursday.
- Hey kids, it’s the No Fun Cab!
- People’s District has the excellent story of the man behind Nob Hill, the bar which predated Wonderland Ballroom at 11th and Kenyon Streets in Columbia Heights.
- Cereal Bowl, we hardly knew ye.
- Leave it to Congressional leadership to mess this up.
Photo by jimbographer.
