Photo by Vileinist.- The Real Housewives of D.C. is no more. Moving on!
- Virginia Governor Bob “Let’s Build More Roads” McDonnell got a surprise gift late Wednesday, when the Virginia legislature opted to allow him to appoint someone to the WMATA Board of Directors. Transit advocates are not pleased.
- The zoo’s mama anteater opts for Pablo.
- Don’t feel like dumping your trash on John Boehner’s doorstep during the federal shutdown? The City Paper has plenty of other suggestions.
- Good news for H Street NE denizens — the lengthy repaving project along that street will be completed by next week.
- D.C. Shadow Senator Paul Strauss on the potential shutdown: “It’s not like I’ll be missing any more votes than I usually miss.”
- Amanda Hess notes that transgender individuals aren’t eligible to compete in the Miss Gay America pageant — but straight men technically can.
- You’d think that you’d probably be completely safe from stabbings at a police station. Well, you’d be wrong.
- Not a fan of Eleanor Holmes Norton and her fury? Why not draft Adrian Fenty!
- Mayor Gray’s budget banks on pulling in $500,000 in revenue from advertisments at the District’s 92 Capital Bikeshare stations.
- Police have located the 50-year-old owner of a Herndon home where 20 to 30 dead cats were found on Tuesday, but aren’t yet “classifying this as an animal hoarding situation.”
- Prince Charles will be visiting D.C. in May.
- A lot of retail chains want to come to Washington, reports Lydia DePillis — as long as it’s “anywhere in Northwest,” that is.
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