- The most expensive house in Washington, at 1623 28th Street in Georgetown, has a $22 million price tag. Don’t have that kind of scratch? Well, you can always pick up an old school for $10 million. [Curbed/Prince of Petworth]
- Jennifer Green, the former D.C. cop who was arrested in an internal affairs burglary sting in March, was sentenced to seven months in prison today. [WJLA]
- Matchbox is officially coming to the corner of 14th and T Streets NW. [WBJ]
- Councilmember Michael A. Brown’s experience as a representative of “various foreign governments” appears to be very similar to his experience as a high school All-Met. [WaPo/City Paper]
- Congrats to Washington City Paper, which picked up a 2011 AltWeekly Award for its 2010 Election issue, and Lydia DePillis, who got an honorable mention for her work at the paper’s Housing Complex blog. [AAN]
- Interesting sentiment from a developer on office space development east of the Anacostia River: “Everybody forgets, it’s a river, it’s not an ocean.” [Capital Business]
- Driving a Metrobus is hard, even for transit board members. [Sun Gazette]
- There’s a nasty racial component to the debate over Congressional redistricting in Maryland. [WaPo]
- Some of the National Arboretum’s azaleas, which were saved by a $1 million donation earlier this year, will now be used to try and repopulate other collections around the country. [NBCWashington]
- Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson on the achievement gap, teacher evaluations and what’s next. [WAMU]
- More from David Nakamura on the White House’s warm embrace of Twitter. [44]
- Arlington County is looking for Spanish speakers to ride along with police to help with translation. [Arlington County Police Department]
- There’s no greater love than the one you have for your club. [TBD On Foot]
- If you want to watch tonight’s Big Boi concert from the comfort of your couch, it’ll be streaming live here. [Rolling Stone]
- Jeff Jarvis: sorry about that whole “fuck you, Washington” thing. Kind of. [TBD/@jeffjarvis]
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