Martin Austermuhle
Photo by bowenbee
- This week, D.C. allowed for some flexibility in its zoning rules to accomodate yoga studios, a pair of congressional Democrats proposed weekend voting, social service activists pleaded with D.C. for more money, more bike lanes started appearing throughout the city, D.C. firefighters did more than just put out flames, and D.C. United dropped its home opener (though it did sign a new two-year lease at RFK).
- It hit 80 degrees in March, pushing up the peak bloom period for the cherry blossoms and changing our habits in a number of ways.
- A new purpose for the old 11th Street Bridge was proposed, D.C. unemployment and the number of jobs fell, the Washington Nationals introduced the eight-pount StrasBurger (not the first one in history, either), the U.S. Attorney for D.C. dug into campaign fundraising dating back to 2003, we welcomed our elephant overlords, and a Maryland woman was given quite the insulting receipt when she refused to pay for a plastic bag.
- We kicked off our annual March Madness pools for men and women, the City Paper’s staff took pay cuts as its owner looked to sell the alt-weekly, Jack the bulldog was injured, Mayor Vince Gray and the D.C. Council fought over money for the Ward 5 special election, Rick Santorum said that all we have to do for statehood is speak English, a shooting at the Columbia Heights IHOP was listed as an anti-LGBT crime, and Artomatic moved to an even bigger location in Crystal City.
- A candidate for D.C. shadow senator asked for jail time and got it, tech geeks lined up outside the Georgetown Apple store for the iPad 3, we said goodbye to JaVale McGee, George Clooney was arrested at a protest at the Sudanese Embassy, and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company chose to stick with Mike Daisey show The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs.
