Photo by Raymond Bryson.
- Today is the first session of the D.C. City Council after their summer recess and lots of things are going down. Mostly: Tax lien reforms, potential living wage bill override, and Marion Barry’s potential censure. [Post, DCist]
- Also on the City Council’s agenda today: The legalization of uberX, ANC ethics exemptions, and traffic camera moratorium. [DeBonis]
- Famed literary haunt Politics & Prose is eyeing a second location in Georgetown. [Washingtonian]
- Local noisy prog-rockers Tereu Tereu premiere their new single. [Consequence of Sound]
- Plan B Burger Bar is coming to D.C. Yes, that’s right, another burger joint is opening. [Washington Business Journal]
- Pics from the opening of D.C.’s latest flea market, District Flea. [Curbed]
- Cricket Cemetary Records put out their September music sampler. Spoiler alert: It’s loud and it rocks. [Arts Desk]
- This Day in DCist: Mei Xiang gave birth to a new panda cub that was not longed for this world and it broke our hearts. Thankfully, Butterstick II is doing just fine.