Photo by Maryland Route 5.
- To be or not to be: How did D.C. become the nation’s second most important theater town? [Atlantic Cities]
- This is not the greatest Metro announcer in the world, this is just a tribute. [GGW]
- A pregnant graduate of Johns Hopkins University was among those killed in the Kenya mall massacre. [Baltimore Sun]
- A sick toddler was taken to a hospital on a ladder truck because the closest ambulance as five miles away. [Fox5]
- Joyce Carol Oates: Award-winning author, poet, homeless hater? [City Desk]
- Wal-Mart opened its hiring center doors yesterday, and hundreds of Washingtonians came to apply for jobs. [DeBonis]
- Sad face: A.M. Wine Shoppe in Adams Morgan is closing next month. [Washingtonian]
- An Arlington woman who passed away in June left her entire estate—more than $700,000—to the Arlington County Public Library. [Post]
- This Day in DCist: Everyone was feeling sad for the loss of Mei Xiang’s panda cub, even GWAR.
