Hordes of summer interns have once again descended on Washington, leaving many of us rolling our collective eyes and bitching to friends about the latest thong sighting, overheard “I was sooo drunk” story, or just being stuck with training someone who appears to lack the ability to function in an office. But let’s say you’re one of those rare interns who has actually come to D.C. to learn something, or are planning on using…

In Los Angeles, LAist most definitely celebrated Thanksgiving like no other. After all, one has to keep up all the energy to keep on walking the line at the Writers Strike and fighting the unfortunate return of the wildfires in Malibu, which single handedly destroyed over fifty homes within the first 24 hours. National outlets may be covering the fires, but CNN also found it is easier to buy a gun than fruit and…

Our beloved D.C. United may have crashed and burned (again) in the MLS playoffs this season, but life goes on. Also, the playoffs go on — right in our backyard, in fact. Many moons ago, Washington was picked to host the 2007 MLS Cup this Sunday at noon, at RFK. Time to put aside your grieving and check out the game. Tickets start at $30, maybe even less on Craigslist. When else are you going…

Former D.C. Police Chief Charles Ramsey has been named police commissioner of Philadelphia by Mayor-elect Michael Nutter, reports the Associated Press. Ramsey came to D.C. in 1998 after serving for 31 years in his hometown of Chicago, and became Washington’s longest-serving police chief in more than three decades, serving as top cop in the District until the end of 2006, when he was replaced by incoming Mayor Adrian Fenty. Since we’ve had a little bit…

Moms are great. Aside from birthing us, they wipe our mouths when we dribble food, wrap us up warm when it gets cold out, and give us Jell-O and ice cream when we’re sick. For many years it seemed like mom and dad were the smartest people in the world, an Encyclopedia Familica. Usually they give us advice like cover your mouth when you cough, wash your hands after using the bathroom and useful stuff…

“Writing is easy,” wrote legendary sportswriter Red Smith. “Just sit down at the typewriter and open a vein.” Though most of us no longer sit at typewriters nor face blank pieces of physical paper, there’s nothing more daunting than a blank screen and the notion of putting something meaningful on it. Compound that with the idea of doing that for approximately 200 pages and you begin to realize why a lot of novelists end up…

Good morning, D.C., and welcome to another day without congressional representation — it seems we’ll have plenty more of them thanks to yesterday’s legislative disappointment. You can find the Post’s post-mortem here. There’s not too much new information in it, but there are words of consolation from Senate minority leader/arch-villain Mitch McConnell: “If the residents of the District are to get a member for themselves, they have a remedy: amend the Constitution.” Thanks for…

>> Diddy’s in town tonight, which means only the most masochistic of locals will be waiting in line to get in to new nightclub Ibiza. Our advice? Stay out of the 1/2 mile radius around 1222 1st Street NE completely starting from 10 p.m. to around dawn. It’s just going to be too full of desperate people looking to catch a glimpse of the party host — like a Saturday night in Adams Morgan…

Who can resist the Hammer? We’re glad some of you took our advice yesterday and went to see him live for free at the Woodrow Wilson Plaza … so the rest of us could stay home and just enjoy the great photos. This close-up by Captain Easychord almost nailed it for Photo of the Day, but we couldn’t resist this black and white version (that’s Hammer in the center with the sunglasses) after photographer…

Anyone who has a car and has had to renew their registration knows that one thing apart from death and taxes is an inevitable part of life — fighting to remove the old registration stickers. So hard is it to pry an old one from a windshield that some drivers sport a number of expired ones alongside their current one, while others just try and find an excuse to change the whole damn windshield instead….