If you’re not in the habit of drinking an aperitif before dinner, it’s a fun one to embrace every so often. Like skinny jeans, Rod Lavers, and shag rugs, aperitifs are retro without the kitch, like the two-martini lunch days of yore but less boozy. As you’ve likely noticed of expats at Italian, French, or Greek restaurants around town, an aperitif is part of the every day dinner ritual for many Europeans. “How very continental…

We failed to mention a notable ranking about urban crime that came out before DCist went on a pseudo-Thanksgiving hiatus. Stop That Train points us to new crime stats that show that Washington is the second-most dangerous city, following Detroit, another city this DCist has had the pleasure of working in. (Don’t get us wrong, we do love Detroit. It’s a great city, despite its faults. And seeing trees growing out of abandoned Art Deco…