The particulars were leaked a while ago, but that doesn’t make it any less sweet: the Capitals are unveiling their new jerseys tonight, and we have to say that they look fantastic. The style of the new sweaters mimics certain aspects of their traditional jersey (worn from 1974-1995), such as the solid red base and the emphasized hockey stick as the letter “t”. Though bloggers Uni Watch gave the Caps a mixed review for…

FRIDAY: >> If your faux pas have lately been spiraling out of control, head over tout suite to Politics & Prose. This evening at 7 p.m. Judith Martin, aka Miss Manners, will be talking about “Miss Manner’s Guide to Excruciatingly Exact Behavior,” her newly updated book about modern-day etiquette. >> The Dulles Expo Center gets busy today with the weekend-long Sugarloaf Craft Festival. You can buy everything from well-engineered teddy bears to wood art. Check…

In case you didn’t catch it yesterday, the 2004-2005 hockey season was officially cancelled, making the NHL the first major professional sport in North America to give up an entire season due to labor negotiations. Most fans aren’t surprised, we saw the writing on the wall long ago. Basically the dispute boils down to the salary cap. In the most recent round of negotiations this month, the “cap gap” came down to a $6.5 million…

It seemed that those photos of the elevated ice skating rink on the first level of the Eiffel Tower in Paris were all over the place a few days ago. (How cool would it be to ice skate on the roof terrace of the Hotel Washington, or some rooftop venue with a great view of the city’s monuments.) Well Ballston seems to be jumping on the sky skating trend as well, but we aren’t sure…

(By DCist contributor Kanishka Gangopadhyay) The National Blocktoberfest takes place this Saturday in the “Ballston Entertainment Zone” next to Ballston Common Mall on Wilson Boulevard in Arlington. Billed as “Fall’s biggest street festival,” the event will encompass five city blocks and features 20 local bands, including staples The Kelly Bell Band and Dewey Beach favorites Love Seed Mama Jump. Blocktoberfest will also feature numerous vendors selling Bavarian food and beer, an Oompah band, face painting,…