Parks and Recreation filmed in D.C. over the summer. Here’s a first look at what happened when the representatives of Pawnee, Ind. rubbed elbows with members of Congress.

In what has to be the funniest thing we’ve read today, The New York Times has a profile in their Home & Garden section today of four roommates living in a row house here in Washington, dealing with typical group house issues, like whose turn it is to clean and how to deal with a rodent problem. Of course, the in-house drama reaches epic heights of satiric comedy when it’s revealed who the tenants are:…

What, pray tell, do you consider the most pressing issue facing the United States Senate? Is it the war in Iraq? The Israel-Lebanon conflict? Global warming? The energy crisis? The low minimum wage? Immigration? Flag burning? Health care? Are you sad yet? Fortunately, the New York Times’ crack political reporters have singled it out for us: the interminable crowding of the Senators-only elevators. In an article only D.C. could inspire, we get a glimpse into…

Shalom, readers. The Washington, D.C. area welcomes competing Jewish Literature Festivals to town: The Hyman S. and Freda Bernstein Jewish Literary Festival at the DCJCC and the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington’s 36th Annual Book Festival. Both festivals offer exciting programs. On 16th Street, the DCJCC kicks things off Monday with Nick Olcott, one of the leading lights in the local theater scene, paying special tribute to Arthur Miller and Saul Bellow. It continues…

Official Washington can be filled with moments of official awkwardness. And this past week was filled with multiple instances of slips of the tongue, or at least Ciceronian rhetoric that could have been crafted and executed in a slightly better fashion. Starting with another pitched confirmation battle, President Bush’s nominee for ambassador to the United Nations, the sartorially impaired diplomatic guru John Bolton (left), faced some intense scrutiny from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The…

The organization ReDefeatBush is sponsoring a rally at the U.S. Capitol at noon today they’re calling “Defend Democracy, Support the Challenge.” A variety of liberal organizations have been calling on U.S. Senators to join the Representatives who are planning to launch an official challenge to the November election results, and U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer has agreed to object to the results to trigger debate. Official counting of the Electoral College votes begins at 1 p.m….