May sweeps officially began last Thursday night, and, by now, are in the full swing of things. In addition to being treated to the usual stunts networks pull out for the ratings period that determines advertising rates, viewers can also look forward to more salacious than usual local news stories. Local ABC affiliate WJLA kicked off their sweeps stories with an expose on “The Ugly Side of The Picture Perfect Body”. On Monday, they broadcast…

Viridian Crosses Starting Line Engines thumping, and pumping in time. Everyone, including Daily Candy, Don Rockwell, aunts and uncles, etc. have been telling us that Viridian is opening this weekend. Looks like it’s true, despite the dose of snark in last week’s Feed. According to the owners, Rebecca Byrnes (formerly of The Reef) will be head chef at the 14th Street NW joint, and Kenan Forman will be in charge of the adult grape juice….