The nicer the weather gets, the busier we get across the Ist-A-Verse. But we like being busy. Here’s a peek at what we’ve been up to since last week! Chicagoist had an interview with Audrey Niffenegger, whose popular book, The Time Traveler’s Wife, was based in their fine city. They also had a heated discussion about Rush Limbaugh’s controversial Barack Obama parody, talked about whether Uncle Julio’s Hacienda is a good place to get…

We try to keep the Weekly Feed focused pretty intensely at food happenings here in Washington, but there is one item that is too good to pass up. We wanted to make sure we touched on the knockdown-dragout between New York Times critic Frank Bruni and restaurateur Jeffery Chodorow (who you might remember from NBC’s The Restaurant with Rocco Dispirito). Here’s the short version of the story: Bruni reviews Chodorow’s Kobe Club, pans it with…

Love. True love. That indefinable flame that sometimes sparks between two people the first time they meet. The crackle of electricity, the rush of endorphins. That idyllic brand of love at first sight that has inspired great poets throughout the ages. That singular moment when you look into a pair of eyes just as starry as yours, and know, in your heart, in your gut, in your little toes, that this person, and no other,…