Dish of the Week: Cheesesteaks Where: JJs Cheesesteaks Cheesesteaks are delicious. Beef, cheese, bread… what could go wrong? And for some folks, all those fancy cheesesteaks with provolone, cheddar or American just won’t cut it. Some of us were maybe, just maybe, fed a lot of Velveeta by their grandmas when we were younger. We want… need the Whiz, the scary electric orange goop that melts oh so nicely. And that’s where JJ’s Cheesesteaks…

What with Paris Hilton’s release earlier this week and the upcoming celebration of American Independence (sorry, Londonist!), we’ve been thinking a lot about freedom. Freedom to vote, freedom to choose, and most importantly, freedom to blog. Here are a few things we’re happy we’ve been free to blog about this week. Being the nation’s capital, DCist felt especially proud to let freedom ring this week by exposing the really important issues, like how sad they…

We were walking down M Street in Georgetown this weekend past the Ukranian Embassy and wondered whether stress levels inside the embassy have reduced since the electoral troubles in Ukraine sort of subsided over the weekend. Perhaps the embassy crew joined some drunken Hoya undergrads on the way home from Rhino Bar for cheesesteaks at Philadelphia Cheesesteak Factory across the street when they realized that the threat of armed civil conflict back home was waning….