The hoagie spot has inked a deal in the Windy City.

It’s a true crowd pleaser.

“We should’ve never ever let Michael Jordan play for the Wizards.”

Shark Week’s van was broken into, but luckily their gear was already stored safely elsewhere.

There’s a new city rising on the American lanscape to counter the economic and cultural might of New York, and it’s, well, us.

Obviously, former District Department of Transportation director Gabe Klein was doing something right — today, Transportation Nation is reporting that he has been chosen by new Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to run the Windy City’s Department of Transportation. Klein, who left the D.C. government in early December during a sea change in agency leadership after Mayor Vince Gray defeated Adrian Fenty for the city’s mayoralty, will reportedly start next month.

Well, well, well — the tables certainly appear to have turned in D.C.’s favor this winter. First, we got to rub it in the faces of New York politicians who mocked our response to overwhelming snow. Now, it’s time to dip into the sweet schadenfreude yet again, as Chicago suffers through the latest big storm to hit the United States this winter.

Now that the 2010 midterm elections are two months old, we can say that the 2012 presidential campaigning has officially started. But according to the Chicago Tribune, President Obama may break from precedent and look well outside of the Beltway to find his election HQ. Far far outside; think Chicago. Maybe the President is finally fed up with us wimpy District residents when it comes to a little ice and snow — particularly after…

Windy City pride was on full display pretty much everywhere this weekend, but it was perhaps no more rampant than at the Big Shoulders Ball, hosted jointly by the Hideout nightclub in Chicago and the Black Cat, benefitting the Future of Music Coalition. At the top of the bill were some big names like Andrew Bird and Ted Leo, and some legendary Chi-town music scene vets, like Eleventh Dream Day and the Waco Brothers.

Someone might need to tell the Takoma Park City Council that they’re about two years behind the times. Last Monday, the council approved a resolution to oppose the production and sale of foie gras. The resolution also “encourages Takoma Park residents not to buy foie gras to avoid supporting this extreme form of animal cruelty.” And, according to the Examiner, certain members of the council have taken some first steps toward investigating whether an outright…