A number of D.C. destinations are welcoming diners who want to enjoy carved meats, charcuterie, and champagne in good company.
This will come from a combination of people leaving town and others, who are staying home for the holidays, leaving work early.
Metro’s holiday gift: no weekend track work.
The Christmas Eve record-high temperature in D.C. is 69 degrees, set in 1933.
Both the D.C. and federal governments are giving workers Christmas Eve off.
Thanks to Christmas and days off and such, it was a bit of a slower week for comments, but there are still plenty of gems worth sharing. OldPosterKnownAsCranky gets the nod for comment of the week: Hello? Hello? [thump, thump] Is this thing on? Man, it royally sucks ass to have to work on Christmas Eve. After the jump, cranky Catania, drive through booze, cougars, and the esteemed best avatar and username awards. Photo by…
Federal workers may have had Christmas Eve off of work this year, but D.C. Department of Public Works parking enforcement officers apparently did not. No matter, though: DPW says it will dismiss tickets doled out during rush hour on Dec. 24, says WTOP. DPW Director William Howland Jr. explained that the agency believes “that many people thought enforcement was lifted since federal workers were given the day off.” If we were DPW employees, we don’t…
MONDAY >> Not really into the whole Christmas Eve thing? Jewmongous is Sean Altman from Rockapella (of “Carmen Sandiego” fame) and “What I Like about Jew” who will be offering humorous Christmas Eve odes including “They Tried To Kill Us (We Survived, Let’s Eat),” and “Taller Than Jesus,” at Jammin Java in Vienna. $20, 7 p.m. and 9:30 (two shows). >> The music played by the DJs at the South African Christmas Eve party…
Happy Christmas Eve, Washington. With the frenzy of last-minute shopping and travel out of the city largely complete, folks staying here for the holiday are being treated to a quieter, gentler D.C. than normal, and it turns out in more ways than one. Over the weekend the Post took a look at a recent decline in the murder rate, reporting that only nine homicides have been logged in the District in the 37 days since…
Christmas Eve falls on a Monday this year, so President Bush has ordered the federal government to close on Dec. 24., giving most federal employees an extra long weekend for the holiday. Many feds may be left out of the sweet deal, though: Bush’s executive order states that department heads may order some employees to report to work on Dec. 24 “for reasons of national security or defense or other public need.” Plus pretty much…
