Good morning, Washington. It’s news of the weird day today on DCist, as the Post tells the bizarre story of two 2nd-year engineering students from U-Va. who have been charged with the kidnapping of a man in Tysons Corner and demanding $500,000 in ransom. Both the two kidnappers and the victim are Chinese nationals who had been living with host families in Virginia while attending college. Police arrested Guanyu Lu and Baichuan Shu, both 19,…
TUESDAY Lisa Phillips is in town promoting her new book, Public Radio: Behind the Voices. It was unconfirmed at press time whether her reading would be interrupted by Kojo Nnamdi, asking for pledges. Olsson’s Books and Records, 418 7th St. NW., 7 p.m. WEDNESDAY There once was a poet named Trillin, Who, to D.C., came all a-shillin’ He does A Heckuva Job Tossing poetical globs Of poo at political villains. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut…
Friday, the day we wait for with giddy anticipation. In addition to the weekend being just around the corner, there’s one more reason to be pumped up: tonight, you can hear a sneak preview of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs new album “Show Your Bones” before the album hits store shelves on March 28. Hosted by DCist and Interscope Records, the good times and good listenings will take place at Cue Bar, 1115 U Street,…
To our readers, we love you guys. Happy Valentine’s Day from DCist! If the shopping scene last night at Tyson’s Corner Center Hallmark, Kay Jewelers and CVS was any indication, some folks were a little tardy on picking up the heart-shaped pendants and Whitman’s Samplers. Were you one of the tardy rushing for anything and everything heart-shaped and colored red? Or are you instead going to play the “But honey, it’s a Hallmark holiday” card?…
Written by DCist contributor Colleen Egan. Victoria’s Secret is causing a sensation, and this time it’s not for their (revolutionary!) new IPEX bra. Shoppers at the new Tysons Corner Center addition are getting their panties in a bunch by the store’s, shall we say, titillating new window display. With shoppers alternately ourtraged and thrilled by the “Backstage Sexy” display — which features lingerie-clad mannequins bent over and sprawled across beds — it’s clear that a…
Admit it: the warm early autumn weather has tempted you to rock those white pants and that seersucker blazer just one more time (you swear!). We know — we’ve seen similar lapses all over town. But this morning’s undeniably chilly temps were enough to prompt even the most stalwart flip-flop-phile succumb to a more seasonally appropriate option. So suck it up and let the linen go. And then cancel your weekend plans and grab your…
Expanding Tyson’s Corner: Wow. There’s been a lot of regional planning news lately. First, local leaders met at a local planning gathering equipped with Lego blocks and maps trying to figure out how to accommodate 2 million more people in the area in the next 25 years. Second, the Post reports on how Tyson’s Corner Center (where we snagged this image) is seeking to expand, transforming its regional shopping mall cluster into a giant built-up…
