I haven’t had a chance to upload my photos from last night’s Unbuckled extravaganza, but luckily Flickr user Rory has. Rory, aka Drew McDermott, generally shoots on film, thus no EXIF data for this photo. Also, please note that due to the holiday weekend, Photo of the Day will not return until next Tuesday. Have a great holiday weekend everyone….

Have you heard anything about Live on Penn making a comeback for the summer? Last summer when DCist was in super-secret beta mode, we actually answered this very same query when the concert series was abruptly stopped in July 2004. So no, no comeback in the works as far as we have heard. But have no fear, Fort Reno’s summer lineup was just released today. The series kicks off tomorrow with The Rude Staircase, Sentai…

Photo from the archives of Drew McDermott OK, you may be getting sick and tired of DCist writing about transit. Please blame Jo Becker and Lyndsey Layton and their cohorts at the Post for bringing into the public record so much great information about the ailments of the region’s transit system — ailments we’ve been looking at in one way or another since DCist launched last summer. Today, the Post’s in-depth series comes to…

(Photo from the archives of Drew McDermott) WMATA’s head honcho, Richard White, has had a tough and unenviable job: Trying to operate and maintain the nation’s second-busiest subway system, one that is critical to the daily operation of the federal bureaucracy and health of the metropolitan region. During the transit troubles of 2003-04, one that saw mounting delays, a train crash at the Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan station, cracked rails and troublesome train malfunctions, White…

WMATA Plans Extra Rail Service for Saturday. There will be extra trains available before and after Saturday’s Wizards and Nationals games, WMATA has announced. Expect crowding in the evening because the Nats play at 7:05 p.m., with the Wizards playing at the MCI Center an hour later. And for the first time, WMATA will run shuttle buses from RFK (at Lot. No. 3) to Union Station following a Nats game … but only as…

From Curbed (now sponsored by nytimes.com/realestate …), we learn that New York City will be soon trumping the nation’s capital on yet another thing of cultural importance: a large Chinese arch. D.C.’s Chinese Friendship Gate, which arches over H Street at Seventh Street NW, is said to be the largest such arch on earth. But through the Daily News, we learn that the proposed New York arch will be the largest anywhere. And since…

A few months ago, we were told a story about a couple that had just bought a condo on the Georgetown waterfront with a prime view of the … Whitehurst Freeway. (Ooops, you didn’t see the highway during the open house? The curtains must have been closed.) “Oh, we have a strong citizens’ association!” the wife said. “We’re going to have the freeway taken down.” We thought, boy, it’s amazing how far one’s condo fees…

The Photobloggies competition is now accepting nominations! This competition recognizes excellence in photoblogging in a variety of categories, including best of various regions around the world, best animal and abstract photography, and best photo of the year. They’ll be collecting nominations until March 16 when the judges take over before announcing the winners on March 30. We encourage our readers to explore some of the D.C. photoblogs and go nominate some of your favorites. We…

Good morning, Washington. The weather today is supposed to be frigidly chilly this morning with temperatures later rising into the 40s, according to Capital Weather. Drew McDermott’s recent photo of the Virginia Square metrorail station entrance seems timely considering this morning’s first item … A Transit Surplus and a Rate Hike?: Thanks to a 4 percent increase in subway ridership and a 10 percent increase in bus ridership, WMATA officials have gleefully announced they…

Just as thousands of Inauguration goers started pouring into the city this evening from near and far, major traffic gridlock and transit delays mired the afternoon commute. All we can say to the out-of-towners, welcome to your capital! … where the stewards of your Republic have mastered the art of gridlock, delays and general frustration. First up, a man in a mud-speckeled red van tied up traffic throughout downtown as he engaged police and Secret…