Locals will soon have the opportunity to travel around the world without leaving the District, as the World Embassy Tour returns May 6.

In which DCist explores the city’s diplomatic portal to the world, highlighting the best events on the global calendar. November 9: If any place is set to throw the followup party to the street celebrations that greeted Election Day in the U.S., it’s Cambodia. Today, Cambodia celebrates the 55th anniversary of its declaration of independence from French colonial rule. Good on you, Cambodia! National Independence Day is one of the nation’s most important holidays, commemorated…

If you’ve been complaining that Memorial Day weekend wiped out your wallet, D.C. art venues heard your pleas for something a little less draining on your finances. This weekend the city is chock full of free activities, from private gallery openings to neighborhood wide social events. Put on your walking shoes and check out the following: >> It’s time again for the annual Dupont Kalorama Museum Walk Weekend. Held on the first full weekend in…

Last Saturday morning, under grey skies and whipping winds, DCist rolled out of bed to take a walking tour of Embassy Row, one of the 60 free tours being offered in this weekend’s WalkingTown DC, an event offered by Cultural Tourism DC. Like Sommer, I was initially sceptical that there was much to learn about the Dupont Circle neighborhood, a familiar stomping ground for many Washington young people. But on the Embassy Row tour,…

It was two years ago that we first took notice of D.C.’s new population of coyotes. Back then we worried about the threat of an international incident as the animals made their way to Embassy Row. Today the Post confirms that coyotes continue to roam the edges of Rock Creek Park, bringing them in much closer contact to city residents. This is one case of animal/human cohabitation that can’t be blamed on urban development pushing…

Driving up Massachusetts Avenue beyond Dupont Circle and Sheridan Circle one quickly comes across Embassy Row — the expanse of real estate stretching up towards the National Cathedral occupied primarily by the embassies and residences of the many countries that maintain diplomatic relations with the U.S. And while the houses and buildings speak of stately tradition, what happens within may not. Law students at American University’s Washington College of Law are taking to the courts…

Halloween falling on a Monday night, DCist took the night off, opting to hand candy to passing children and fend off egg attacks from neighborhood hooligans. We did explore area houses, though, taking in decorations both simple and elaborate. And proving that some people will use any opportunity to make a statement about the state of affairs in the country, we spied one gravestone marked “Scooter Libby, R.I.P.” and one proclaiming the death of world…

Last Monday, the Post profiled ousted American University president Benjamin Ladner. Gina Maria Schulz, who served as “Personal Assistant to the First Lady” — yes, Ladner’s wife — described the man as such: “He was the most ethical man I ever met.” Ladner himself has this to say: “I do feel I’ve done what I’ve done with intentional integrity.” How the Post’s reporters didn’t break out in hysterics is beyond us, given the emerging news…

DCist has been sent some unsubstantiated celebrity sightings from this weekend. We put our fact checkers hot on the confirmation trail, but really, celebrity sightings are more intriguing gossip than serious journalistic news, so we’ve decided to go straight to you, our eyes and ears on the ground. So dish already. Here are the details as we know them right now: On Saturday, the D.C. Office of Motion Picture and Television Development hosted an open…

For those of you who find the government-sponsored Freedom Walk more propoganda-ish than poignant, there’s another option for the walking-inclined that day: the D.C. Unity Walk. Members of all religions and cultures will be walking together to promote peace and religious tolerance. Things will get started with a ceremony at the Washington Hebrew Congregation at 3935 Macomb Street NW, at 1 p.m. September 11. From there, the walk will start at 2 p.m. and proceed…