In response to the record temperatures outside, the District has opened eight of its public swimming pools today. If for some reason you’re free for the rest of the afternoon, head on down to cool off.: The following pools were opened until 6 p.m.: * Fort Lincoln (3201 Fort Lincoln Drive NE) * Fort Stanton (1800 Erie St. SE) * Benning Park (5300 Fitch St. SE) * Kenilworth-Parkside (4300 Anacostia Ave. NE) * Fort…
Are you stressed out because you work in or near Judiciary Square? With all the police officers, court officials, deteriorating 19th century buildings and bland institutional government architecture, we can’t blame you. Well, around lunch time, the District will be giving free blood pressure checks at the Judiciary Square metrorail station, at the Fourth Street exit, courtesy the D.C. Fire and EMS Department. This may be a perfect opportunity for the now-happily-unemployed DCSOB to return…
Did you get caught in the downpours this weekend? Here’s a shot of a bolt of lightning taken from Matthew Bradley’s Flickr photostream via DCist Photos. (We think this was taken from Fourth Street NE, correct us if we’re wrong.) What else happened this weekend? A quick roundup: … Traffic was delayed through Georgetown Saturday afternoon after a traffic officer was hit by a vehicle at the intersection of M Street and Wisconsin Avenue….
We hope you’re enjoying your Presidents Day weekend, especially if you have Monday off from work. Although this photo taken outside the Adams Morgan McDonalds was posted on photogene’s photoblog on Valentine’s Day, we thought it works for this weekend as well since we witnessed a fight spill from the sidewalk to inside the McDonald’s at 18th Street and Columbia Road and then back outside again. The Metropolitan Police officers breaking up the scuffle sure…
Now that the proposed baseball stadium in Near Southeast is getting a lot of attention, other projects along the Southeast and Southwest waterfronts are being highlighted. The Post gives an update on the plans of Fannie Mae, the home mortgage giant, to consolidate its downtown and Upper Northwest offices into one large new headquarters building near the Waterfront metrorail station. Fannie Mae plans on moving into new quarters at the Waterside Mall on M Street…