The Friendship Heights BID would be the 12th district of its kind in D.C., and respond to wide-ranging concerns about the neighborhood’s appeal to consumers.

Protests against development, banking scams, and other things you didn’t know about this neighborhood located on the divide of Maryland and D.C.

There are very few bars in D.C. where you can legally light up, but the Civil Cigar Lounge in Friendship Heights gives smokers a place to congregate.

DCist contributor James Calder stumbled upon quite an interesting site this morning — a taxicab that had apparently lost control and found its way onto the steps of the Chevy Chase Pavilion in Friendship Heights.

Some people wake up at 3 a.m. to stand in line for an iPhone, others for a cheap wedding dress. But that they did so on the same day and only a few miles from each other?

One DCist reader couldn’t help but notice something new on his commute through the Friendship Heights Metro station this morning — this incredibly bright light fixture.

WMATA believes that the man who was struck by a train at the Friendship Heights station yesterday afternoon — causing massive delays and confusion during yesterday’s afternoon commute — was on the tracks accidentally.

We mentioned it briefly in this morning’s roundup, but several brides-to-be (and probably some people who were just looking for a steal on a wedding gown) lined up in droves outside the Filene’s Basement in Friendship Heights this morning for the annual “Running of the Brides.” DCist’s Elisabeth Grant stopped by the store to take a look at the line — it was long. No surprise, given that gowns were going for huge discounts of…

UPDATE (4:13 p.m.): The station has reopened, according to Metro. WMATA reports that the Friendship Heights station on the Red Line is temporarily closed due to a power outage. Shuttle buses are running from the Tenleytown station. There’s no word on whether or not the outage is due to the heavy thunderstorms that rolled through the region a short time ago….

Another Metro emergency preparedness exercise to keep in mind: later this week, the Friendship Heights Metro station will host a training drill that simulates a report of gunfire in the station. The mock shooting will involve two shooters and multiple casualties. According to the D.C. Homeland Security & Emergency Management Agency, the exercise is scheduled for 12:30 a.m., after closing, on Thursday, Feb. 25, so it won’t interrupt Red Line service. It will, however, bring…