Cruise into the first weekend in July with a host of top-notch food events, including a return of Hill Country’s popular backyard barbecue, new openings, IPA beer specials, and more.

Summertime. Time to eat some freakin’ barbecue.

Good morning, Washington. After such a long, hot week, that was some beautiful weekend, wasn’t it? And apparently, the beauty of the weekend is spilling out on to Monday morning: Karl Rove, President Bush’s controversial deputy chief of staff and senior political adviser, will resign at the end of August. After he packs up his Palisades home and heads back to the Texas Hill Country, Rove will reportedly leave politics and plans to write…