Written by Buy Indie’s Vince Wadhwani It’s easy to justify going to an independent clothing boutique to find a unique outfit. After all, who wants to walk into a bar wearing the same thing as everyone else? But when it comes to our housewares and hardware, the equation often becomes a lot less complicated. Though you may not find a pink toolbelt over at the Home Depot, you also won’t find too many people fretting…

Saturday at the Fringe brings audience goers political polemics, aerial artistry, deconstruction chic and a tour of some D.C. neighborhoods. When you have to navigate, don’t forget to use our special Fringetastic new Google Map. The best way to get to the show on time! Theatrical Performances: Frozty the Abominable Snowman, Landless Theatre There must have been some magic in that old silk hat they found! For when they placed it on his head, he…

You may not recognize it, but that’s the outside patio at the Hotel Helix, as seen by Flickr user maxedaperture. If your view ever starts looking like this, it might be time to put down that drink and head home. Do yourself a favor and click through to the original photo, which looks better than this saved for web version. This shot was taken on a Canon EOS 20D, the EXIF data can be…

In a summer of high-profile restaurant openings, the handlers of Urbana — the new restaurant inside the new Hotel Palomar just west of Dupont Circle on P Street — don’t want their charge to get lost in the crowd. And so, last night, they hosted a flashy preview of their eatery to get the word out about the restaurant that replaces the old Gabriel restaurant in the former Radisson-Barceló. Hotel Palomar is a link in…

In a city often characterized as full of faceless, nameless bureaucrats, it’s great to note that two entrepreneurs with strong local connections are receiving praise for their innovative approaches to business. A DCist tipster informed us that Warren Brown, owner of CakeLove and the Love Café, has been named by Inc Magazine as one of its 26 Most Fascinating Entrepreneurs. Brown is part of an illustrious list that includes Martha Stewart, Richard Branson, and Craig…

Local blogger why.i.hate.dc will be participating in a panel on political blogging at this weekend’s JournalConDC conference at Hotel Helix. What exactly is JournalCon? Here’s their description: JournalCon is an incredible — and increasingly infamous — gathering of online journalers, diarists, personal webloggers and other web writers. People from all walks of life who often have nothing in common except for an inexplicable compulsion to splatter the details of their lives across the Internet for…