If DCist hears one more person talk about how great Breadline is, we’ll scream. We’ll scream a “here’s where Cameron goes berserk” scream. Sure, the lunch spot on the 1700 block of Pennsylvania Avenue NW turns out what it should turn out: decent and sometimes exceptional bread. But the quality of what’s inside those breads and what’s served alongside them (and, some say, the bread itself) has diminished significantly — especially since the French chain…

A mid-week transit update, bringing us news on Virginia’s new governor and the possible extension of the Yellow Line. Kaine Announces Support for Wider I-66 Wow. You’d think the guy would take a day off to recover from what we would hope was a late night celebrating, but Virginia Governor-elect Tim Kaine is already up and addressing one of the issues that most preoccupied the state’s voters over the course of the campaign — transportation….

The 2006 mayoral race is slowly picking up steam, as recent events indicate. While the past few months have been alive with a flurry of rumors as to who would run and when they would announce, the next few months may well see the formal announcement of candidacies and the shaping of electoral platforms. Already the cast of characters is shifting in interesting ways, and everyone seems to be attending one fundraiser or another or…

From DCist contributor Eleanor Davis In order to promote her Valentine’s Day Aphrodisiac Menu, Andale chef Alison Swope is offering “romantically inclined” Washingtonians a chance to create their own recipe for love. Create a three-course dinner menu for the object of your affections, along with a 100-word essay explaining your choices, and you could win big. First place is an all-expense paid trip to Oaxaca, Mexico, where Chef Swope first fell in love with Mexico….

WMATA wants to hear what you have to say about the possibility that bench seating may be introduced into new metrorail cars. The transit agency has posted a number of possible reconfigurations for the interior of rail cars. While monitoring commentary on the proposal, it seems that those in suburbs may view any railcar reconfiguration as an assault on their already long commutes. As one said on last week’s Metro LunchTalk Online: Good for…

If DCist had more disposable income, we’d be taking advantage of the countless special food and drink events around town. They can cost upwards of $50 normally, but sometimes it is worth the splurge to enjoy good wine, great food, all in the company of those who know all these things best: the cultural officers of the city’s embassies. On the jump, we put together a quick survey of what’s on tap in the coming…

Adding to the ecological woes of the Chesapeake Bay, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers attempt to rebuild oyster beds in the Great Wicomico River has been derailed by a creature called a cownose ray which went on a feeding frenzy, the Post reports. “The rays show up every year at the same time, in the same place. They go through the shellfish beds, and they love oysters,” said Rich Pelz, president of the Circle…