A layer of snow has covered much of the Washington area for two weeks now, today the mercury barely poked above freezing, and on Thursday it looks like it might be a Rick Moody kind of day. December has been a veritable winter wonderland, and by wonderland, we mean that we “wonder” how often we’re going to “land” on our ass before all this white stuff disappears. Aside from the slushy sidewalks, one of our…

We finally found one. After nine months of searching, DCist spied someone wearing a WMATA metrorail shirt this weekend on a Connecticut Avenue sidewalk. (It was a Metro Center shirt, like the the one at left). Since we love to talk about transit issues, DCist has a few thoughts on D.C.’s attempts to enter the world of transit chic. London promotes “Mind the Gap.” Paris glorifies its Art Nouveau Metropolitan signage. And New York has…