If you weren’t outside enjoying the sunny weather this weekend, this would have been an excellent alternative. Flickr user LaTur spent Sunday morning at Cafe Bonaparte with a crepe and a cup of joe, taking this nice shot of the ambiance that makes you relaxed just looking at it. Perfect for a hectic Monday back at work. EXIF….

No Paper Crowns for the Guests The Majestic—the latest addition to Cathal and Meshelle Armstrong’s Alexandria empire—held its preview party last night, and DCist was in the house. The King Street restaurant was packed with all your various foodie types mauling the chef and owners, mugging for the roving photographers, and swilling both wine and gossip. With such a high density of gastronauts, I’m sure Majestic’s owners would have rather been serving up their food…

By now you must know how much DCist loves our photographers who contribute through Flickr. You’re probably sick of hearing us talk about them really, like your co-worker with the fabulous new millionaire boyfriend she keeps gabbing on about. But we can’t help it — we just adore these folks for offering up such great work to share with us. So you can understand why we’ve been so upset after reading the following discussion from…

After six years of adding to the eclectic flavor of the intersection of 18th and Florida NW, word comes to us this week that Staccato is closing its doors forever next month. Staccato has always sort of been the Little Club That Could, hosting aspiring musicians from a variety of genres in its no-frills, teeny, converted-townhouse venue. Funky little joints like Staccato are the white blood cells of a city’s music scene. Maybe not so…

Happy Day After the Fourth of the July, Washington. We hope you managed to get some sleep last night despite the all-night fireworks marathons taking place in many city neighborhoods. Not that we’re complaining — since the view of the National Mall fireworks from the north was largely obstructed by a giant cloud of smoke, locals putting on their own displays pretty much saved Independence Day for many of us. There will be more…

Today’s photo of sunset at the Kennedy Center comes to us from Flickr user La Tur. The photo was taken on an HP PhotoSmart R707. You can see the original, not saved for web version here and see the EXIF data for the shot here. La Tur was obviously happy with this photo as it was submitted to 58 different Flickr groups….