RGIII responded this week on Twitter, informing the upbeat couple that he would be unable to attend, as he has a game the day after the ball.
He may not be the best Marine out there, but Chesty the English Bulldog is pretty damn adorable.
NBC4 reported last night that food banks are not the only local charities feeling the holiday crunch this year: the Marine Corps Toys for Tots program in D.C. also says it is suffering from a decline in donations compared to last year. So we are posting this photo of a crying baby we found to make you feel bad — bad enough to donate some toys to needy local kids, that is. There are something…
We’ve already covered some of the great Halloween photos today, and, wouldn’t you know it, there are all kinds of other interesting things going on in October besides creepy costume parties. There’s the fall harvest at our local farmers markets, some fun times at our arts festivals before it gets too cold to play outside, and, well, whatever the hell is going on here. Of course, there was also the Marine Corps Marathon yesterday…
Welcome back to work, Washington. Perhaps you’re struggling to focus this morning, having only barely recovered from the weekend’s Halloween festivities. Perhaps you just had a difficult time extricating yourself from your bed on this first cold morning of the year. Whatever the case may be, DCist recommends a strong cup of coffee with a dash of Rumbler to get your motor running today. The Rumbler is described as a “high-tech blaster” being used in…
WTOP’s Adam Tuss is the first to the gate with news of Metro’s Board of Directors having agreed today to a fare hike proposal to put forward to the public. Here’s the details: >> Peak Metrorail base fares would increase 30 cents, from $1.35 to $1.65 >> Off-peak rail service would remain at $1.35 >> The maximum rail fare would jump 80 cents, to $4.70 >> If you use SmarTrip, bus fares will remain…
Though we usually feature our Flickr photogs here, this one was too good to pass up. This morning at National Geographic downtown, folks from their Kids magazine went for broke — setting the Guinness World Record for number of stuffed animals gathered in one place. Two-thousand, three hundred and four, to be exact. Preciousness rose to new highs in the room lined on every wall with teddy bears and smiling gorillas, as the record verification…
In D.C.’s own rendition of manifest destiny, our suburbs seem to be expanding with all the vigor of well-watered kudzu. It’s how DCist imagines the old horror standard The Blob, if it were retold by John Cheever: the mucilaginous mass slowly gorges on pastoral countryside, dusty antique shops, and quaint Main Streets, leaving only Bed, Bath, and Beyond in its wake. While taking a look at the political implications of these population shifts, the Post…
Happy post-Halloween weekend (and pre-actual Halloween) Monday to you, DCist readers. We hope your weekend was as excessive and gluttonous as it deserved to be. Even if it wasn’t as fun as you had planned, just be thankful that you didn’t have to spend the time defending the sexual escapades in your fictional novels, as Senate candidate James Webb has had to do lately. At least, hopefully you didn’t spend your weekend in that manner….
FRIDAY: >> It’s the DAM! Festival, son. We’ve already written a blue streak about it, so check out our recent music archives for some great interviews and MP3s from participating artists, and weigh your options between The Red and the Black, the Rock and Roll Hotel, or Velvet Lounge, full schedule with too many bands to list here. Of course, the non-DAM! show of the night is clearly Baltimore’s Spank Rock, who’ll be bringing their…
