Don’t panic, Washington! You didn’t in fact leap ahead an entire month when changing your clocks on Sunday. A mere week after temperatures dipped into the low 30’s, today we can expect the mercury to hit an unseasonably high 70 degrees, with tomorrow getting even warmer. Why not walk to work and avoid soaring gas prices? Oh, that’s right. Traffic Cameras Only Halfway There: A new assessment of D.C.’s traffic cameras by the company slated…

MONDAY What a weekend of basketball! It’s going to be hard to come down from over the next few days, so step off gradually. Go check out Tom Graham and Rachel Graham Cody as they discuss Getting Open: The Unknown Story of Bill Garrett and the Integration of College Basketball. It’ll help to augment your game IQ, which may be feeling a little shattered after all your Big 10 picks got spanked. Barnes & Noble,…

Christmas and Hanukkah both drop on 12/25 this year, and as we get closer to that date, retailers of fine books begin to put their energy behind that last big sales push of the year. This means a dearth of author events until we clear Epiphany. All the same, we got the hook-up with what’s out there. MONDAY There are those that say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Yet most of the people…

Admit it: the warm early autumn weather has tempted you to rock those white pants and that seersucker blazer just one more time (you swear!). We know — we’ve seen similar lapses all over town. But this morning’s undeniably chilly temps were enough to prompt even the most stalwart flip-flop-phile succumb to a more seasonally appropriate option. So suck it up and let the linen go. And then cancel your weekend plans and grab your…

Now that DCist has a year’s worth of material to work with, we can finally start rooting through our dusty archives to find out exactly what was happening on this very day, one year ago. Ok, so it’s not exactly what the New York Times has to offer (which includes stories of historical importance, alongside cool black and white pics of the world of yester-decade), but it’s something. Starting today, DCist will feature a daily…

D.C. don’t draw your claws in yet. This September NBC plays host not only to the latest installment of corporate head-to-head with the next season of Donald Trump’s The Apprentice, but it also launches the newest catfight with soon-to-be free to move about the country Martha Stewart’s rendition. In a recent release Ms. Stewart hints at a potential conference room (note: not boardroom) bloodfest remarking that the cast’s “poise and creativity is balanced by a…

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…

Martha’s Poncho Is Hot Stuff: Who knew that a fashion trend from West Virginia could send women everywhere searching for knitting patterns? But it’s true, says that Post, which details how Martha Stewart’s now-famous prison departure garb is inspiring those in the knitting world to re-create it. Kelly Ann Collins’ Socialiate Reporter notes on the fashion trend: I was glad when this look went out with those Free Winona t-shirts. But unfortunately, thanks to Ms….

(From DCist contributor Terrance Heath) When Martha Stewart gets sprung from the clink, she’s going to star in a version of “The Apprentice,” in the Trump role. We think you’d have to be some kind of a masochist to subject yourself to working for the likes Trump or Stewart. Then again, D.C. has more than it’s share of people willing to endure a little abuse and humiliation for shot at money, fame and power. If…

Virginia is in the process of linking its automatic toll collection system to the EZ Pass system on the East Coast, making it easier for drivers to pass through toll gates without much delay. Like WMATA’s SmarTrip card, the EZ Pass electronic transponder system allows drivers to fly through toll barriers and have fares deducted automatically from their accounts. With Virginia joining Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Massachusetts, one could…