We may not have voting rights, much less a state to call our own, but we do have a Miss District of Columbia Pageant. And you — yes you — have a shot at the crown. Today we received an email today from the pageant’s organizers, who are pleading for contestants. The original deadline was March 17 for the talent auditions and interviews, but they apparently haven’t had much luck finding any willing takers. It…

Ahhhh, almost 60 degree weather in January. Could there be anything wrong with that? Anything? Well, beyond the fact that the human race may fast be approaching a tipping point at which global warming and its impacts will be irreparable, one really can’t complain much. This week, we celebrated Georgetown’s defeat of basketball powerhouse Duke, debated chatty cab drivers, and said goodbye to “The West Wing.” We discussed the extension of the Yellow Line,…

Who thought we’d have back to back posts on beauty pageants? Not us, that’s for sure. But after yesterday’s not-so-breaking news that Shannon Schambeau, the District’s contribution to the Miss America Pageant, wasn’t so much a local as a she was a Floridian looking for a state whose beauty crown she could claim, we received word that the organizers of the city’s premier pageant are again on the prowl for contestants. The best part of…

We may have missed the Miss America Pageant on Saturday night, but that doesn’t mean we’re unaware of the contest’s results. While Miss Oklahoma took home top honors, we’re proud to say that Miss District of Columbia did the city proud, placing fifth in the contest. But even better than that, Miss District of Columbia (whose sash was by the far the contest’s longest), Shannon Schambeau, took home the ever-important Lifestyle and Fitness in Swimsuit…