Hey there, D.C. It’s another bright, sunny day in our fair city, with an expected high of 89 degrees. While it’s certainly not as hot as it was earlier this month, we feel sure George Allen is feeling the heat this this morning, as he struggles to explain what was one of the most blogged-about topics on the Internet yesterday. Who else might be feeling the heat this morning? Anyone trying to sell their homes…

Shalom, readers. The Washington, D.C. area welcomes competing Jewish Literature Festivals to town: The Hyman S. and Freda Bernstein Jewish Literary Festival at the DCJCC and the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington’s 36th Annual Book Festival. Both festivals offer exciting programs. On 16th Street, the DCJCC kicks things off Monday with Nick Olcott, one of the leading lights in the local theater scene, paying special tribute to Arthur Miller and Saul Bellow. It continues…

FRIDAY: >> If your faux pas have lately been spiraling out of control, head over tout suite to Politics & Prose. This evening at 7 p.m. Judith Martin, aka Miss Manners, will be talking about “Miss Manner’s Guide to Excruciatingly Exact Behavior,” her newly updated book about modern-day etiquette. >> The Dulles Expo Center gets busy today with the weekend-long Sugarloaf Craft Festival. You can buy everything from well-engineered teddy bears to wood art. Check…

One who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; one who does not ask a question remains a fool forever. — Chinese proverb Five minutes, bah! DCist will gladly sacrifice 5,000,000 minutes on the fool throne for you, DCers. We know that you have burning questions (or questions about that strange burning) waiting to be set forth upon the world, and no one to ask them of. We offer ourselves up to be…