The news got overshadowed by other occurrences at this weekend’s convention.

“A lot of people who have lived in D.C. and moved away are working on this.”

When it comes to his preferred sports teams, President Obama tends to be pretty stern. But Bryce Harper’s sensational debut is making even a longtime White Sox fan like Obama into a Nationals fan.

With a hat tip to the City Paper’s Mike DeBonis, today we find that one of our esteemed D.C. Council members isn’t just complaining about a congressional amendment that would gut the District’s gun laws — he’s trying to get even with one of its sponsors. In a letter sent yesterday to D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), Council member Kwame Brown (D-At Large) asked that the Democratic leadership…

The cold weather – and holiday festivities – descended upon Gothamist. The Rockefeller Christmas tree was lit, Broadway stagehand finally ended their strike, and NASCAR decided to run their victory lap through Times Square. There were disturbing photographs revealing the working conditions in which many city manholes are produced and ninjas were also a hot topic, either robbing homes or entering into alibis. But the city was really rocked by how Rudy Giuliani’s visits…

Anytime a new bar opens with more than 3 or 4 taps, my ears perk up. I start getting the urge to go check it out, to pay a visit and welcome the new neighbor on the block. Thus, when a Bar Louie opened this summer in the Verizon Center (downstairs from Lucky Strike) with a 20-tap list, I was immediately lured by the siren song of another taphouse in the area. Although the bar…

Last week Prevention magazine put out its list of the Best Walking Cities of 2007. We were a little bit surprised by the results: 1. Madison, Wisconsin 2. Austin, Texas 3. San Francisco, California 4. Charlotte, North Carolina 5. Seattle, Washington 6. Henderson, Nevada 7. San Diego, California 8. San Jose, California 9. Chandler, Arizona 10. Virginia Beach, Virginia OK, so the top five cities are all plausible, even if we have a hard time…

They’ll Kick You Out If You Give Butterstick an IPA Normally, the Feed saves its activity-related post for “after the jump,” but given the popularity of last year’s event, as well as the sheer number of great brews available, we’re bumping this one up to front-page status. Tickets are on sale now for the Friends of the National Zoo (FONZ) 2nd annual Brew at the Zoo mixer/fundraiser/drunkfest. For $60, or $45 if you’re a…

This spring, like every spring, is sponsored by Crate & Barrel, Williams Sonoma and, depending on your friends, Tiffany’s. It’s wedding season around the country, and Federal Marriage Amendment season on the Hill. Our lawmakers have decided that this issue merits a great deal of their time, and our own, so in this spirit Stare DCisis revisits one of the most important constitutional decisions about marriage that was ever handed down by the Supreme Court….

October has been a busy month for classical fans in Washington, and it just keeps getting better. We still have one more week before the Washington National Opera and the National Symphony Orchestra return from their breaks. Both groups are busy, of course: WNO is preparing their final fall production, the much anticipated new production of Porgy and Bess, and the NSO has been on a tour of California and Nevada. For more concert options…