Remember those billboards that popped up in the 1980s that counted up the national debt, dollar by dollar? Pretty scary, huh? Well, District voting rights activists want something similar for their cause. Today the D.C. Council held a hearing on legislation that would allow the city to place two large LED billboards — one outside the John A. Wilson Building and the other outside the new Washington Nationals stadium — that would display the amount…

The Secret Ingredient: Flaxseed Iron Chef is combing through the restaurant ranks here in Washington once again, this timing tapping Agraria’s chef, Ricky Moore, for America’s culinary entertainment. Following in the footsteps of D.C. chefs José Andrés, Morou, and Roberto Donna, Moore will be strutting into the kitchen stadium in the near future in an attempt to assert Washington’s dominance in the field of one-hour off-the-cuff television cooking. The Washingtonian has an exclusive interview with…

Despite knowing her ethereal voice from Stars and Broken Social Scene, we weren’t terribly excited for Amy Millan’s solo performance at the Black Cat on Saturday. From listening to her debut solo album, Honey frrom the Tombs, we already knew that her music 1. would be more alt-country than mood-rock and 2. would be much quieter and less dynamic than her more high-profile groups. We were only semi-right on both accounts. While she certainly brought…

The polling on the prohibition of gay marriage and the support for incumbent senator George Allen proves what we’ve always known — Northern Virginia is becoming less and less like the rest of the state. But what to do about the polarization? Easy. Secession. D.C. Metblogs head honcho Tom Bridge, himself a Virginian, today proposed giving the District back the Virginia lands (and then some) that originally formed part of the city but were retroceded…

Ask DCist is very pleased at your inquisitive nature DCers. Keep them coming. E-mail us at ask [at] dcist [dot] com. If we didn’t get to your question this time, don’t lose hope. We need time for some of our research. And we have to pace ourselves. Why burn out in an initial blaze of glory, right? OK, onto the goods. Today DCist tackles… On L street traveling eastbound, at the intersection of 14th St,…

Grab your electoral maps political junkies and keep tabs on when each state will be called. We’ve compiled a list of when each state closes its polls. For more detailed info, check here. 6 p.m. EST. Polls close in Kentucky and Indiana. 7 p.m. EST. Polls close in Florida, Georgia, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Vermont, and Virginia. 7:30 p.m. EST. Polls close in North Carolina, Ohio and West Virginia. 8 p.m. EST. Polls close…