News of another option for rooftop imbibing in D.C. is always welcome. So obviously, we were excited when perennial DCist event venue DC9 held the soft opening for its new roof deck last night. The official grand opening party (with DJ) is tonight at 9 p.m. — but we swung by last night to take an early peek.

We here in the Ist-A-Verse know that we’re sensational, but it’s very rare that we get a chance to be sensationalistic. This week, we’ve decided to have ourselves a little fun and try our hand at tacky tabloid headlines, using nothing more than our favorite posts from this week. Torontoist Special Report: Rosie to Trump: “Fire 300 Bicyclists for Fraud!” On DCist: Students Go Wild for Slogans, Secrets and Sexual Harassment The action was thick…

Kinkead Signs New Book in Dupont Cookbook fanatic? Kinkead’s fanatic? Simply a food lover? Head to Best Cellars Dupont this Saturday for the 2 p.m. signing of Kinkead’s Cookbook: Recipes from Washington D. C.’s Premier Seafood Restaurant by Chef Bob Kinkead himself. The book offers more than 120 recipes from his Kinkead’s repertoire. We are eager to try our hand at some of these. Recreating Kinkead’s cuisine at home will definitely make the dinner guests…