Whoops. A little snafu in the DCist newsroom has thus far left us without our daily news roundup. Given that no good day starts without a general overview of the news, we’re turning an omission into an opportunity — we’re going to live-blog today’s roundup. So, stay tuned. Every few minutes or so we’ll have an update. Update: Let’s see what the Post has to offer this morning. Some minor election in Virginia seems to…

Both Constitution and Independence Avenues between 15th and 17th Streets have been shut down and the Washington Monument evacuated in response to a threat received by telephone, reports WTOP. Coming at the start of rush-hour on the Friday before a three-day weekend, we can only imagine how bad traffic will be in the city in the coming hours. Update: Now we’re hearing that the threat was much ado about nothing. (Insert mandatory joke about how…

What’s a young, literary-minded D.C. denizen to do, when she’s bored with this “boring/overly political/unartistic/gentrified/dangerous” city? If you’re anything like “Zoe,” the answer is of course: start a blog. Don’t let the simple title, “Fun things to do in DC”, deceive you: imagine one part existential angst, one part irony, and a whole lot of literary references. It’s fun, but ultimately a list: Drum in a circle at Meridian Hill Park (Part I) (Part II),…