Ahhh, summer music festivals. As any music blog reader could tell you, as soon as the ground starts to thaw, they’re all the indie kids can talk about. Last year we were all lathered up about getting a mega-fest of our very own (or at least, within reasonable stomping-ground distance). Several DCists embarked upon Pimlico and were pleased to report that the festival was wonderfully organized, accomodating, really well done and… that it just…

It was a beautiful Saturday at Pimlico; the predicted scattered showers never materialized and the temperature never went too far in either direction. Stages were set up for the innaugural U.S. edition of V Fest. And what fine stages they were. Never having gone to the Preakness, I didn’t realize how massive Pimlico really is. The man who makes cross-Atlantic flight comfy, spacious and fun did the same for his music festival. Compared to past…

Do you spend any part of your morning commute in the Gallery Place/Chinatown stop? Can you alter your plans tomorrow morning to be there? If so, you could be one of the lucky Metro riders picked out by the official 30th Anniversary “Prize Patrol” between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. on Friday, April 28 to receive a Metrorail key chain, notepad, lapel pin or similarly adorable but actually worthless offering. Surely there are Metro riders…

Written by DCist contributor Rob Birgfeld This week, the Post ran an article focusing on the trend of young home buyers eager to make a quick dollar — or escape the landlord and build some equity — through investing in real estate. The story profiles a variety of twenty-somethings from around the metropolitan area who have purchased or sold homes, sometimes relying on somewhat creative financing schemes including loans from parents and adjustable rate mortgages….