“We’re building the wall,” President Donald Trump said Friday. “In fact it’s going to start very soon. Way ahead of schedule. It’s way, way, way ahead of schedule.”
Most Washingtonians are accustomed to participating in guided tours only when entertaining out of town guests. We all know we’ll have to trek out to the monuments with family and friends at least a few times a year, so being a tourist in our own city voluntarily at other times might not sound terribly appealing. But try not to think of the tours being offered in this coming weekend’s WalkingTown DC, a series of 60…
Along with lilac and hyacinth, the sweet sweet smell of summer concerts is in the air. Here’s a breakdown of some exciting dates so far. >> Belle & Sebastian, Broken Social Scene & Ted Leo + Pharmacists, Merriweather, July 8. If you’re interested, the belle tix presale started today. Tickets go on sale en masse this Saturday at 10 a.m., via Ticketmaster or the Merriweather or 9:30 Club box offices. >> Wolfmother’s been doing their…
A faithful DCist tipster sends us this camera phone image from the 24th Street Barnes and Noble in Billings, Mont. While no other national newspapers aside from USA Today and The Wall Street Journal have seemed to have made their way into south central Montana, just below Shotgun News is … The Washington Times. So we guess if you’re itching for the Post on your next trip through Big Sky Country, try to find…
For this Presidents Day installment of DCist’s ongoing series featuring overlooked local monuments, we asked ourselves: Who was the worst president of all time? It is always popular to maintain that the current officeholder is it, especially these days. But it’s worth looking a bit further back to consider the legacy of James Buchanan, our 15th president, who nonetheless managed to rate a memorial. Buchanan can be found along the eastern wall of the Italian-inspired…
The Wall Street Journal examined today the heated competition between Chinese-owned bus companies and Greyhound buses between major U.S. cities. The stiff competition with newcomers has put Greyhound in a tight spot and forced them to cut prices between D.C., New York, and Boston. In Boston the companies have even won a spot in that city’s South Station bus terminal, although their buses aren’t yet listed on the television screens. The article neglects to mention…