Given the fact that the District had four active breweries prior to prohibition (one where the Kennedy Center currently stands), the current state of beer affairs in our fair city could be seen as a glass that’s half-empty. But with the opening of the city’s first new breweries in fifty years coming in 2011, we’d rather look at it as a glass that’s half-full — and likely to keep filling in years to come.

In the closing months of 2011, Occupy D.C. made a lot of noise, but whether they’ve made an impact is still to be determined.

Phew! It’s been quite the year, huh? In this periodic end-of-the-year series, we look at the people and places that made 2011 what it was. In this installment, it’s Sulaimon Brown.

Phew! It’s been quite the year, huh? In this periodic end-of-the-year series, we look at the people and places that made 2011 what it was. So far, we’ve hit Mother Earth and the District’s unethical government. In this installment, it’s Dan Snyder.

A year-end review of the cute animals born at the National Zoo in 2011.

Phew! It’s been quite the year, huh? In this periodic end-of-the-year series, we look at the people and places that made 2011 what it was. In this installment, it’s SUVs and CSFs.

Phew! It’s been quite the year, huh? In this periodic end-of-the-year series, we look at the people and places that made 2011 what it was. In this installment, it’s Mother Earth.