Another week, another creative break from the realities of our city. This time, barnesquared applied some of that language we’ve all rolled our eyes at on Craigslist a million times (because they’re all listed for a million dollars) to create The Monument: Luxury Condominiums in the heart of D.C.. Got some spare time and a fun idea? Submit it to our rolling contest by tagging it with “touchupdc” in Flickr (please, do not also…

Our second selection from the Touch Up DC pool comes from Backward Bill. He’s modified the inscription at the Dupont Metro (a Walt Whitman poem) to read “No Taxation Without Representation.” It’s a sentiment we don’t think Mr. Whitman would object to — afterall, he did write poems like I Hear America Singing and Democratic Vistas. As a supporter of expression and democracy, we think a modern day Walt Whitman would probably support D.C.’s…

A few people have already started taking a spin around our Touch Up D.C. contest. On this rainy Friday, we’ve got our first impressive pick. We love Schodts’ kaleidoscopic ode to public transportation and pandas, two of our very favorite things. Keep those submissions coming; there’s no real deadline, we’ll just post selections as they come in through September….