The cards feature the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge, and are also more secure, according to the DMV. They’re available starting July 17.

Anyone boarding a bus at one of D.C.’s 10,000 bus stops could get on free instead of paying the $2 fare, even if their trip ends in Virginia or Maryland.

Darren Criss will be in town, grill kits are available for pick up, and it’s almost time to pick your spot for watching the July Fourth fireworks.

Vibrant energy filled the Woodland Terrace community on Wednesday as children from the area clambered over obstacle courses, ate burgers and fried fish, got their faces painted, and chalked the sidewalks as a part of Woodland’s first annual petting zoo. 

Yes, 21 whole people voted for that reason, with 17 agreed that “DC [freaking] out about 3 inches of snow” and shutting down is a reason to miss this great place we call home.

In belt-tightening times, local jurisdictions look to suck as much extra money out of residents as possible. But what type of tax will bring in additional revenue without driving people away from that activity? Alcohol.

If the powers that be think we’re going to go easily or quietly, they’re wrong. The Post today exposed a devious little plan to chip away at the District’s identity, starting with phasing out the city’s postmark and replacing it instead with one bearing the name of our northern neighbor, Maryland. According to a Post study, of 235 letters mailed from every quadrant and zip code within city limits, only 24 — 10 percent –…

>> In case you missed our full interview with Josh Ritter this morning, check it out before heading over to see the singer/songwriter at 9:30 club, with Old School Freight Train. $20 tickets are still available, doors 7:30 p.m. >> Renowned poet Simon Armitage is at Olsson’s in Old Town for a free reading of his latest translation of “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”. 7 p.m., read all about it in our preview….

A little patience resulted in this great photo by Flickr user epmd. He says the first night he shot this colorful playground in the evening, nothing was to his satisfaction, so, undeterred, he went out again a few nights later and came back with this wonderfully exposed shot. EXIF. This is your last reminder to join us at the DCist Photographer’s Meet Up this Sunday. Epmd, moderator of the Washington DC/Metro Area Flickr pool,…

Nicknamed “Waves and Gulls,” the Navy-Marine Memorial on Columbia Island is probably among the least photographed monuments in D.C. Flickr user Leica Mark makes up for it with this technically and artistically fantastic shot of it with his, of course, Leica M7. In fact, he has a whole series of amazing monument shots that seriously put to shame what’s out there displaying our city to the rest of the world. Don’t forget, we’re hosting…