It’s not uncommon to start daydreaming about sandy beaches, boat drinks, and warm sunshine as soon as the chilly October air descends on DC. This fall, using just one vacation day, you can turn that daydream into a reality by hopping on flight to West Palm Beach, Florida and indulging in all its glitzy tropical wonder….

Coming on the heels of a weekend in which a well-known volunteer traffic officer was critically injured after being hit at the intersection of M Street and Wisconsin Avenue in Georgetown, the District Department of Transportation has released a draft report detailing the city’s most dangerous intersections. Topping the list with 13 crashes between 1998 and 2002 is the intersection at Benning Road and Minnesota Avenue in Northeast, pictured at left, followed closely by Seventh…

Consumer research firm J.D. Power and Associates recently ranked Washington’s Dulles International Airport third worst in customer satisfaction among medium-sized airports, reports the Post. In large part, the poor ranking stems from the interminable security lines that snake their way through the soaring Eero Saarinen-designed concourse, as any early morning or early evening traveler can attest. In addition, the newest airline on Dulles’ block, Independence Air, is facing continued financial problems and recently announced it…