MONDAY >> While DCist tries not to be in the habit of taunting our readership too much, we would be remiss in not mentioning My Morning Jacket’s sold out show at the 9:30 club. The Kentucky band is notable for their innovative take on rock as much as their legendary live shows. Self-described avant-rock trio The Slip will be opening. Best of luck to those of you now scanning Craigslist for tickets. >> Alternatively, two…

Despite the multiple accolades some of us have given Death Cab for Cutie’s live shows in the past, sometimes, the band’s lo-fi stylings and muted yet upbeat melodies just don’t quite do it for all of us. A lot of times, their albums — though plenty and successful — always seem to leave us wanting a little something more. Last night however, not only did we get that little bit more, we were converted into…

With temperatures approaching the 90’s and heat indexes breaking the century mark, we can be sure that summer is now upon us. While DCist has yet to find the perfect tomato that makes cooking in this season so delightful, we have still turned our thoughts to foods more indicative of hot and lazy days. The crab cake sandwich has been a staple for Marylanders, who will surely shun Roy Rogers take on the seafood classic….

Photo of the District cityscape taken from the heights of Kalorama by Fur Cafe, posted in DCist Photos. Good morning Washington. We’ll probably remind you again later on today, but please remember to come on out tonight to the Black Cat for DCist Presents: Unbuckled … with Cartel and Bicycle Thieves. We’re looking forward to a great show. You should be too. (Don’t forget about the free concert ticket giveaways.) Capitol, President Evacuated: Remember…

Everyone’s doing it. Why shouldn’t you? While DCist usually tries not to succumb to peer pressure, one cannot deny the endless utility of the mini-burger. Getting its start as late night diner fare and moving to sports bars everywhere to help fans keep down their beer, the mini burger is taking over. Tallula has taken the micro morsel one step further by adding truffle butter and caramelized onions in an attempt at gourmet bar fare….

(From DCist contributor Martin Austermuhle) The usually Spartan feel of the Capitol South metrorail station has been broken by, of all things, pictures of smiling couples. As part of an advertising campaign, all nine available billboard spots at the station’s entrance have taken to declaring the merits of marriage. While it isn’t odd for policy pushers to target the metrorail system, especially stations close to the Capitol campus (like Capitol South and Union Station), we…

Only one column in and DCist’s resident chef, Scott Reitz, is already departing from our quick, easy, and elegant motif. Trust us — the extra work for this one is definitely worth it. For years, the inebriated youth of Adams Morgan have had but two simple choices to combat their drunken munchies. On one side of 18th Street sat Burrito Brothers, and on the other, a menagerie of pizza parlors touting their “Jumbo Slice”. While…

From DCist contributor Eleanor Davis In order to promote her Valentine’s Day Aphrodisiac Menu, Andale chef Alison Swope is offering “romantically inclined” Washingtonians a chance to create their own recipe for love. Create a three-course dinner menu for the object of your affections, along with a 100-word essay explaining your choices, and you could win big. First place is an all-expense paid trip to Oaxaca, Mexico, where Chef Swope first fell in love with Mexico….

The Project for Public Spaces has named D.C.’s Adams Morgan Neighborhood a “great public space.” The neighborhood is seen here in a photograph taken by Cris Martin. The groups’s neighborhood description, apparently lifted verbatim from the Beyond DC website, raves it is “hip but not yuppified, diverse but not preachy, safe but still gritty, cool but not uppity, and fun but not taken over by Starbucks and Disney. Adams Morgan is, for many, the…

Just a few days left before the hard-to-read national elections, the weather had its way setting an eerie, spooky tone for the Halloween weekend. Even Osama bin Laden made an unexpected appearance as the fog rolled in and became entrenched Friday night. But then if things couldn’t get more peculiar, they did. Around 3:45 a.m., DCist was at Cafe Romeo’s, a late-night pizza and sandwich place, located next to Holy Rood Cemetery on Wisconsin…