DC has adopted its first gay landmark! It is the second “official” gay landmark in America, right after the Stonewall Inn in New York and Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace. [DCist] (more…) Prince George County schools cut 800 jobs and more Maryland schools may cut “music and...

On Christmas, four DC cops were videotaped stealing from Toys for Tots. Dick Cheney will subpoena this video and masturbate to it until Valentine’s Day. [DC Examiner] Former Post executive editor Len Downie writes smutty fan-fiction about Ben Bradlee, our nation’s first lady. [Washington...

"For our purposes, the definition of hip-hop will be broader than it's typically constructed, and will include R&B, soul, certain electronic, or whatever else deemed appropriate by the author." [DCist] "The Republican's move, coupled with former Governor George Allen's decision to sit out the race, ...

"We've got to hand it to WMATA for coming up with plenty of fun, low-budget ways (in some cases, extremely low-budget) to encourage Nationals fans to take Metro to the new ballpark." [DCist] "It is definitively impossible to be 'nit-picky' over tens of millions of dollars. How 24 million dollars is ...

"We returned to Columbia Heights and witnessed a mass congregation of firetrucks and pedestrians lurking on the sidewalk as a major blaze took hold of an apartment building on Mt. Pleasant St. We were able to get close to the blaze, scale a building and capture some moments as DC's finest attempted ...

Things are a little awkward at the New York Times lately. The 'McCain possibly maybe having an affair' story was a flop, they just lost all-star critic Kelefa Sanneh to the New Yorker and their foremost legal expert, Linda Greenhouse, is taking a buyout. But if the Spitzer story has taught us anythi...

"The pretty people are descending upon our city. A couple big movie shoots are in town, so if you're into that sort of thing, now's your chance for an Affleck or LaBeouf sighting." [DCist]"The hotel has hosted an inauguration ball every year since Calvin Coolidge's presidency and is said to be the p...

"Everyone's favorite falafel joint in Adams Morgan has always screamed European. Obviously with the name, Amsterdam Falafelshop, the Dutch mayo, and pictures of the Netherlands pasted all over. But now they're going European in one more way." [DCist] "I really cannot tell you how much I hate cabbies...

"I buy the Post every weekday. I spend $120 a year on the Post. I can't do it anymore .... I will not support an organization that promotes such outdated and misogynistic bullshit." [why.i.hate.dc] "You're not going to like the sound of this: the final set of rules governing the switch from the zone...

“We had a very nice place in Pennsylvania for many years before we relocated down here. However, the cost differential between Western PA and the MD/VA/DC area was quite a staggering shock to my own financial sensibilities.” [Metroblogging DC] “About 50 demonstrators participated i...