Blog Profile / DCist
| URL : | http://dcist.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | United States / Washington D.C. | |
| Posts on Regator: | 25702 | |
| Posts / Week: | 95.1 | |
| Archived Since: | March 20, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Go Home Already: Bricks
Happy Memorial Day. [ more › ]
Out of Frame: The Hangover Part III
The Hangover Part III perhaps stays most true to its namesake considering just how forgettable it is. [ more › ]
Song of the Day: Total Control - 'Total Control'
Australian garage rock supergroup Total Control is playing Black Cat tomorrow night. Check out their track "Total Control." [ more › ]
Pools Open in Time for Lousy Memorial Day Weekend Weather; D.C. Still Awaits Return of Mayoral Cannonball
The District's outdoor public pools are open this weekend, though with forecasted high temperatures of 61 degrees tomorrow and 70 degrees on Sunday and Monday, it's not exactly peak swimming weather. [ more › ]
Son of Ex-Bush Aide Arrested for Hatchet Murder
Twenty-year-old Claude Alexander Allen was charged with first-degree murder. [ more › ]
Overheard in D.C.: Parental Advice
You learn a lot of things when you're young: don't talk to strangers, just say no, look both ways before crossing the street. It's not so easy to put it into practice, however. [ more › ]
D.C. One of the Best Cities for Newlyweds, Says Another One of Those Lists
No, Rent.com did not fulfill our constant need for validation by ranking the cities in any particular order. [ more › ]
Virtual ODB to Perform at D.C.'s Rock the Bells, Widow Not So Sure About This Whole Thing
Organizers say they are working with Ol' Dirty Bastard's family to ensure his "virtual" performance will go on. [ more › ]
Metro Employee Charged With Stealing Defibrilators
An employee of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority was arrested this week on charges that he allegedly stole emergency medical equipment from multiple Metro locations and sold it online, the transit agency said today. [ more › ]
Memorial Day Weekend Is Here! This Is What You Can Do in the D.C. Area
Marching bands, barbecue, a monkey, and more ways to honor the troops and enjoy a three-day weekend. [ more › ]
The Weekly Feed: Marvelous Mollusks Edition
Oysters for $1 a piece. What more do you want? [ more › ]
Video: Did the 'Nitrous Mafia' Invade the Kennedy Center for Trey Anastasio's Show?
A video circulating on YouTube shows concertgoers passing through a Kennedy Center corridor stopping to take hits off inflated balloons. [ more › ]
Bridge Collapses in Washington State: How Are D.C.'s Bridges?
According to Transportation for America, 30 out of 244 bridges in D.C. were deficient as of 2011. [ more › ]
Noah Baumbach's Frances Ha Is a Supposedly Delightful Film We'll Never Watch Again
Noah Baumbach’s Frances Ha creates a distinct, internally consistent world, fully populated with vivid characters. Unfortunately, those characters are fucking hipsters. [ more › ]
What's Really Going on in That Sinkhole?
There's something strange in the neighborhood—is there a river of slime under 14th and F? [ more › ]
Condom Nation Arrives in D.C. Today
The tour, a project of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, has already distributed 600,000 condoms this year. [ more › ]
Former French President Learned the Hard Way Why You Should Not Hug the Pandas
See that panda? He looks nice and cuddly, with his thick coat of duotone fur. But that doesn't mean you should give him a hug. [ more › ]
Suspect Wanted in Quadruple Homicide in Czech Republic Arrested at Dulles
A California man wanted in the killing of a family of four in the Czech Republic was detained Thursday evening at Dulles International Airport. [ more › ]
Shooting of Alexandria Man Ruled a Homicide; Charges Pending Against Off-Duty Deputy Sheriff
Julian Hawkins, 22, was fatally shot after a confrontation with Craig Patterson, a 17-year veteran of the force. [ more › ]
Morning Roundup: Banking Edition
In the news: Fixing D.C.'s deals-for-developers system, city workers get pay raise, Washington as Boomtown, WSJ edition. [ more › ]