The Daily Beast has compiled a new list of the worst commutes in the country , and the Capital Beltway, especially the Southbound area near Exit 2A-B, has come in at Number 3 . Sounds about right. Only the Hollywood Freeway in Los Angeles and the Lunalilo Freeway in Honolulu rank as worse in terms of...

President Barack Obama and his daughter, Malia, serve lunch at So Others Might Eat on Monday. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) The Obama family showed up at So Others Might Eat ’s soup kitchen on Monday, as part of their contribution to the MLK Day of Service. The Washington Times provides a little color...

Photo by dr_kim_veis [''o ] Good morning, Washington. Voting has begun in Massachusetts , where the eyes of all politics junkies will be today. We can’t say we would have guessed even a few weeks ago that there was a good chance the Senate seat occupied by Ted Kennedy could end up belonging to...

Twenty years after the death of Nicolae Ceauşescu, Romanians are still sorting through the legacy of his iron-fisted regime. This is especially apparent in the fantastic new wave of Romanian cinema of the last decade, as the country’s filmmakers are consistently fascinated with their totalitarian...

Image courtesy of Phillyberg Dish of the Week: BLTs Where: Cafe Saint Ex, Market to Market Everyone is craving summer after the recent Arctic blasts. For me, a perfect BLT screams summer, with its ripe sun-warmed tomatoes, crisp lettuce, salty thick-cut applewood-smoked bacon, and a smattering of mayonnaise....

          Photos by Holly Le Today’s grand opening at Big Chair Coffee n’ Grill might be the most highly anticipated new business event in River East in years. Dozens of curious customers dropped by the soft opening at Big Chair Coffee n’ Grill on Saturday...

WARNING: This post contains Top Chef spoilers, albeit from last week’s episode. Washington DCno further if you are behind on this season. Zaytinya’s Mike Isabella heard those fateful words, “please pack your knives and go” on last week’s episode of Top Chef . The chefs...

Photo by M.V. Jantzen Good morning, Washington. If you haven’t been following the Washington Post’s investigative series into the squandering of millions of dollars worth of HIV/AIDS funding inside the District, take some time to do so today. The stories forced Mayor Adrian Fenty and Attorney...

Photo by Kevin H. As if we needed any more evidence that the Washington Nationals are far from D.C.’s most popular professional sports team, the Washington Business Journal reports today that new ratings information indicates that “D.C. is the only TV market in the country where a team from...

Photo by Holly Le Workers this morning outside the D.C. headquarters of the Human Rights Campaign , one of the most influential LGBT organizations in the country, were finishing cleaning up graffiti left by vandals there over the weekend. HRC spokesperson Brad Luna said the vandalism was minimal, with...