Photo by m hoek As pictured at right, the Haitian Embassy got more donations than they could handle on Sunday, and were calling for volunteers to help them sort it all earlier today, but word is that they already have all the help they need. Don’t neglect to Washington DCabout possible plans to...

                            Kay Johnson, aka A-Kay 47, is soon going to see greater danger than she finds on the D.C. Rollergirls’ flat track. As a member of the U.S. Coast Guard, she is bound for pre-deployment training in...

Unless you’ve got little kids or are under 24 (and apparently the young people care not for this vaccine, if the Post is to be believed ), you probably haven’t even tried to go get an H1N1 vaccine yet. The District government only late last week opened up its free vaccine clinics to adults...

Photo by nevermindtheend There was an actual fist fight in the Washington Post newsroom on Friday, between Style editor Henry Allen and feature writer Manuel Roig-Franzia, and everyone was racing to get the story today. Washingtonian , City Desk and Fishbowl DC all provide blow-by-blow coverage. “D.C....

Photo by Jess J Metro is once again facing a budget crunch (in the form of a predicted $100 million shortfall) and thinking about raising fares, but this time it’s changing tactics just a bit. Instead of soliciting rider input at the end of the process, as Lena Sun points out in the Post , this...

Photo by shonuff444 Good morning, Washington, and welcome back to a world that features sunshine. Here’s the two quotes from this past weekend that we’re still mulling over on Monday: “I believe you have too much on your plate. Let’s take some responsibility off you,” and...

Photo by nevermindtheend You have to feel sorry for the 15-year-old son of Vienna’s Jenifer Joy Madden, who got outed by his mom in an op-ed in Sunday’s Washington Post for having only just now learned how to ride a bus . We couched it as another test of their mettle. After all, if these...

Photo by kim.heitmann It’s finally here, Washington. The day you wait for all year long: Columbus Day! Hopefully all that built up holiday anticipation didn’t keep you awake too late last night. Obviously, we’ll be bringing you detailed coverage of the highlights of this year’s...

Photo by Marcellina. Good morning, Washington. We’re glad to see most of you weren’t physically carried away by yesterday’s high winds, which at a minimum caused a number of power outages throughout the metro area. By early this morning, though, those winds had all but vanished , leaving...

You know, with all the recent, well-publicized difficulties that professional athletes seem to be having with laws involving driving and guns , perhaps we shouldn’t be so surprised that one would eventually combine reckless behavior with both in one fell swoop. Enter Delonte West, a member of...