What's the District's chief exec really up to today?
MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 2007
No public events scheduled—"Mayor Fenty is on vacation."
The Lowdown: Good idea. Mayor's Schedule will return when the mayor does.

The Dish: panna cotta
The Location: Vapiano, 1800 M St. NW, (202) 640-1868
The Price: $4.50
The Skinny: Dining at Vapiano is a little odd. The restaurant emits an almost-too-cool ambiance, but it's also the sort of place where you can use a tray to carry your order to your table. And there's a card-reading system that keeps [...]

Yesterday's voting experiment hasn't really gone anywhere.
It's not for a lack of participation. Four people have (so far) commented on our ballot of potential jerks culled from posts left on Craigslist.
Nor is it for lack of opinions. Scan the comments, and you'll find there's some disagreement as to whether one of the candidates' [...]

City Desk: We report, you decide!
We have a three-way tie in today's installment of this occasional feature.
Below are three recent posts to Craigslist's* "rants & raves" section. We need your help to decide who's today's biggest jerk. Polls are open until 5 p.m., so cast your vote via the comments section and stay tuned [...]

"I recently moved to Dupont from across town," a Restaurant Rater wrote recently, "and it was partially for this restaurant." The object of this rater's affection? Circa at Dupont.
Nothing's coming to mind for me, but what about you? Any local restaurant(s) you would relocate to be closer to?

What's the District's chief exec really up to today?
MONDAY, JULY 23, 2007
Event: tour of Povich Field
Time: 2:30 p.m.
Location: Cabin John Regional Park, 7400 Tuckerman Lane, Rockville 10600 Westlake Drive in Cabin John Regional Park
The Lowdown: Think there's enough space for a big-league soccer stadium?

The Dish: seafood soup
The Location: El Tamarindo, 1785 Florida Ave. NW, (202) 328-3660
The Price: $10.95 (according to the restaurant, price will rise to $12.95 next month)
The Skinny: Think of El Tamarindo's sopa de mariscos as a brothborne seafood sampler pack. If you don't want to choose between crab, fish, mussels, or shrimp, this mixture served [...]

In case you missed the previous winner, here's a fresh immigration-debate post from the "rants & raves" section of Craigslist. It was posted earlier today under the heading "whre to find illegals".
There are 1040 wal-marts in the US. there are probably a million illegals working or shopping at them each day. Drive cattle cars up, [...]

If you're already planning on eating out this weekend anyway, why not enhance Washington City Paper's restaurant coverage at the same time?
Here's a sampling of local restaurants that haven't been rated by enough raters to win a spork rating yet:

Benihana
Brasserie Monte Carlo
Elevation Burger
Royal Mile Pub
Union Pub

Need even more options? Just cruise through our online database, [...]

Think you know the tastes of City Paper's Restaurant Raters?
Below are four comments on local eateries from our team of raters. See if you can match each comment below to the correct restaurant. Your choices, in alphabetical order, are: Dino, Tara Thai in Arlington, Thai Corner, and Urban Bar-B-Que Company. The answers are below the [...]

A Restaurant Rater reports having decided to visit Texas Ribs and BBQ "after reading Tim's review." (Tim Carman's Young & Hungry column on the Clinton, Md., 'cue joint appeared in the paper last month.)
The rater seems to have enjoyed the restaurant, concluding: "The very best thing other than the great tasting BBQ was the atmosphere. [...]

Looking to try something new when you eat out this weekend? Why not help out Washington City Paper's restaurant coverage at the same time?
Here's a sampling of local restaurants that haven't been rated by enough raters to win a Spork rating yet:

Blue Duck Tavern
Chi-Cha Lounge
Pizza Mart
29 Diner

Need even more options? Just search our online database, [...]

Longtime readers of the reports submitted by Washington City Paper's Restaurant Raters know that it's not unusual for a rater to bust out a superlative. A rater who visited 2 Amys last week, for example, claims that the restaurant "offers the best pizza I have encountered in DC."
You can sign up to add your two [...]

The Dish: baklava
The Location:Astor Mediterranean, 1829 Columbia Road NW, (202) 745-7495
The Price: $2.50
The Skinny: Astor's version of the classic dessert hits plenty of grace notes. Arrayed on a fork, a slice starts to look a bit like one of those cross-sections of the Earth you might see in a geology textbook. The upper layers are [...]

What's the District's chief exec really up to today?
THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 2007
Event: guest, Washington Post Radio
Time: 7:40 a.m.
Location: Washington Post Radio studios
The Lowdown: It's either this or "life-changing talk radio."