Greater Greater Washington, in an interesting blog post the other day, delved into the use of the word "ghetto" in part in response to the heated online discussion that ensued over a mural that went up in Bloomingdale earlier this year.
After a neighborhood blog pictured the mural of "Boxer Girl," a black woman clad [...]

Frozen Tropics has more info on the recent mugging of Capital City Diner's owners. The owners post their own account here. As many of you know by now, the two claimed they were robbed while walking home on Bladensburg Road NE. This is just a small excerpt from their account (you really should read the [...]

Quick rant: I've been riding on Benning Road pretty regularly since this past spring. And it is still being worked on. It's a fucking disaster of uneven pavement, narrowing lanes, construction debris. It's an obstacle course. Does anyone know how long Benning has been under construction? Does anyone know how much longer we will have [...]