U Street Girl discovers a garden filled with plastic flowers. Creepy or cool?

Eckington (way better than Spotsylvania) charts a round-trip bike route from his home 'hood to Nationals Park.

The Change I Wish To See finds sadness on the Metro:

"Every single face was its own perfect storm: furrowed brow, droopy eyes, frowned lips.  There was only reclusive color: a sea of grays and blacks and browns; the kinds of colors perfect for blending into shadows. I felt out of place.  But not because I don’t have any reason to fret or fear or fall.  It was because when people are that sad, you feel as if they should be left alone."

The 42 notes that Mount Pleasant just might have a cameo or two in State of Play.

Penn Quarter Living notes that Ford's Theatre is offering discount performances.

D.C. Fire/EMS needs to update its twitter account! We fell for the hype and follow you guys. C'mon!

Penn Quarter Living visits the reopened Ford's Theatre: "The theater is beautiful, completely restored from top to bottom. Remember the holes in the ceiling and the water damage? All repaired and freshly painted and detailed."

The Heights Life declares its love for Ruby Tuesdays. We dig their salad bar. Seriously. The blog gushes over the bar's chairs (they swivel). And they too love the salad bar.

Two dudes have started a blog chronicling their attempts to open a lounge/bar:

"I have been doing some serious research and contacting a bunch of people to help us fix up our business plan. I am hoping to get the draft edit back to Susan by the beginning of next week after having the weekend to do some more work. Chuck and I have picked a name for now....... Push Lounge.......The idea is to have a lounge that takes customer/consumer comfort and enjoyment to the max."

Should we expect some kind of '80s theme?

And Now, Anacostia has a rundown of the River East Emerging Leaders (REEL) meetup. Post includes pictures.

14th & You has a crime update on some Dupont Circle robberies.

If you haven't read this already, we have the complete rundown on the Harvard Hall fire which got tons of good comments from concerned residents.

And we mourn former Washington City Paper music critic Rickey Wright.