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Mike Hicks — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:15:23 +0000

Happy 101st Birthday Ronald Reagan!

Shani Hilton — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:22:45 +0000

Today is Ronald Reagan's 101st birthday! 14 years ago today, Congress decided that one president wasn't enough for local air travelers and renamed Washington National Airport as Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The renaming happened a year after the country's second-largest federal building, the Ronald Reagan Building, opened downtown. In 1997, the New York Times noted it was "hundreds of millions of dollars over budget [...] and some Republicans considered it such a boondoggle that they tried to halt construction. The 3.1-million-square-foot structure survived only because other Republicans decided to name it after Reagan."

(Also: You know what today isn't? The anniversary of the day District residents shot down attempts to name 16th Street NW after Reagan.)

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Matt Dunn — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 12:30:35 +0000

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Mike Hicks — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:14:43 +0000

This Week’s Greatest Hits from the Young & Hungry Blog

Tim Carman — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:22:46 +0000

I could cull this list from Google Analytics, which would be oh-so-democratic. It would also prove to you the power of popular search terms, the insular nature of the blog world, and the insatiable need for more Elvis sex tales. Screw that. Here's my personal fave list of this week's blog items:

1. Chef Art Smith Does Brunswick Stew

2. One Dude Who Will Never Join PETA

3. Taqueria Distrito Federal II Adds a Little Color to Kennedy St.

4. Reagan Airport Still Sucks for Healthy Food

5. Whole Foods Wants to Sell You Shrimp for Thanksgiving

6. Lunch Call: Eat at Jackson's Roasting and Carving Co.

7. Not So Fast: Neighborhood Restaurant Group Not a Partner in Eatonville

8. Song Que Moves Into the Old Four Sisters Space

9. Picking Apart the Family Thanksgiving

10. A Blast from the Past: 1972 Burgundy for Thanksgiving