All together now: Washington is real, real rich these days. The richest metropolitan area in the country, in fact!
Federal employees whose compensation averages more than $126,000 and the nation’s greatest concentration of lawyers helped Washington edge out San Jose as the wealthiest U.S. metropolitan area, government data show.
The U.S. capital has swapped top spots with Silicon [...]

The Hilltop reports CEOs Steve Forbes (of Forbes, Inc.) and John Schlifske (of Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance) paid a visit to Howard University and had some positive things to say about the future of being rich.
"This stuff happens. It's happened before, and it will happen again. But the good news is that we're gonna get out of it. [...]

Have you read this week's cover story about the Mommy Fights on the D.C. Urban Moms message board? If not, let some of the best commenters entice you in. We've collected our favorite comments from our site and Fark that really sum up the horrid underbelly of the District. It's a place where rich parents [...]