When street cars were given short shrift
Some folks on the Council got miffed
DC can afford it
So Vincent restored it
The whole thing was silly, but swift

But speaking of Councilman Gray
It's final; his fence cannot stay
At 5'7" high
It's taller than I
And slightly less tasteful, I'd say

The language's moment was fleeting
And all that I know is a greeting
But get up here pronto
To speak Esperanto
Bethesda's where die-hards  are meeting

These rhymes mean the weekend is here
Memorial Day is quite near
Some 800K
Are going away
You too? Well, just don't forget beer

The Triangle posts an up-to-date Google map of where crimes took place in its downtown neighborhood so far this year. A lot of theft from autos! It's like smash-and-grab city.

Petworth News brings us up-to-date on the Upshur Street Arts Fair in mid December. You can find some history of this fair here.

And Now, Anacostia has an update on the street-car development complete with handy Google map.

New Columbia Heights wonders if there's too much parking available at the DCUSA megabox complex.

Frozen Tropics discovers that a new Five Guys opened up in the ugly-ass ATF building. How much security do you think you have to go through before you can get to the burger joint?

Pop Cesspool confesses to watching some pretty terrible TV.

Over at Brightest Young Things, Justin Moyer aka Edie Sedgwick aka Iceland pens an open letter to Thomas Hardy.

Coates has this.

*photo courtesy of Supaqool as found in our Neighborhood Flickr Page.