Posts Tagged ‘Washington’

1 in 8 D.C. Residents is Asian or Latino

This is fascinating: via Elahe Izadi, the Immigration Policy Center has released an infographic about immigrants in D.C. (Click image to see it bigger.) More details here.

Nearly 14 percent of Washingtonians were born outside of the U.S., which is slightly higher than the national rate of 12.7 percent.

Weekend in Review: City Emptying Out!

It's almost as if Washington really paid attention to the summer solstice. This town hops like mad in the springtime—from the Cherry Blossom festival all the way through Pride Weekend, the place is mayhem. Street closings, marathons, road races, everything—don't even bother driving near the downtown/federal core on a weekend. You're just going to get [...]

Starbucks Closing Eight More Stores In the Area

The Washington Business Journal is reporting that the ubiquitous coffee chain is shuttering more of its local coffee outlets. Starbucks is pulling out of Northwest! OK, parts of northwest–Cleveland Park and Georgetown are losing an outlet each:
"In D.C., Starbucks will close the 3301 M St. NW location, which has been boarded up for months. Also [...]