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

Shani Hilton — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:37:29 +0000

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!

Erik Wemple — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:32:53 +0000

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 stuck in traffic.

But spring ended last weekend, and this weekend, it's as if everyone marked their lunar calendar and said, "Yeah, D.C.'s not a summer place—I am outta here." Place felt absolutely abandoned.

Some notes on things:

Washington Post sent Paul Farhi to Los Angeles to cover the Michael Jackson aftermath. Sunday's front page brought some results: A story about how officials are seeking a second interview with Jackson's personal doctor. Not bad, but we need more, Farhi! Stay out there, and good on the Post for investing in this story.

Eli Saslow, making an appearance on the Metro desk, chimes in with a big narrative about the Metro crash. The piece starts really slowly, as if you're, like, getting on a Metro train. But it picks up pace, again, just like a Metro ride, toward the middle.

And, you know, you can never go wrong with this fascinating piece on how this whole firetruck–Dominican Republic story went down.

Starbucks Closing Eight More Stores In the Area

Jason Cherkis — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:31:40 +0000

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 being closed is the Cleveland Park store at 3420 Connecticut Ave. NW.

Starbucks said 6,000 of the job cuts announced in January would come from the store closures. The company also announced plans to cut an additional 700 non-store jobs, including about 350 at its Seattle headquarters."

But why stop there? Why not kill off at least one in Dupont Circle?

(Via DCist)