People seem to like this guy—it's Mike from the Real World DC. On this week's episode, cast member Ashley hooked up with him—or "full-on tongue-kissed” him—as did another guy that Mike met later on.
But he's not the only one getting some action. Andrew also befriended a lady at a club and introduced her to the [...]

Yeah Norah, we're talking about you...
Somewhere in the annals of history, a United States president—a leader of the free world—tried to widen a White House door frame or enlarge a window...and preservationists blocked the construction. You've got to hand it to those people. They're zealots. But they're equal opportunity zealots.
Case in point: Up in Brooklyn, [...]

Earlier this week, I posted the first few questions from my interview with Maurice Henderson, the head of the DC Counts Campaign, which is urging city residents to participate in the 2010 Census.
In the first round, we talked about the District's participation goals and hard to count populations (like college students and prisoners). Next up: How [...]

So, I'm reading this Wall Street Journal article about apartment vacancy rates and it's telling me how easy it is find an apartment these days: rents are down 3 percent nationally. The vacancy rate is 8 percent. In New York City, "60% of rental buildings dropped their rents in the fourth quarter from the previous quarter." [...]

The winter usually represents a sleepy period for real estate sales. Who wants to trek out in the ice to a Sunday open house? Who can think of homebuying when they have to get Aunt Claire’s Christmas present? But this year may be different. Back in November, Congress renewed the first-time homebuyer tax credit, extending [...]

Since Northrop Grumman Corp. announced it would move its headquarters to the D.C. area, local officials in Washington, Maryland and Virginia have been turning on the charm, trying to woo the company to relocate in their respective areas. I've had a few questions about the hoopla generated by this announcement, which were ably answered by [...]

So you know the big, recent announcement that Washington D.C. had added nearly 9,600 residents between mid 2008 and mid 2009? Well, when it comes to populations and numbers, that ain't nothing in comparison to what's coming soon.
2010 is the year of the US Census. We'll be hearing about it a lot. In October, Maurice [...]

The Downtown DC BID's January 2010 newsletter picks out a few interesting facts from a recent development report, prepared by the Washington, DC Economic Partnership.
Thanks to the Green Building Act of 2006—which requires public and private commercial buildings to meet certain green benchmarks—more than 75  buildings will be Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified [...]

After two days of sharp back-and-forths, the blog finally seems to be quieting on the topic of plastic bag fees. Well, people: I hope you've saved some energy. The sniping about a five cent fee seems wholly misplaced when parking is now going up to $2 dollars an hour in premium parking areas—the "busiest commercial [...]

Oh, I know some of you are so disappointed by that headline. But by this point, the state of the house won't affect the series. The D.C. filming is totally done. The season is upon us. And people, same as always, are tweeting about all things RWDC. Last night, starting around 6 p.m., rumors about [...]