Kwame has his Escalade. Red Bull has their cute little bugs. Lots of companies and candidates advertise their brand through their choice of transportation–but the salad and yogurt joint Sweetgreen is the first I've seen to put their logo on a grassy-colored fixed gear bike. This one, which sat locked outside the Dupont shop all [...]

A bus-car altercation about half an hour ago in Dupont Circle. Slate thinks they're great, but I still think roundabouts are death traps.

Dupont Circle, the view from above ground.
Update:  Sean Madigan from the office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development says he doesn't expect the city to issue a request for proposals until January.
I missed the Dupont Down Under's brief era of existence.
Back in 1995, the old trolley tunnels below Dupont Circle were transformed [...]

...Just hang around the city until midday on Thanksgiving. Here's the street scene on Jefferson Place, just south of Dupont Circle last Thursday.  Eerie, almost apocalyptic. Where are the zombies lurking?

Co-worker Nikki Caporale snapped this shot, adding this morning: "I could go there now and take a picture, and there'd be tons of cars."

When news broke last week that the Real World DC was done shooting, an obvious question arose: "Now what happens to the house?!"*
Well, whatever it is—it won't involve MTV. The network's lease is up on Thanksgiving and it has no intention of extending the contract or buying the Dupont Circle property, according to spokesperson Tamika [...]

Last week, I did quite a bit of reporting on nudist roommate searches—you know how nudists find each other, and how they're not always so pumped to discuss the methods.
For my column this week, I'm not writing anything on nudist roommates, just Craigslist searches in general. Nonetheless, this letter found its way to my inbox.* [...]

Here are some pictures of the proposed plans for the U Street building that now houses Results Gym...but soon will become Vida Fitness. (Not that soon though. Resulters: Your gym's lease is up in 2011.)
The plans were distributed at last week's Dupont Circle ANC meting.

There are three things to know about the U Street building that houses the Results Gym: It’s undergoing a massive renovation that will see a three-story expansion and a new rooftop pool. Results is moving out. And the gym’s competitor, Vida Fitness, is moving in.
The construction plans were unveiled at a Dupont Circle Advisory Neighborhood [...]

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We all know that the U Street/14th Street area is hot, hot, hot! these days. So why not just make more of it to fawn over, right?
Last month, I reported on a plan to add an additional level to one of 14th Street's largest, empty (and historical) commercial buildings. Then today, deep inside [...]

The National Building Museum has been producing a video series called "Great Green Places" about various environmentally-friendly locales around DC.