WHEREIN: We bring you the developments (happening in and around D.C.) that we think are newsworthy, or, at the very least, almost newsworthy…
- Your long read of the day is this truly fascinating story about the Florida Avenue Market.
- The Mystics are throwing a block party and you’re invited.
- Like your favorite pandas and sea turtles, the Tidal Basin is endangered.
- And speaking of tourists destroying one of the most beautiful parts of our cities, 54 million people visited D.C.’s parks this year.
- A reminder that data is complex and wild and might not be telling the story you think it’s telling. In this case, a Washington Post story about D.C.’s rat epidemic is more about mapping gentrification than rats.
- In more dire news, Guantánamo Bay lawyers are not happy about the International Spy Museum’s new torture exhibition.
- City Paper asked some local bartenders for their dating tips and unearthed some real gems like, don’t puke on your date.
- And speaking of drinking, here are the best rooftop bars the Wharf has to offer.
- Duke’s Grocery is bringing one of the best burgers in D.C. to Foggy Bottom.
- And the folks behind Ted’s Bulletin are opening a bakery in Arlington.
- In our final piece of food news, an upcoming burger joint called Eat Brgz will fold toppings into your burger patty like a weird, meaty version of Coldstone.
- Just like your soul, the reflecting pool is being drained.
- Meet the local artist chronicling the victims of violence in D.C.
- Burn every scooter.
