WHEREIN: We bring you the developments (happening in and around D.C.) that we think are newsworthy, or, at the very least, almost newsworthy:
- D.C.’s police chief reacts to the New York bike path attack. (via WTOP)
- Speaking of D.C. police, they spent $300,000 just on equipment in anticipation of the inauguration. (via DCist)
- The Hirshhorn has welcomed 1,000,000 visitors this year and hot damn that’s kind of crazy. (via City Paper)
- GGW has come up with a few ways WMATA could lure back riders and none of them involve bloated advertising budgets.
- Also… don’t take the red line this weekend. Just don’t. (via DCist)
- These are the easiest (and hardest) places to live without a car in D.C., just in case you’re not exactly sure what to do. (via DC Policy Center)
- American University is having a mumps outbreak. Where the hell did this come from? Who gets the mumps anymore? (via WTOP)
- Speaking of weird diseases (kind of?), D.C. hospitals kind of suck. (via NBC)
- Local restaurants are dying for your sweet sweet Instagrams. (via City Paper)
- To know one’s surprise, Old Ebbitt Grill, Le Diplomate and Founding Farmers are killing it. (via Washingtonian)
- Here are some cute photos of local restaurant staff dressing up for Halloween. (via Eater)