Handy Haunted DC guide [spoooooky] St. Elizabeth’s is open [pavilion] DCist dares to name DC’s [best brunches] VA has weird booze [laws] Halloween [is coming] Bluejacket kind of already [rules] Photo by Noe Todorovich

Our vote is secret on this one.  

GW has their mind on money and money on their mind [admissions] Cold weather is about to arrive [snap] Streetcars won’t start service this year [and other surprises] Capitol dome finally getting [repaired] Photo by Fred King

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Stuck in a costume rut? The folks at NJI Media have a handy decision flowchart for 2013 topical costumes to get you out of it. Click to see who you should be. We can’t promise there won’t be a million other people in the same costume at every party you attend, but at …

Yes, it’s coming [winter] “How can you just sit there eating??” Arlington limits [dog tethering] Halloween Part-As [all of them] 30 year-old peace vigil display outside the White House [removed] Photo by Patrick Onofre

Party like the #PandaCam is on. WHO Guess who’s back? Steve Feldgus; Brian Diffell joined the ranks of successful SVPs; CQRC added Katy O’Donnell and Randy Leonard to their crack reporting team; tell Freddy Barnes and Jeff Ostermayer you’re sorry that Auburn will drop out of the top 25 this weekend; Uri …

It’s the first weekend after the shutdown and you want some time off from your unwanted time off. We knew that, so we hand selected the best picks for this weekend for you.

Good morning baby panda photos [new] Georgetown waiter buys nice stuff [picassos] An original DC beer (+pleasure) garden [Mt. Vernon] Invisible shutdown [effects] Facebook weather becoming a problem [frauds] Photo by Dan Lawrence

Dating was up while we were [shut down] District won’t shut down in January [money money money] DC’s electronic pop scene in a [flowchart] Disco Dan, DC Graffiti artist, on the [loose] Bionic Man crossing [streets of dc] Photo by Andrew Bossi

Shaw getting badass ice skating rink [Lake Shaw] Craft launched from DMV area orbiting [the moon] (presumably frog guts are also orbiting the moon) Future Alexandria hotel judged as [too big] Goodbye Anacostia Big Chair cafe [closing] Photo by Kevin Wolf

It got pretty wet around here [records broken] We are the champions– in Virginia, regarding [beer] Washington Redskins not so hot [Cowboys] Inspired to clean up the [National Mall] They came, they caused traffic, they left [truckers] DC designed you a new drivers’ license [flowery] States are paying to keep …

Briefcase full of cash! [protest] h/t Hungry Lobbyist Noooooo: K Street AMEX store [closed] Touring the Chesapeake with its [watermen] Your commute may or may not be hellish [truckers] Metro may raise fares next year [shocking] Cabbies still convinced resistance to modernization will help their [business] Photo by Kevin Wolf

Sure, Noah had to build a whole ark by hand, but he never had to deal with a #GovernmentShutdown. Good, clean, bipartisan, canine fun; Amee Reyes Patterson and Jessica Moore celebrated a birthday; say goodbye to Brad and Whitney Hiscock as they move to California; Dan Snyder doubled down on …

Holy *&!# a guy fell through a grate [arlington] Hill Starbucks takes take-a-penny-leave-a-penny to the next level for furloughed workers [dollars] Take a closer look at the unstoppable trend force that is H St’s [maketto] NPS: Thanks but no thanks to the volunteer mowing Lincoln’s [grass] Dan Snyder: Thanks but …