Enjoy the long weekend. Photo taken from the W Hotel roof top by Lindsey Mask.

Oil rig madness continues in the Gulf, Gindy had his mind blown, the name Earl just didn’t do it, need a new apartment in DC?, Ken Spain took on Hugh Hefner, congrats to Katie Hackett, why are there sharks in the Potomac?, Meghan McCain explained why she was fired by …

No, Mr. Bardella, this has nothing to do with LeBron James. National Geographic Channel is remembering the pivotal day with Witness: DC, which reveals how the day unfolded in Washington, DC. Below is a brief description, as well as a couple of video excerpts: WITNESS: DC Monday, September 6 at …

Washingtonian is taking nominations for the best of the beltway. Leslie Milk:  Help Us Find Washingtonians of the Year For more than 30 years, the Washingtonian of the Year awards have been the highest honor our community bestows on the people who make this a better place. The Washingtonian is …

Welcome to the wired world: Hostage Taking 2.0 Here’s a link to the gunman’s manifesto. That link is farked, try this one. Live streaming [Fox 5 News] And here’s a picture snapped by an employee: UPDATE: The photo is a picture of a plainclothes officer – not the gunman. UPDATE: …

…perhaps that should be the name of our next rock band. [byt] big h/t to Brightest Young Things

I’d eat at Ben’s Chili Bowl everyday.

Roll Call’s photographer superstar Tom Williams snapped Jim Billimoria at the top of the Rotunda.

George Alafoginis Carly Baker Freddy Barnes Brendan Buck Catalina Cabal Liam Donovan Natalie Grantham Bettina Inclan Alexa Marrero Jesse Thomas

Rick Klein will be drafting fantasy FB while Tweeting Obama Iraq speech. if I draft David Petraeus, please excuse me in advance.

Reeled in from Mike Allen’s Playbook: THE BIPARTISAN ADVENTURES of the DNC communications director and Boehner’s new-media director — @woodhouseb: “With @nickschaper. Were fishing the mouth of the Chester tearing them up. Headed home and ran out of gas. Waiting now for tow boat us. … @nickschaper and I got back across …

Did you take a private jet to Las Vegas and get arrested for cocaine possession? [Paris Hilton] Do you think John Mayer could take Ryan Grim? [full of sh*t] “OMG, there are so many of them here …” [Journolist] Happy Monday. Let’s rock this week.

The fine folks at JESS3 have been working to accurately depict the size of the key players in the geo / social space. They released this earlier today:

Something on your mind? Need to Rant? Email [email protected] Tune Inn joins DC reality television craze, crushing hearts more than their mozzarella sticks The successful opening of Chef Spike’s tourist-beloved We the Pizza and the Silk Road-length lines outside Georgetown Cupcake have proven that television celebrity can add cold hard …