Gov. Scott’s chief bails [shady] Rain until Wednesday [sprinklers off] Summer Music Guide [City Paper] Terrifying experience [this must stop] Obama shoots hoops with celebs [raising money] By Bsivad  

It’s time for the weekend – can we say Hallelujah?! There isn’t a super weather report but who cares – we get to sleep in, brunch and dance til dawn. So, let’s get on with my weekend picks! Friday Current Lounge – I always love grabbing sushi at Current and …

DC style hounds stepped out yesterday for Ready Set DC’s Fashion District, a night dedicated to showcasing local DC designers. Attendees were able to view the works and talk with designers while Jon Harris rocked the bar with his best mixes and the DJ kept up the jams. Some of …

UPDATE: 1st place: Stever Orr 2nd place: Mary Beal 3rd place: Tommy Nguyen Thanks everyone who participated in our bracket challenge with ClotureClub. Winners will be announced at half time of Wednesday’s trivia at Capitol Lounge. (winners don’t need to be there) 1st prize $100 gift certificate to Cap Lounge …

UPDATE: Irish Whiskey and Mighty Pint are also in for $50 worth of prizes. UPDATE: $50 from Blue Banana Bar goes to the winner. UPDATE: Uber upped the prize ante.  $100 worth of credits for 1st place, $50 worth of credits for 2nd place, and $20 worth of credits for 3rd place? It’s not …

The Political Academy Nominations are in, JB and Lira go to White Castle, “hold me and never let go,” give Mark Murray and Domenico Montanaro high fives for their big promotions over at FamousNBC, Ben Bisbee is drinking, it ain’t every day that White Castle ReTweets you, truth in advertising, …

Were you lucky enough to get some presidential treatment from yesterday’s UBERcade?

Dumpstaphunk – the name alone incites curiosity. So, when I saw them on the bill at my latest favorite venue in DC – The Hamilton – I knew I had to be there last Saturday night to get a glimpse of what I had been told is the funkiest band …

Valentine’s – a day you either love or hate. Everything is pink and couples woo each other with roses and chocolates, while singles throw anti-Vday parties with black balloons and voodoo dolls. Don’t you just love it? Hopefully by now, if you do have a Valentine, you have secured a …

Last Thursday night, I ventured out to the uber-chill jazz club, Bohemian Caverns, to check out The Hot of Nights – Raleigh, NC-based friends Chris Boerner, Matt Douglas, and Nick Baglio – with Dutchman Nicolay, a member of the Grammy-nominated Wilmington, NC band, The Foreign Exchange.  Together, they have re-arranged …

Support Uber [show them love] Wikipedia is down = kids failing class [oh no] Dumbest idea of the day [smoke bomb tossing] Pay for poop [occupy potties] Happy Birthday to the First Lady [BLT]

Happy Friday 13th, President Obama spent his Monday night watching LSU stay on one side of the field, Stephen Colbert 2012, we all know the Metro is more fun when not wearing pants, DC taxis are going after Uber like DeSean Jackson goes after bad PR, campaigning 101, tell Andrea …

Cloture Club’s Andrew Heaton recently interview Jack Abramoff . Our favorite question: Can you differentiate between a lobbyist, super lobbyist and uber lobbyist if such a thing exists? [video]

Moving in Together [Capitol Hill Style] Red Sox [DC baseball camp] The Internet Knows [DCist] Rubert Murdoch hand turkeys [amazing] The most popular Metro stations on Foursquare [check in] Puppy planking, the latest rage [NextRound]

Paul Ryan’s neato video [budget] Baldwin, Spacey here to save the country [showdown] Storm damage [pics] Petraeus to CIA [spies like us] Huck’s records gone [just in time to run for President] New Nintendos make people puke [take it back]