Like a chef telling someone he doesn’t like to cook.  [interesting marketing technique] Cupcakes have plenty of critics. Those twee little lumps topped with towers of frosting have drawn the ire of foodies, the frugal, and people who don’t like standing in line for 45 minutes. But there’s another group …

This will likely be the coolest thing you view today. District 1.5 : HDR Time-lapse from Drew Geraci on Vimeo. h/t David Almacy via Ethan Klapper

While it’s still summer scandal season in DC, this gym is taking advantage of self-conscious politicians that might get caught with their pants down.

Since the shuttle program is coming to an end, what is NASA going to do with their time and expertise? How about solving some problems here in the nation’s capital? We have a few suggestions of our own. If they can put a man on the moon and throw multi-national …

The show and the omelets must go on.  [event details] “Music should strike fire from the heart of man,” Beethoven said. And Friday July 15, your favorite D.C. band Bonjour, Ganesh! is helping an American institution rise from the flames like a phoenix – a phoenix who likes to dance …

DC is moving quickly. [ironic?] District residents soon won’t need to travel to other states for medical marijuana. Legalized in D.C. last year, the program is steamrolling ahead with a panel that will sift through applications for cultivators and dispensaries. There will be 10 cultivation centers and five dispensaries. 80 …

Happy 4th of July from Bryant Avondoglio Independence Eve Fireworks Time-Lapse @ National Harbor from Bryant on Vimeo. Twitter h/t @LansingG

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Famous for DC sportscaster Lindsay Czarniak is heading up to Connecticut. We wish her the best of luck! h/t Mike Allen’s Playbook

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Meet Chef Spike on Roll Call‘s Taste of America Um, did anyone know Coconut was so popular with the DC Capitol Hill crowd?  Well, that is exactly who was crowned champion this week at Roll Call’s Taste of America showdown at We, the Pizza, featuring Chef Spike Mendelsohn of We, the Pizza and Good Stuff Eatery. We caught up with Chef Spike to get his take on how this all went down.

Let’s hope he avoids 66 on his way into town.  We’d hate for him to be any later than he’s already going to be. A Georgia man’s covered wagon demonstration rolled through Fairfax County, Va., Monday. Ralph Casey, 69, has spent the month of June traveling with Melissa Wilkerson on …

After four years as a soul-rock collective of anywhere between nine and fifteen Washington cubicle-jockeys getting their inner funk on, the kids of WMD are calling it quits.  But first they’re a) releasing a full-length album, and b) headlining one last Friday night bill at the Hotel. The band was …

Tommy McFly, Washington DC’s hottest DJ, is taking his talents to the morning. Starting on June 20th, McFly will begin hosting FRESH FM’s first ever morning show. “This morning show is literally the opportunity of a lifetime. I can’t tell you how blessed I am to be the first morning …

Summer in DC means two things: amazing weather and awkward intern stories. Since only one of these can be controlled, Roll Call has offered up some advice to this summer’s interns. You’ve landed an impressive new internship, moved into a decent apartment, figured out the Metro, braved the heat and …