Of course, the Running of the Brides Jeff Clabaugh: Filene’s frenzy set for Friday Unless you’re looking for a bargain-priced wedding gown, you might want to steer clear of Mazza Gallerie Friday morning. It’s time for Filene’s Basement’s annual “Running of the Brides.” … Filene’s will open the doors at …

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If train wrecks came in newspaper form, today’s Hill would be the accident scene – and Stevie Wonder would be the conductor. Today, congressional staff will answer fewer letters… Staff assistants will take longer to transfer calls… And that boring legislative wonk down the hall gets a few extra looks. …

Politico: Rep. Herseth Sandlin Is Pregnant In late March of 2007 Stephanie Herseth married former Rep. Max Sandlin and now they’ve announced their good news – she’s due in December.

DCist: Kastles Falter in Loss to Smash The Washington Kastles fell to Delaware’s only professional sports team, the Smash, last night at Kastles Stadium at CityCenter DC in a final score of 20-16. Kastles players repeatedly failed to execute on a number of crucial game points which left the match …

Politico: Novak cited after hitting pedestrian Check out Chris Frates getting in on the action – (nice suit!): Just asking – how many people aren’t going jogging tonight for fear of Bob Novak’s Corvette?

Citizens United launches “Hype” Here’s the movie trailer:

Last Second Thoughts: Congratulations to DC’s Juniper Lane for scoring the opening gig at Coldplay’s August 3rd show at the Verizon Center

Agent Zero: Everybody Should Visit Manila I came out of a quick retirement for this blog. I wanted to announce that I’m happy to remain a Washington Wizard. … Wizards fans, go ahead and renew your tickets. We got the team back, we’re going to be healthy and I don’t …

Sunday’s Playbook: SPOTTED – Doug Heye, doing the Macarena on the Jumbotron at Nationals Park.

Gilbert Arenas makes it official, signs six-year, $11 million deal with Wizards on Sunday. Congratulations to Agent Zero and the Wizards. We’re glad to see local teams spend big money to keep our superstars in D.C.

Ivan Carter: Agent Zero $111 Million Staying in D.C. “I looked at like this: There is nothing I can do for my family with $127 million that I can’t do with $111 million,” said Gilbert Arenas, who was offered the maximum salary allowed to stay with the Wizards. “I mean, …

Didn’t yesterday feel like Sunday? Today is totally a bonus day. Lots of good Flickr pics from the DC fireworks.

The Search for Designer Fast Food Mendelsohn also noted that he had heard the same plea.  “‘We need more good food here on the Hill. We need more good food in the city.’” … Amen. … D.C. will never have the offerings of New York and comparisons only set us up …

Tiger and My GM Candidacy Even when he’s not trying to, Tiger dominates the headlines. His Monday playoff against Rocco Mediate slowed traffic on Wall Street faster than Woods’ wife, Elin Nordegren would while walking down Fifth Avenue. Trading volume on Wall Street was off 9.2% versus the past 30 …