Sorry about the last couple of day's with no posts. I like a lot of people in DC have taken the past two days off and decided to go run about the town.  We will return tomorrow morning!

It's interesting to look and see what the top posts of 2008 were. Living in the District's first post was on February 2nd 2008 and since then we have published just under 600 posts. The site is growing daily and I look forward to improving it in 2009! ...

[caption id="attachment_788" align="alignleft" width="106" caption="Breast Cancer Awareness Month"][/caption] You probably already noticed if you come to the site often but we have gone pink for the entire month of October!  Why?  Because October is "National Breast Cancer Awareness Month" and the least I can do is wear some pink.  So my ...

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Credit: Sister72"][/caption] @brandonsavage on twitter alerted me to a local pub on Capitol Hill that doesn't allow our protectors, the ones that make the country safe for us to do what we want, our nations military into their bar!  How unpatriotic is that? Oh yeah the bar ...

The secret is out.. The Dulles Toll road cost money to drive on but you know those center lanes that say "Airport access only" well wouldn't it be great to get on them to go to work bypassing the tolls?  A West Virginia driver has figured out how to use that road ...

Today is going to be another HOT! day out there. Temps are going to be in the range of 95°F - 100°F  with a heat index much over 100°F. The Metropolitan Council of Governments has issued a CODE RED for today.   So what the heck is a Code Red? ...

Many areas around the Metro District are still without power today and that in turn has prompted closures.  Yesterday's storm that came through in the afternoon hours was deadly.  At least on person was confirmed dead when a tree that fell on their car.  I myself was without Comcast cable ...

Might as well add Mexico too! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpGH02DtIws[/youtube]

Wouldn't this be very cool!  If the FCC has it's way it will happen Federal regulators may require the winner of airwaves being auctioned off by the government to provide free wireless high-speed Internet service across a large swath of the country --WTOP

When I was on the subway in Germany (Berlin) and In Hungry (Budapest) the rail car doors open before the train comes to a complete stop.  People exit the car while the train is still moving and it makes for a quicker stop at the station.  Also not all of ...