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 …

How is Washington, D.C. supposed to run the world when it can’t even fix its own escalators?

Romney drops new bumper sticker [we love moms] Sickness of Facebook [making us lonely?] More Metro fair hikes [it’s about time!] Caps drop in OT [0-1] Photo by Navin Sarma

And we thought Barracks Row already had everything. CQ-Roll Call’s Emma Dumain: Medical Marijuana One Step Closer to Capitol Hill Capitol Hill has come one step closer to becoming home to a medical marijuana dispensary. The D.C. Department of Health announced Wednesday that the Metropolitan Wellness Center, to be located …

  Photo credit: Gabrielle It’s National Grilled Cheese Day, which may be our taste buds’ favorite day of the year.  Toasty, crunchy, gooey, salty, buttery, cheesy goodness.  We know not all grilled cheeses are created equal.  Spice up your griddle with something on the wild side.  Break out the pickles …

I am still in shock that it is *already* the middle of April. Spring is in full swing and its opening week for the Nats! So, get out there and enjoy all that DC has to offer. I hear it is going to be 84 degrees on Sunday. Lovely. Thursday …

Gingrich blasts former employer [bite the hand] Gentlemen of Columbia Heights [manners] Nats home opener [DC style] Christie snoozes at Springsteen concert [or was concentrating]

More great cinemagraph work by Mike Lurie.

Huge quake rocks Indian Ocean [world warnings] Hillary loves Texts From Hillary [nice] Here comes the Sliver line [Metro] Brown and Mayor’s office in fight [again]

This past weekend, Pete Snyder, VA Victory Chair and CEO of Disruptor Capital, competed in the Charlottesville Marathon. Pete clocked a time of 3:41:58, clobbering his time from a decade ago by more than 25 minutes. Pretty damn fast. We’ll see what this means for any FUTURE runs on the …

And he left us with this: “It’s an amazing thing, that sweater vest.” – Rick Santorum, April 10, 2012 — Reid Epstein (@reidepstein) April 10, 2012

All it took was one meme and now Hillary is back on top. Now, she’s fueling Internet jokes based on her own brand of badass cool. More than just an image rebound, Clinton is enjoying a genuine resurgence. via TPM

Hey, can you do me a favor today? Go tell FamousDC’s own Josh Shultz happy birthday. And I know that he’ll hate me saying this, but ask him about his Cat Channel Newsletter Subscription. – Amos  

So, what ever happened to that Chick-fil-A food truck that was supposed to roll into DC on April 8th? City Paper has some insight: NBC 4’s Darcy Spencer, who originally reported on the truck’s roll out, offers an update via Tweet: “now I’m told it will happen next week, but …