Chris Matthews chose the Greenberg Theatre at American University as the venue to interview the President this Thursday. The interview bumped a dress rehearsal of the Nutcracker, keeping young traveling ballerinas aged 5-14 from practicing that night and kicking them out on the streets. Read on for the full letter from the Artistic …

We hope Erica Elliott, Freddy Barnes, Alex Shriver, Collier Craft, Jeff Ostermayer, Jeff Poor, Ginny Veatch and Justin Vogt enjoy this.  

Drones not coming to the DC area… yet [Amazon] Vince Gray, round 2 [running for mayor] One HS football team is about to anger some ghosts [cemetary] Hearing on height act changes [tall DC] Photo by købiā

60 Minutes reminds us why we are lucky to live here, and why many of us are lucky to have passed under the Capitol dome. Even if you already know its history, this is another great look at the dome.  

Easiest turkey ever [inflatable] Even more tickets coming to H St NE [streetcar] Millennials making DC some cold hard cash [big spenders] City Paper explains why restaurants are raising their prices [diplomate] Guy plants a banana peel on Metro elevator, sues metro, now tried for [fraud] (a banana peel? really?)  …

Here’s your traveling Thanksgiving weather forecast [yuck] Warm drinks to make when you get in [yum] Give someone the gift of your face [3D printed] Watch out, your bus is about to get more crowded [disco] Photo by Dan Lawrence

There was almost a West Wing extension [rejected] DC minimum wage looks to go up [11.50] Reston dude runs up a $202,000 EZ-Pass bill [whoops] H Street getting a big ol’ sports bar [Sin Bin] 14th Street gets edgy [this is whack] Politico finds the worst political photo ops in …

Corey Clarke, a photographer with impeccable timing, took this shot of Minotaur I launched from NASA’s Wallops Island the other night.

Metro replacing carpet and improving lighting [aw yea] Congresswoman Meng got [mugged] MPD are artists too [MS Paint] Baby Panda cocktails [names] Photo by Dan Lawrence

When music director Erich Leinsdorf heard the news about Kennedy before a concert, he asked the orchestra’s librarian to sprint to get the sheet music parts for Beethoven’s funeral march. There was much gasping when Leinsdorf announced the news, but the crowd then listened to the orchestra play the funeral …

Marion Barry wants real tall buildings [scrapers] Art Yards are coming [gallons of paint] E. Snowden, bus model [ads] Boundary Stone stirs it up [tweet] Helena Andrews is the new Source [job] Photo by Kevin Wolf

Our own little ball of adorable has taken the first steps in the rest of its adorable life. Day made.  

Could Lincoln win re-election if attack ads existed way back then? FactCheck.org did a series of 1864 reelection campaign commercials featuring typical campaign ad cliches. Videos from the “Anti-Lincoln Super Pac” are laughably bad, so we’re pretty sure Lincoln would win anyway.  Check out the rest of these 1864 campaign …

Selfie is the word of the year [Oxford] Zoo news: Zebra attack [panic] & Baby tigers’ debut [aww] Oyster harvest is getting better [so many] Mild winter on the way [caterpillar] Eater Awards: DC Winners [noms] Photo by Noe Todorovich

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