For those of you not going to work on Thursday and Friday because of the US Open, NBC Washington has put together a great tournament guide.  The most important section being the guide to parking.

Our good friend Tommy McFly co-hosted a very successful Dayside Brunch over the weekend. [NBC Washington] Chris Brown, Brendan Kownacki and Tommy McFly would have gotten an A+ for their Dayside Brunch at Cities on Saturday, if they could have taken credit for the hail. And it was all for …

Cutest swim lesson ever? [yup] The National Zoo’s lion cubs took an adorable dip in the water today. The zoo had the practice swim to ensure the little ones will be able to survive in their habitat when they join their mother later this year. With the help of animal …

Our third favorite day of the year. [heel yeah!] Just think of it as the fashion event of the year! Every year on the Tuesday before Halloween, the drag queens take over 17th Street (between Church and R streets) for the Dupont High Heel Race. The actual race takes less …

As if anyone needed another reason to eat pizza. [Tour de Pizza] A Florida man is traveling up the East Coast by bike, promoting a new diet that involves eating pizza — and only pizza. Keyword: bike. He’s now on his own tour of sorts, traveling to 22 cities hoping …

NBC Washington wants to know… We’ve come up with three options: Mother Nature, Old Man Winter and Punxsutawney Phil, who on Feb. 2 predicted six more weeks of winter. Stoopid groundhog. Vote here.

The only thing that could possibly make a rainy commute on the GW Parkway better — manipulated road signs. From NBC Washington: WTOP sent us this hilariously inappropriate picture of the electronic sign on the GW Parkway’s northbound exit from Rosslyn toward the Key Bridge. The Virginia Department of Transportation …