Sommer Mathis (@sommermathis) is moving from the Washingtonian, where she was online director, to become editor of the brand new TheAtlanticCities.com TheAtlanticCities.com will be The Atlantic‘s online, urban focused forum with Mathis leading the charge into the publication’s first single-topic forum. Mathias starts July 11 with the site’s launch set for …

Albritton scooped up DCist’s Sommer Mathis for TBD.com, House floor speeches can be boring, Clinton Portis has a stripper pole in his basement, @BlairDC gave us her favorite top 5 rooftop bars, bring it Mayweather, so what’s the deal?, Chris Frates finally took a vacation, public service for Congressional press …

DCist’s Sommer Mathis: WaPo Headline: ‘Drizzle for Shizzle’

DCist’s Sommer Mathis: Federal Govt. Open Under 2-Hour Delay Tuesday

Please keep sending in your DC snow photos and we will update. We’re still watching the tip line to see if anyone snapped a photo of the elusive thunder snow . Check out Tommy McFly’s photo feed . Looking north at the Capitol from South Capitol & D St (SE/SW). …

Yes, it was lovely, but time for that Christmas tree to go. DCist: Christmas Tree Removal Runs Jan. 2-11

Yesterday we posted about the DC City Council’s reported willingness to let bars stay open until 5am during inauguration week.  We gathered our research from both the Washington Post, DCist roundup and the man who lurks in the shadows, Mike Panetta, who happens to be a D.C. Shadow Representative [how …