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ARLINGTON, Va. ‐ Here in Pentagon City we got our deepest snowfall total of the season, a whole 3½ inches. How much snow did you get?
This guy wants to know how long until Opening Day:

Retconned from Metroblogging DC

T. Herman Zweibel‘s empire keeps expanding. In April, Washington becomes the 10th city to have local distrubution of the dead-tree edition of The Onion. The paper will be printed by The Post, who will also sell local ads:
“We believe that The Onion will be very well-received among young Washingtonians, and this is a very attractive [...]

This was a part of Metroblogging DC series about D.C.’s 20 gifts to the world
Castles had moats. Washington D.C. has the Capital Beltway. Few roads compete with the Beltway for cultural meaning. It figuratively represents American politics and government to the rest of the world. Typically, when someone from outside the region says “inside the [...]

We’ve got an international incident on our hands! Tonight at the Verizon Center the Barenaked Ladies will be singing the national anthem prior to the Capitals vs. Thrashers game.
The Toronto-based band includes Ed Robertson, Steven Page, Tyler Stewart, Jim Creeggan and Kevin Hearn. From their first five-single cassette “The Yellow Tape” to their multi-platinum breakthrough [...]

Today’s Post reports that Dan Tangherlini, interim GM of WMATA, is resigning to become City Administrator for the Fenty administration. In July it was announced that WMATA would be conducting a national search for a new CEO, which upset some riders who wanted Tangherlini to simply be rubber stamped into the Metro position.
Prior to his [...]

Achtung Texpatriates! I have been tasked to find Diet Big Red Soda in the National Capital area. For the uninitiated (like me) Big Red is a Big Deal in the Lone Star State. Here is what their Web site says:
Big Red has become the dominant player in the “red” category. For the unfamiliar, the taste [...]

Even though WTEM has been jokingly called “Redskins Radio” for years, team owner Dan Synder is not content to let the independent media, who hates the Redskins, cover the team. Today, he takes action by launching Radio Pravda Triple X ESPN Radio – The Home of the Redskins. The planned debut is at 4 [...]

When I still lived in Vienna one of the places I would regularly take visiting family and friends was the Vienna Inn. They all loved the old tavern for the chili dogs, beer and unpretentious atmosphere. I did too, though they may have even loved it too much as it was frequently the only place [...]

Twenty years ago today, the Orange Line was completed with the opening of the Vienna, Dunn Loring, West Falls Church, and East Falls Church Metro stations. The line, built in the median of Interstate 66, returned passenger rail service to the Vienna, Dunn Loring, and Falls Church communities 35 years after the W&OD Railroad ended [...]

It is not terribly surprising to learn from today’s Post that Virginia is the vanity plate capital of the country. Here at Metroblogging DC, we have noted vanity plates on several occasions.
In the Commonwealth, 1.4 million cars, 18.5% of all those registered, are sporting customized plates, which cost an extra $10 annually. In Maryland, vanity [...]