How not to hit on a woman, writes Brunette on a Budget after an elevator encounter.

More advice: How to get through TSA without a government issued ID. Do you have a Costco membership? 26.2

Secret DC Wilderness: Melvin Hazen Park. Plight of the Pumpernickel

Capitol Hill 20210 writes: This past weekend I was thinking about my ole biological clock and well its almost up. I turn 37 in June — time is running out. I want children, but the question is how?

From unlawfully married to married. They story of the experience lunch at 11:30.

Cannot wait for the Cherry Blossoms? Check the bloomin’ time on the Washington Gardener.

April is the best month to be in Paris, but Aesthetics of Everywhere is going to Paris this Friday. Check out her to do list while in Paris.

The Slow Cook has some ideas about how to fix school lunch programs. Excerpt: “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has indicated that of the children born in 2000, one out of every three Caucasians and two out of every three African Americans and Hispanics will develop diabetes.”

Putting Reagan on the $50 bill? Read some history and the opinion of it at The Foggy Dew.

Did you watch the Oscars? Now that you know, see if the Definitive Dmbosstone was right about his Oscar picks.

If you want to help Fight HIV in DC then check out this ongoing guide to upcoming events.

The Hill is Home introduces us to “The Hipster Housecleaner.” I laughed, I cried… I just might hire him.

Against her better judgment, Alyssa Rosenberg has found a way to justify “the mashups of classic literature and monster movies,” and in particular, President Lincoln as a vampire slayer.

Lemon Gloria will break your heart with this, but it is so sadly sweet… and completely worth the heartache.

We look forward to so many landmarks in a young person’s life, but Feast After Famine ponders an unwelcome milestone as her daughter encounters her first bully.

City Girls World declares the box o’ wine is the new “beer keg for women.” (And I like it.)

In the latest interview from People’s District, a young Indian man explores his self-proclaimed inevitable foray into BDSM as a submissive.

Wednesday was a Big One, both for the District and the LGBT community, as same-sex marriage was officially legalized in Washington, D.C.

The Republic of T. posts his first hand account as #12 in line at the courthouse yesterday morning.

Sprite Writes shares a moving speech of what she would have said at the bill’s public hearing, if given the opportunity.

And finally, the Washington City Paper captures the morning’s events on camera… for better or for worse, indeed.

Friday Note: We will return Monday.

Shannon Sez: Some people need a refresher on certain laws of fashion.

…Speaking of fashion, Sunshine and Potatoes has overturned one of her long held fashion laws.

I looked for a blog post that highlighted the upcoming DC Independent Film Festival so that it could be featured here. Either Google failed me (say it ain’t so,) or the local “things-to-do” bloggers have lost a step. Either way, it starts on Thursday and you can read the details here.

When a Comic Super-Hero is on an animated unemployment line… well just make up your own punchline about our economy. News found via The State of the Fourth Estate blog.

I love a great literary exercise and Not a Girl, Not Yet a Wino posted a terrific one recently. If you were given the following opening, how would you finish it:

She was a caller ID checker, almost compulsively, given that she hated telemarketers and some of her friends. When the phone rang this time, she wasn’t prepared. Drinking two glasses of wine and being naked will do that to a girl. She managed to wrap a towel around her damp body and grab the phone off the bathroom sink. She answered…

The responses in the comments are as varied as you would expect.

The rule for karaoke was presumed to be just one (drink away dignity and then sing.) DC Blogs Contributing Editor, LiLu, has made some substantive and hysterical amendments.

Are you a food blogger, reader of food blogs, or just really love food and want to drink with like-minded individuals this evening? The monthly FBI (Food Blogger Interactive*) Happy Hour is this evening and Arugula Files has the details.

* They don’t call it the FBI happy hour, but it was so much more entertaining for me to write.

Sometimes it takes a while for news to get around and this news is especially sad. For those who are unaware, Martin Bosworth, who wrote Boztopia, died about two weeks ago in Los Angeles, where he moved not too long ago. Anyone who attended a DC Blogger Meetup anytime over the last five or so years probably recalls Martin. He was gracious, charming, warm hearted and very bright. His work was marked by insight and passion. Professionally, he was the managing editor of ConsumerAffairs.com, which published this about him. He is missed by many, especially those of us involved in this blog. Martin was also a strong advocate for health care reform, and described how this issue affected him personally. It is a must read post. A memorial page on Facebook has been created. Rest in peace, Martin.

A 39.2 Metric Ton Mistake: A Work Rant. Lonnie Bruner. A typo, perhaps.

Bicycle Issues For DC Metro. BicycleSpokesman believes Metro can do a better job in providing bike access.

One of the LeDroit Park’s housing gems will get a makeover. Photos at Left for LeDroit.

About the photo: Last year, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities proposed installing artwork at the corner of Columbia and 18th in Adams Morgan. The selected work, called Bicycle Musician, was picked by a committee of neighborhood residents. But once revealed, a number of voices in the community raised objections. The arts commission held something akin to a “listening hearing” to assess the harsh feedback and while a fair number of people were critical of the Bicycle Musician, there were supporters as well. But despite the selection committee’s deliberate and thoughtful efforts, this imaginative proposal vanished with no real explanation. The fate of the money set aside for this project, more than $200,000, hasn’t been disclosed. Today, the Bicycle Musician is a symbol of a neighborhood that is incapable of supporting public art. It doesn’t matter what is proposed. If the people of Adams Morgan were in charge of Greece 2,500 years ago, there would be no Parthenon, just a grassy lot. (Too many columns and it blocks the view.) The photo is a rendering by the DC arts commission.

What did you Love or Hate about the Olympics? Snarkshelf offers a list, such as: Love “O, Canada;” Hate the McDonald’s Filet o Fish commercial.

Candy Sandwich offers an appreciation of the USA hockey team in the post, Second best.

A voyeuristic look at lunch. Life In An Apartment Near Chinatown is a blog by a vegetarian in DC.

Online Dating: Sometimes You Just Need a Break. Zandria

My Fat blog wants to get Skinny. A writer chronicles her dieting trek.

Golden beet salad on a bed of golden beet leaves. Food Wanderings

A unique new arrival to our DCBlogs live feed is Hound and Found, a blog that chronicles the training of a search and rescue dog. Here’s complete list of new blogs on the live feed.

Note to readers: On the left hand side is a Twitter search box. The way it should work is this: If you put the word dcblogs (no hashmark is needed) in a Tweet, that Tweet should* also appear in the search box feed. That, hopefully, will give you a way of alerting readers of our homepage to a post you have written or something you think someone should read. Good and bad may come of this, but hopefully mostly good. It’s a cool tool by the folks at Twitter. (*There may be a lag and the search engine tool may miss of Tweet or two; that’s what we saw in our test of it.)

Amy in the District, who is Canadian, is disappointed with Canada’s Olympic performance. She writes: There are so many things I love/miss about Canada - but underperforming in sports when it counts the most is not one of them.

Why I won’t go to bars in Virginia. Foote Steppes writes from DC.

A bigger hall is needed for Savor, the annual “premier craft beer event” in DC. Tickets for this year’s event sold out in 10 minutes, writes dcbeer.

A child is asked a question and the response makes the writer of Wife and Mommy strangely proud.

Two DC raves about the mac and cheese at Oohhs & Aahhs.

Don’t register a car in Maryland. Shall we go boating today?

Note about Friday: We will return Monday. Please see dcblogs.com/live for the latest.

Reading Doctor Moxie’s latest post may not be easy for anyone who has watched someone close to him/her suffer from dementia, but “Omi” provides a different perspective on this humbling and sad experience.

Seeking John Galt posted a “tick-tock” of her break-up with cable television, the sorrow the TV must have felt, and her efforts to replace it.

The author of One Bite at a Time encounters The Ethical Eater’s Dilemma.

If you were one of the hockey nuts chanting USA, USA, USA as our squad thumped the heavily favored Canadians in their recent Olympic match-up, this picture of our northern neighbor’s reaction might be a bit of a wet blanket. Thanks for sharing Famous DC.

Love Elizabethany’s Morning Hangover is a collection of procrastantive* links that range from the merely funny, to the profane, to the really NSFW.

The Inaugural National Food Bloggers Bake Sale is rapidly approaching. It will benefit Share Our Strength, a national organization dedicated to battling childhood hunger. They need volunteers to bake and assist in non-culinary ways too. The Capital Cooking blog has the details.

In more Circulator news (you did catch that on yesterday’s DC Blogs Round-Up, right?) the red and gold busses are now on the “Where’s My Bus” mobile GPS application from Google. The Borderstan Blog reported the news.

* is to a word.

Kim of Prosaic Paradise has a unique perspective on the somewhat taboo subject of blogger “microfame” and jealousy.

Initial Thoughts encourages us to put the Snowpocalypse behind us and dream of cherry blossoms. Spring has to come sometime, right?

DC public transport’s taken so much heat lately, I *almost* feel bad. Metro-Venture changes it up with a little love for the Circulator.

Marissa’s Big Adventure proves apartment hunting on Craigslist is just as colorful as it ever was.

Things That Were Legalized Before Gay Marriage notes- in a hysterically funny fashion- that “Kissing Cousins” can legally be married in a shockingly large number of states.

brad from a jersey kid has officially revolutionized the blogroll… and it is magnificent.

Need to read something restorative this morning? Blonder Than You gives us “In My Mind Her Name was Faith.”

The Year of Giving is a blog that chronicles the author’s personal goal of giving $10 to a different person every day for a year.

My goal is not to change the lives of those with whom I come in contact. Let’s face it, $10 dollars is not going to change someone’s life in and of itself. I do believe, however, that the act of giving will hopefully inspire others to pursue the ideals that the French philosopher Auguste Comte envisioned when he coined the term “altruism.”

On Day 66 he met Nikki G.

Always a Drunk, Never a Bride has a regular series, “People Who Rock, People Who Suck.” It requires one to be current on pop culture for maximum enjoyment, but it’s always a blast.

Flack Rabbit thinks that “Your blog needs a content disclaimer [and] a privacy policy.”

It wasn’t a boom-box held aloft outside of her window, but for one of the über-anonymous bloggers at K Street Confidential, the gesture was grand but not too successful.

The Proudfeet and We Love DC are both participating in that grand winter spectacle that occurs every four years. No, they’re not in Vancouver, they both discovered a love of Curling.