Phew! DC Fab tells us the good news: The “Real Housewives of D.C.” Is Still On

We Love DC does not love fellow Washwords’ alumni Tony K. Tony Kornheiser Hates Cyclists Yah, maybe he went a little overboard but it is bad that uh… I kinda hear what Tony means?

Bread for the City delivers more than food to needy clients since the DC bag tax Beyond Bread: We Got A Bunch Of Bags

Parker Gray Growl (with help from The Old Town Crier) tells you The Rest of the Story about the neighborhood.

The Arugula files announces a Food Bloggers Meet Sports Bloggers Happy Hour March Madness baby!

Washington DC Metblogs (and lots of others) are going to see “CoCo” live in person. I Just Made The Biggest Impulse Buy Of My Life: Conan O’Brien Is Coming To DC

The Georgetown Tea Party arrives, or Should Georgetown Secede from DC? This began at CarolJoynt.com, (Original post may have been pulled) was picked up at We Love DC, City Desk, and continued at Urban Turf.

Garish is good, and anti-billboard movements are bad, argues Greater Greater Washington in defense of DC’s Times Square in Chinatown.

Why do you tease us, Metro? why.i.hate.dc discovers an interesting coming attraction sign on the Metro.

Digressions from DC checks out Big Chair Coffee & Grill

In praise of the Adams Morgan store, Smash. Young Fly and on a Budget.

When reporting about DC courts allowing same-sex couples to register for marriage licenses for the first time, The Washington Post ran a front page photo of two men celebrating with a kiss. The newspaper’s Ombudsman writes in his blog that the picture has generated some of the highest volume of reader criticism he has encountered. The phone calls and emails are addressed point by sometimes hatefully spoken point.

…Speaking of same sex marriage in DC, congratulations to Republic of T who jumped the broom with his partner.

The Foggy Dew has a few thoughts on Lindsay Lohen’s attempts to stay relevant (and profitable) in her 16th minute. He hypothesizes “it’s easier to sue a company than to actually get a job.”

We all have those single friends who seem “morally opposed” to one form of electronic assistance for their dating lives. Date the District makes a clear and compelling case for them to change their minds.

Picture of the Day: U Street Girl’s – I Believe this Bureau is Closed.

Filed Under: Spring is Coming

The Average Blogger – Bright Sunshiny Day.

Samantha on Style – Restocking Your Spring Wardrobe.

A Glass After Work – A Springtime Wine Recommendation.

The Life of Mb – A Quest for DC’s Best Gelato.

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.