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Another week, another snow forecast that amounts to nothing more than a dusting. That snow shower last week was quite lovely but it seemed to leave barely and inch, which then left us with icy sidewalks all over the neighborhood. And last night’s ice storm? If we’re going to have “wintery weather,” I want it in the form of fluffy snow flakes. I think it’s time someone give Old Man Winter a call so we can get out of work for a few days and have another big snowball fight in the middle of Lincoln Park! How did that snow dance when we were kids go? Alas, the pessimist in me has decided against buying a new snow shovel this year…
- While leaving your old suitcase on the street corner might seem like a good way to find it a new home, we live in a day and age where it can instead be considered a “suspicious package.” Famous DC has the story of one such suitcase…which is now shredded.
- Capital Spice returned to their old stomping grounds to review Acqua al 2.
- JD Land‘s dad offered another reflection of living on the Hill in the 1960s.
- H Street Great Street reported that Washingtonian has listed Ethiopic as one of the area’s top 100 restaurants.
- The Washington City Paper discovered that *gasp* Taylor Gourmet has not been completely honest about where their bread comes from. Young & Hungry thinks the new bread may actually be better. The restaurant’s website is finally updated, and they posted a “State of the Hoagie Address“…Our readers seem to still like their sandwiches, although not quite as much as the ones from Mangialardo and Sons.
- Greater Greater Washington talks about some of the lesser-known and seen infrastructure around the city, including the subway under the Capitol.
- Famous DC is speculating that Bullfeathers is re-opening on January 24th.
- Did you do community service in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day yesterday? The Obamas did — at Capitol Hill’s Stuart Hobson Middle School. (MSNBC)