Dates for 2010 Cherry Blossom Festival Set

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Photo by qbubbles.
The weather might have you thinking that spring will never arrive, even though winter technically doesn’t even start until tomorrow. (Yeah, it’s a downer, man.)…

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Michelle Rhee Declines Bonus

In case you missed it on Friday, DCPS Chancellor Michelle Rhee turned down a potentially sizable performance-based bonus, according to a report from the Post’s Bill Turque. Rhee also turned down…

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Metro Shutting Down Bus Service Tonight

Metro just announced that they will be suspending Metrobus service at 7 p.m. tonight due to icy conditions on the roads. 22 lines had been running on limited schedules during the day today. WMATA…

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What's Open, What's Closed?

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Photo by maxedaperture.

It’s the big question of the day: what’s actually open for those of us who have been stuck inside all day and are suffering from serious cabin fever? DCist…

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Feel Free To Make It Out To Cash

The helpful weatherpeople at the Capital Weather Gang are certainly qualified to conduct this poll of public opinion about what the great snowstorm of December ‘09 shall be dubbed. Obviously,…

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Snowpocalypse '09: Getting Around On The Day After

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Photo by The Skipping Hippy.
It’s no longer snowing outside DCist headquarters, and a hefty dose of sunshine is doing some good work — but boy, is there still plenty of white stuff…

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Smithsonian Closed Today and Tomorrow

So much for waiting out this blizzard while browsing framed masterpieces in a tourist-free setting. According to a news blast on its website, all Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo will be…

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Saturday Grab A Shovel Photo: December 19, 2009

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ernamarcus brings us this vision of snowpocalypse come to life on the 3700 block of Ingomar Street NW in upper Northwest. I can’t say I approve of the “walking down the middle of…

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Metro Will Cease Bus, Above Ground Rail Service At 1 p.m. Today

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Photo by urbandispute.
We called it inevitable earlier today, but Metro has finally decided to halt running trains above ground at 1 p.m. due to snow accumulation. The service…

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Transit Today: Expect Wide Delays and Reduced Service

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Photo courtesy WMATA.

Metrorail and Metrobus are experiencing heavy delays due to the weather, though that was kind of a no-brainer. Metrorail is currently running on 10 to 12…

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Flights In And Out Of Washington Area Grounded

Oh, so you have airline tickets good for travel this weekend? Uh, yeah, about that: NBC’s Ann Curry — yeah, I like Ann Curry, let it be — tweets an NBC News report that United Airlines will…

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The Big Metrobus That Couldn't

While DCist film critic extraordinaire Ian Buckwalter was out and about this morning, he captured this video of a Metrobus fishtailing in a futile attempt to get up the incline…

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Fenty Makes "Urgent Request" Asking People To Stay Off Streets

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Photo by soleil1016.
Adrian Fenty is asking if those of you who are out there braving the elements could please come inside now.

“With the storm upgraded to a Blizzard [Ed. Note: a…

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Where The Wild Plows Are

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Interested in keeping an eye on the District’s purveyors of plow? Curious as to whether or not you’ll be walking on a cleared road after making the startling realization that there’s…

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Kneel Before Thundersnow!

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Illustration by Martin Austermuhle

Oh, poor Davy DCist. All he wanted was to join the rest of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area in their breathless frenzy for basic sundries….

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