"It was on our last day in Lisbon that we tasted the cake at Landeau Chocolate. It was intense, but not overwhelming; truly chocolate, but somehow each layer’s chocolateness was different." nyti.ms/4840pez

Run outside and go look at the sunset!

Neat September 1930 photo of the Arlington Memorial Bridge under construction.

Morning deliciousness.

Queens man peaces out on a Sunday afternoon.

Quite a downpour in Cleveland Park!

The Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream is an interesting new museum inside a historic landmark.

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

What a weird day.

Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"

Scenes from the Virginia woods.

Discovered secret @dcwater.bsky.social secure undisclosed location in the middle of the Virginia woods.

Beginning to think some folks on this site and who go on TV talk shows may not be saying things in good faith.

God bless national reporters who’ve lived and worked in DC for many years and are now discovering - for the first time - the people that live here.

24 years ago tonight, there was almost total silence in DC. No cars. No honking. No planes. No loud people. Military helicopters and jets. Humvees. Nothing else.

It started as a beautiful morning, with bright blue skies.

The New York Public Library has acquired what may be the largest collection of crowdsourced footage of the 9/11 attacks and the shellshocked aftermath. It's expected to be open for use at the library in 2027 and will be available online in its entirety around 2030.

At ground zero, a new generation in the 9/11 families, one with no memory of the attacks, is increasingly shouldering the responsibility to never forget. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...

Worth noting the DC National Guard is made of DC-area residents, as opposed to National Guard units from other states.

Hungry bee.

Monsoon!

Very big news

Oh no! Cleveland Park Target will be closing November 1. www.bizjournals.com/washington/n...

Portugal’s government declared a day of national mourning on Thursday, a day after a Lisbon funicular that is a popular tourist attraction crashed and killed 17 people.

OMG this is terrible! www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/w...

One of the last WW1-era tempos is for sale! (cash only) www.bizjournals.com/washington/n...

Tina Turner hits #1 today in 1984 with “What’s Love Got to Do With It” — a song she wasn’t sold on at first. “It was terrible. .. I was rock and roll. This was a pop song.” But her manager, Roger Davies, insisted. When it swept the Grammys, she dedicated the “Record of the Year” award to him.

Hummingbird zipping around in Rock Creek Park.

Go outside and look at the sunset!

Solo cloud

Beautiful August autumn day

A half-dozen hardware stores in the District say they're either out of D.C. flags or have struggled to keep them in stock as D.C. residents stock up in response to President Donald Trump’s crackdown in the city.

Hoya Schnauzer

First time at Joia Burger!

Perfect Call Your Mother bagel to go with today’s weather.

The DOGE legacy: "The National Park Service used to have 200 people assigned to maintain thousands of acres of trees and gardens in D.C. and now there are 20." www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Crisis averted!

!!!!!

Drove down H St last night and was stunned by how empty it was.

Seen in Mt. Pleasant.

Is the WH press corps still “standing with the AP”?

Planes flying over Cleveland Park … which is something that doesn’t normally happen.

I want to congratulate leading Democrats’ for their insistence on saying the takeover of DC is a “stunt” or a “distraction.” It’s a rare trifecta of intellectual failure, political stupidity, and moral obtuseness.

BREAKING: DC government will retain control over its police department, by agreement. Any requests from feds go through mayor. However, a new order from Bondi will be forthcoming, worded properly, and that is expected to seek the services of the MPD in carrying out immigration enforcement.

"To enforce President Trump's immigration crackdown" my ass. If you think this is about illegal immigration rather than a concerted effort to establish control over law enforcement and create a military presence in DC so as to hold on to power after losing an election, think again. Gift link.

Mood