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In time for summer: A Google Map of D.C.’s rooftop bars. 

Let us all remember what happened to the guy who tried to climb from the roof of The Reef to the roof of Millie and Al’s last summer (he broke his ankle and was a figure of ridicule forever more) and vow that when we visit these bars we will not try any stunts like that. 

Prince Harry Is Coming

Our plan is to hang out at places he might like in hopes of meeting him and seeing just how ginger he really is. (Our prediction: Extremely).

British pubs like The Brixton are the obvious choice, but if you know of anywhere renowned for its strip billiards we’d love to hear about it because we bet that’s where he’ll be.

Oh, this is good. Nickolay Lamm has put together gifs showing what DC will look like when sea levels rise 25 feet. Even worse than “I can’t go down to the Mall; it’s covered in tourists” is “I can’t go down to the Mall! It’s covered in THE OCEAN.”  Let’s start a petition on Whitehouse.gov to outlaw the ocean. Before it’s too late. (HT: Mama Post)
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Oh, this is good. Nickolay Lamm has put together gifs showing what DC will look like when sea levels rise 25 feet. Even worse than “I can’t go down to the Mall; it’s covered in tourists” is “I can’t go down to the Mall! It’s covered in THE OCEAN.”

 Let’s start a petition on Whitehouse.gov to outlaw the ocean. Before it’s too late.

(HT: Mama Post)

The Way We Live Now

An unemployed former hill staffer has started a blog chronicling his money-saving strategy: crashing academic and policy panels that have free food.

This man is a hero. 

We prefer to check out the cherry blossoms at night, but they’re usually not quite this beautiful. Check out the Atlantic’s piece on Jacques Domenge’s light paintings of our awesome blossoms.    
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We prefer to check out the cherry blossoms at night, but they’re usually not quite this beautiful. Check out the Atlantic’s piece on Jacques Domenge’s light paintings of our awesome blossoms.    

The Internet: Teaching you to not be obnoxious at Nats games since whenever you started caring about the Nats.
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The Internet: Teaching you to not be obnoxious at Nats games since whenever you started caring about the Nats.

Today in Appreciating Your City

A map of public art in D.C. You can check out when the art was made, and add listings of your own for art you don’t see included. Visiting a bunch of these would make the best sunny Spring weekend field trip ever. Hint hint.

IN MEMORIAM, ROGER EBERT: 

In movies, critics tend to be

Reviled universally

But nobody could ever hate

On Ebert. He was just too great.

Coolest thing of the day: An in-progress map of Literary D.C. — i.e. fictional locations (or those featured in fiction) throughout the District. 

(HT: Mama Post)

TWO HAIKU FOR STEPHEN STRASBURG: 

Stephen Strasburg was

Once a rookie, but now he’s 

Here for the long haul.

Will this change the fact

D.C. can’t even pretend

Baseball is a sport?

In honor of poetry month (not until April, but our story is out today), we’ll be posting poems about front page news stories here from now until we run out of things to rhyme with “Boehner.”

ON THE GROWING EVIDENCE THAT EARLY EXPOSURE TO GERMS LEADS US TO BE MORE RESISTANT TO THEM LATER ON:

A child slathered in Purell

Will not resist the flu as well

As one who likes to play in mud.

(Blame antibodies in the blood)

So our advice: Don’t wash your hands

When traveling in foreign lands.

You’ll be quite safe! The microbes you 

Amassed have better things to do.

Than make you sick. Instead they’ll smite

Each other. That’s germ warfare, right?