Cleveland Park is dying! All the fancy people who live there in their fancy little homes probably had acne and now don’t have health care, so the area is DYING and for all we know its inhabitants may all be dead too.  All the other neighborhoods get to be renewed, but the rich folk already live in Cleveland Park, so no new businesses will be brought in, EVEN THOUGH the neighborhood has lost a supermarket, a hair salon, a 7-11, and even a Starbucks this year. (How can STARBUCKS go out of business?!) Today we pay homage to all that is left in this once thriving neighborhood.  MORE »

A reader writes in to report that

There are over a dozen film trucks on Ordway Street in Cleveland Park right now, and easily 75 people walking around with badges, walkie talkies, etc. Even though it’s raining, it seems there is some big, BIG film shoot going on in the area right now (8:45am Tuesday). Any idea what it could be?

Now, this is about two blocks from Wonkette HQ, so, theoretically, we could go out and do that thing where you speak to people about things they “know,” but it’s raining and our computer is warm and dry. Besides, that’s what commuters are for. Anyhow, we know that Nicole Kidman’s filming “The Visiting” now… has “Syriana” wrapped? Let us know: MORE »