Wonkette

The Bear is back! And now he’s in the cross hairs of the mean old Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles for having a really gay license plate. I guess this is the sort of low-level, left-handed payback you get when you cross the very powerful Sen. Larry Craig. MORE »

* “Imagine my surprise when I got to the DMV on M St SE this morning, just as they opened, and got my brand new DC driver’s license in about a half an hour. The metal detectors at the door were a little unexpected, but the rest of the experience was totally pleasant.” [From Harvard Street]
* “MC with the hispanic guy on the bike who grabbed my ass last night…furiously pedaling down 16th Street north of Adams Morgan.” [EJ Takes Life]
* Fundraiser for Eastern Market tonight at Marty’s. [The DC Concierge]
* Ayelet Waldman and Michael Chabon hit you up at the Happy Booker today. [The Happy Booker]

* Here’s a terrifying sketch of the man who raped a woman in broad daylight outside a Checkers at 14th Street and Maryland Avenue while another man restrained her 3-year-old daughter. [Frozen Tropics]
* Yesterday a man was stabbed to death in broad daylight at 51st Street and Banks Place, NE. [stop, blog and roll]
* Last night there was a big apartment fire at 6th and O Streets, NW. 40 people lost their homes. [Life in Mount Vernon Square]
* DMV moving from Gallery Place to SW. [Gallery Place Living]
* The DC Madam’s Shock and Ahhhhh … [City Desk]