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How Rustik Ended Bloomingdale’s Prohibition, and What’s Coming Next “Over the course of several months, Stu Davenport’s aspirations to stay open late and serve cocktails would pit mostly black, longer-term residents against the Big Bear’s mostly white, mostly recent transplant supporters. The ugly public debate burst back onto the surface most recently at last week’s hearing before the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration board, where all the worries about parking, trash, and noise were trotted out again.” (Washington City Paper)

Hipster Highway: New shuttle service to run from U Street to Brooklyn ““We know the kind of people who live around U Street. They’re younger, more vibrant, more creative…Anybody is welcome, but it’s definitely more for the sort of folks who are interested in looking at things off the beaten path, interested in getting to know neighborhoods, and interested in scraping the surface and seeing more than the Statue of Liberty and the Washington Monument.”” (tbd.com)

Michelle Rhee and Adrian Fenty’s most cheerful potshots at Vince Gray “Rhee: “With Kaya Henderson at the helm and the DCPS management team in place, everything the city needs to be able to continue the reforms will be in place.” Translation: My deputy and all my people are staying, so you can’t screw it up too badly, Gray.” (tbd.com)

Fenty confirms Oberlin talks, downplays write-in campaign “More seriously, Fenty said it’s still premature to talk about his future, a month after his loss in the Democratic primary to Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray. But he said he is on the hunt for a job. “I’m literally exploring everything,” he said…” (voices.washingtonpost.com)

Working to Broaden and Deepen Our Online Engagement “On Monday, the White House hosted its first African American Online Summit, which brought together a group of programming leaders from the African American online media world for an in-depth briefing and discussion about how the Administration is approaching important issues such as jobs, the economy, health care, education, community investment, civil rights and civil liberties, and the First Lady’s Let’s Move! initiative.”(The White House)

Bed Bugs in D.C. (and the Dogs That Find Them) “…three years ago we got into using the dogs for inspections. The hardest thing about bed bugs is finding them, especially in low level infestations, and that’s where the dogs are best. Anywhere you can fit the thickness of a business card, a bed bug can possibly hide.” (DCist)

The greatest Halloween costume ever | via Flickr Clever idea. That and who doesn’t love the comics with their morning coffee? (flickr.com)