DCentric

Good Morning, DC! How many of you are half-deaf from being up front at Rock The Bells last night? Just us? Okay, then! On to the news:

Fenty supporter interrupts Gray rally with megaphone on Twitpic The title is almost more arresting than the picture, but yeah. Interrupted! (twitpic.com)

Metrocurean’s Five Favorite Hidden Patios in DC “These urban oases are some of the city’s best tucked away patios, shielding guests from the hustle, bustle and bus exhaust of city sidewalks.” Poste, The Gibson and Georgetown newcomer Puro, too. (metrocurean.com)

Graham: Gage-Eckington Park will go forward “The LeDroit Park community has been fuming ever since Barry placed his hold on the park at the end of July. Graham himself took to the listservs to chastise his colleague. “This is an outrage, and a totally needless delay in a very worthwhile project,”" (tbd.com)

Electric carmaker Tesla to open D.C. store “City officials hope Tesla’s arrival on K Street will also enliven downtown retail. D.C. Deputy Mayor Valerie Santos said in an e-mail that the company has “a very Park Avenue, high-end feel” and that its entrance shows that D.C. “bucks the trend on the decline of retail options in other metropolitan cities.”" (The Washington Post)

Update on Incident Involving a Falling Death from the Building Above Petworth Metro “First and foremost the Washington Post/AP story claiming that MPD was investigating a stabbing of Mr. Eric Wright is completely inaccurate” (Prince Of Pentworth )

And this one, just because it’s Monday– John Mayer Calls Out HuffPo, Labels them “Dangerous” “The reason I’m calling you out instead of all the other magazines that make stories up out of thin air is that In Touch and Star Magazine aren’t concurrently writing pieces about Pat Tillman or WikiLeaks…” DCentric Warning to those gentler souls: there be four-letter words and potentially offensive language here. (jhnmyr.tumblr.com)