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Good morning. Sunny with a excessive of 52 at the moment, an actual deal with after weeks of bitter chilly. Low of 31 tonight. On Friday I left a present on the Black Cat and walked round 14th Road, the place I noticed the city buzzing in the best way that solely occurs when one in every of its groups is a big-time contender. However this time it was about…the Commanders? I noticed hat after hat with massive gold Ws, and I can’t bear in mind the final time that occurred. So whereas Sunday’s blowout loss to Philadelphia was a chilly slap of actuality in a city that’s had greater than its share of these currently, I wish to thank this crew for mending wall between Washington and its soccer crew with this improbably magical season. As Barry Svrluga wrote within the Submit, this crew has introduced optimism again to native soccer followers. Subsequent 12 months ought to be a blast. You may discover me on Bluesky, and there’s a hyperlink to my e-mail tackle on the backside of this publish.
I can’t cease listening to:
Mogwai, “Fanzine Manufactured from Flesh.” The primary single from the Scots band’s wonderful new LP, “The Dangerous Fireplace” looks like driving a small, noisy convertible on nation roads on a heat day. I’m very excited for his or her present right here in April.
Right here’s some administration information you may need blocked out:
• Colombia agreed to just accept individuals deported by the US after President Trump threatened tariffs. (NYT) Commerce wars have gotten Washington’s new regular. (Washington Submit)
• The immigration arrests have begun. (CNN)
• One other courtroom battle in all probability looms after Trump fired greater than a dozen inspectors normal on Friday. (Politico)
• The President canceled Anthony Fauci‘s safety element. (NYT)
• RFK Jr., Tulsi Gabbard, and Kash Patel may have their Senate hearings this week. (AP) Kristi Noem obtained confirmed. (NPR) Pete Hegseth squeaked in, too. (Washington Submit)
• Trump is probably going to offer a joint tackle to Congress on March 4. (Politico)
• Apparently the Democrats have a technique. (Politico)
The very best factor I ate final week, by Ann Limpert
Is there a greater dish for a chilly January night time than onion soup? I can’t consider one, and I can’t consider a greater model within the metropolis proper now than the gloriously tacky bowl on the new Minetta Tavern. The Union Market hotspot (totally booked and three-deep on the bar early on a Thursday) carefully resembles Keith McNally’s Greenwich Village authentic, right down to its art-crammed partitions, checkerboard flooring, and $36 Black Label burger.
There’s no have to promote me on soupe à l’oignon (if it’s on the menu I’m getting it), however the server pushed for it arduous: “Quite a lot of visitors say it’s one of the best they’ve had outdoors of France.” I’m glad to report he wasn’t being hyperbolic—the crock was coated in an excessive amount of Gruyère (that means the correct amount of Gruyère), and full of deeply caramelized onions and tufts of crusty bread. However the recipe, courtesy of New York Minetta chef Laurent Kalkotour, will get a very powerful ingredient proper: the broth, which tasted as if it had been simmering for hours and hours. Hold the comfortable vibes going with a martini in entrance of the roaring fire on the upstairs Lucy Mercer Bar, which appears to be like straight out of an Edith Wharton novel. (1287 Fourth St., NE.)
Lately on Washingtonian dot com:
• The Washington Submit deliberate to gentle its towers in Commanders colours in the event that they received however alas.
• It’s Winter Restaurant Week. Strive these brunches.
• We obtained some new pandas.
• Meet a number of the individuals who braved the chilly and darkish to satisfy them on Friday.
• Some FIFA Membership World Cup video games shall be in DC this summer time.
• The Commanders are unlikely to alter their identify.
Native information hyperlinks:
• Please make time to get pleasure from this extremely juicy story about how Dan Snyder reportedly tried to thwart the sale of the Commanders and stewed over their golden season with out him. (ESPN)
• Banned in DC: A choose banned Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes from visiting DC with out permission after Trump commuted Rhodes’s sentence. (AP)
• Dangerous information for cat burglars: DC’s crime lab has lastly been reaccredited to research fingerprints. (Washington Submit)
• The thought to rename Dulles for Trump returns. (Potomac Native Information)
• DC lastly obtained pancake ice. (Washington Submit)
• Queen Latifah, Francis Ford Coppola, Eleanor Holmes Norton: It’s Dan About City’s month-to-month picture roundup!
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That’s the ballgame. Let’s get to it.
Senior editor
Andrew Beaujon joined Washingtonian in late 2014. He was beforehand with the Poynter Institute, TBD.com, and Washington Metropolis Paper. He lives in Del Ray.
