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What DC blogs do you follow? (self.washingtondc)

submitted ago* by kpthot

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I've been in the area for about a year now but still have trouble finding interesting things to do week to week. I used to live in Seattle and I had a collection of blogs I would follow that would usually tip me off to cool events.

Generally, what DC blogs do you follow to keep up with what's going on? Right now my consumption is basically just Prince of Petworth and DCist.

Edit: Alright! This has been great. Here's what is in my Reader right now. If more come in that I end up adding I'll put them up here.

DCist

Unsuck DC Metro

Greater Greater Washington

Borderstan

Prince of Petworth

Brightest Young Things

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[–]itshometoyouandmePetworth 3 points4 points ago

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In addition to what's been mentioned, there's The Hill is Home, Greater Greater Washington, Unsuck DC Metro, and H Street Great Street

covering real estate there's DC Mud, UrbanTurf, and Frozen Tropics

[–]akels56 1 point2 points ago

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Greater Greater Washington is... um... great!

[–]keepingscore 2 points3 points ago*

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There are some good links here http://www.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/comments/o9bsp/how_do_you_keep_up_with_the_district/

[–]apz1Mount Vernon Square 2 points3 points ago*

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A few from my RSS reader are defunct, so this what I read that still posts content:

  • DC Rock Live - terrific, succinct reviews of small indie shows

  • DC Wire - Washington Post's feed of local content, with a focus on city politics

  • Frozen Tropics - H Street focused

  • Greater Greater Washington - Armchair urbanist blog

  • Housing Complex - City Paper's blog on real estate and architecture

  • Loose Lips - City Paper's blog on local politics

  • We Love DC - Nice blog about nice things in DC

I also follow Brightest Young Things, the nightlife/hipster blog.

[–]headphonesalwayson 2 points3 points ago

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Seconding We Love DC. That blog is the reason why my friends think I'm a professional tourist, yet still know cool things that are more local like the H Street Festival.

[–]alh9hVirginia 2 points3 points ago

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Another rec for We Love DC. Disclaimer: I write for them

Also:

[–]kpthot[S] 0 points1 point ago

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The jobs one is fantastic for people who are looking. Thanks.

[–]GumburculesThe Palisades 0 points1 point ago

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I had never been to Brightest Young Things because of its hipster reputation.

I just checked it out and it's like the creators thought: "You know what was awesome about Vice Magazine? How they totally got over the whole counterculture thing and moved on to hipsterdom. Let's just bypass that whole beginning part and go full hipster."

[–]apz1Mount Vernon Square 0 points1 point ago

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Your use of a colon really confused me for some reason. Anyway,

Let's just bypass that whole beginning part and go full hipster.

I have no idea what that means.

[–]GumburculesThe Palisades 0 points1 point ago

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When it started, Vice magazine used to be about skateboarding, drugs, heavy metal, etc. with some "fashion" that was mostly making fun of people wearing ridiculous things. At some point it got bought out by American Apparel or something and now is basically the hipster newsletter.

Brightest Young Things looks pretty much like a Vice clone circa 2012.

[–]apz1Mount Vernon Square 0 points1 point ago

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So your issue is that both BYT and Vice focus too much on fashion? I can see that, I guess. Both outlets put out solid editorial content, although the former does not have the resources of the latter.

[–]GumburculesThe Palisades 1 point2 points ago

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Fashion, flavor of the week bands that aren't that good, trendy "exclusive" events like warehouse parties and pop up restaurants that make people feel special because they know about something that others supposedly don't. That kind of stuff.

I'm not saying either is a bad publication, or that people with that lifestyle are wrong, it's just not something that interests me at all.

Also I'm bitter because the old Vice magazine was a great bathroom read and now it really is just a 100 page ad for American Apparel, though their documentaries are still pretty decent.

[–]mattasaurus202Southwest Waterfront 1 point2 points ago

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Just a couple off the top of my head: Metrocurean.com - Covering the DC food scene. Borderstan.com - Covers everything Dupont, Logan Circle, and U St. DC.Eater.com - More food scene stuff

Also check out nationwide websites like Thrillist and Urbandaddy's DC pages and subscribe to get daily emails about new stuff going on in DC.

[–]olivermihoff 1 point2 points ago

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PrinceOfPetworth and DCist are probably my favorite local DC blogs, but I'm a little overwhelmed by the "Frozen Yogurt Shop" and "pictures of your pet" reports...

[–]atlerogeColumbia Heights 1 point2 points ago

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The Straight Torquer is great for architecture.

[–]shane_soloPark View 1 point2 points ago

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I stopped following most DC blogs because they started making me hate white people. That's a good list you have so far though, most of the knowledgeable sources of info are contained in this thread.

Add People's District to your list though. Not for events, but for...you know, people.

[–]southpawswede 1 point2 points ago

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i dont think i can compete, but i made a bucket list of things to do in dc is that interest you

http://www.missioneverything.com/?cat=3

[–]Dovienya 1 point2 points ago

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No mention of the Capital Weather Gang yet? It is very in depth and I've found it to be very accurate, too. You'll learn a lot about the weather by reading it.

[–]stccc735 1 point2 points ago

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Agreed. Brings the weather forecasting down to plain english, they're awesome.

[–]miacane86 1 point2 points ago

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Definitely. Wunderground is my source for everywhere, EXCEPT DC.

[–]DrJinDC 1 point2 points ago

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If you like coffee, you have to check out District Bean:

www.districtbean.com

[–]pizzaforpresident 2 points3 points ago

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Big fan of Brightest Young Things.

[–]terriblymildmanneredBloomingdale 0 points1 point ago

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yglesias covers local stuff sometimes, too

[–]ForestForTheTrees 0 points1 point ago

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What others have mentioned and a lil fluffy but...AwesomeDC.

[–]stonedorstoked 0 points1 point ago

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Is DC Rad?

[–]teenagedrtbag 0 points1 point ago

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I follow DC fashion blogs: Caphillstyle and District of Chic.

[–]miacane86 0 points1 point ago

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UnsuckDC is my favorite. Just wish there were more posts to fill the monotony of my day.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

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UnsuckDCMetro is my favorite, followed by dcist. I just moved into the Atlas district, so I'm pretty big on Frozen Tropics and H st Great Steet, too.