Metro Section: Keep a Flask Inside Your Pocket
* Capitol Hill bar The Tune Inn makes Esquire magazine's "Best Bars in America" list. Northwest residents feel slighted. [ Esquire via Metroblogging DC ]
* AOL City Guide's latest grasp at relevance is a "hottest bartender" in DC poll. [ AOL City Guide (Women) ; AOL City Guide (Men) ]
* A Flickr slide show of the DC alleys everyone thinks are so cool , with one squished rat for authenticity. [ Paint and Plaster ]
* Some mastermind is at work at the Post if the old reporters are taking the buy outs and being replaced by young rockers. [ Unrequited Narcissism ]