* 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]