* DCDL brings Max Blumenthal to the champagne room at Timberlake's. Free at 6:30PM. [DCDL]

* Is there anything unique to DC? "Anything you crave when you first return to DC from your respective homes??" Tryst's blended chai? [Bathroom Reading]

* "In spite of all its money, post-graduate degrees, and important sounding job titles, is DC really nothing more than just Hollywood for ugly people?" [The DC Universe]

* Photo gallery of DC's punk scene in the 80s. [City Desk]

* Interview with Lori Parkerson, owner of the swanky 14th street shop Redeem. [panda head]