Wake to Washington

Get the best eats at this year's All Things Go Fall Classic...

...on October 12 & 13 at Union Market. The festival will feature food from Rocklands, Shake Shack, Taqueria Del Barrio and more. Advance tickets are going fast—buy yours now.

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"She can keep tweeting. It's not going to happen."

Is the dream of a totally free Circulator really dead? According to Mayor Bowser, who has championed the campaign in the name of transit equity, hell no. Despite DC Council’s repeated refusals to fund the proposal, Bowser is ready to die on the #FreeCirculator hill and has taken to Twitter to win over public opinion. 

• Reception for Bowser’s proposal has been mixed with many noting that the bus routes only service affluent areas and unlikely to benefit the District’s low-income residents. 

• We encourage @DCCirculator to take a stance on its future

Only the Redfin agents are happy about this

Amazon HQ is coming, and it's causing a furor in the previously staid NoVa rental market. Although the retail giant won’t officially be setting up shop for awhile, locals are already driving up costs, with some preemptively buying up properties at inflated prices in anticipation of renting to monied Amazon workers arriving over the next few years. 

• New HQ workers will reportedly make an average $150k/year; unclear if they'll face the same punishing working conditions as their warehouse counterparts.

Love is in the cards

College Park engineers Andy and Kristin Looney used to work for NASA. Then they started a game company, and the hit card game Fluxx has the firm taking off.

• Much love to Labyrinth Games on Pennsylvania, where you can probably find Fluxx and anything else your nerdy heart desires—including friends to game with at open play on Thursday nights. 

Tune in: Kojo talks to Summerhouse

The city’s new magazine of arts and culture only has 4 days to hit its Kickstarter goal. Learn more about the mission and vision by reading our interview with founder Michelle Delgado or by tuning in to Kojo Nnamdi at 12:23 pm.

Rowhouse fire raises questions

The tragic loss of life on Kennedy St last week clearly could have been prevented. The home was not permitted for rentals, but held a dozen tiny living spaces where many Ethiopian immigrants lived. Now two are dead—smoke detectors didn't work and the windows were barred to firefighters—and the rest homeless. At least the city is prosecuting.

• Read more about how racially-biased development turned the South Bronx into a tinderbox.

Also || Amazon warehouse in Maryland canceled, Georgian restaurant coming to Park View, historical archives reopen above Mt Vernon Apple, IMP’s Hurwitz steps down after solicitation accusation, Ten Tigers transitioning, “Scoop (There It Is)”

Red Arrows in the sky

If you feel the need for speed, go watch the Royal Air Force’s Red Arrows impressive aerial displays on their next stop at the Udvar-Hazy Center. Following the flypast, you can chat with pilots and make all the Top Gun references you’ve been saving up. You go, Maverick! (9:30am)

Plan ahead!

Cowork with us this Thursday We’re back at Eaton House with Locale! Explore the space, talk shop, and linger for drinks on the Wild Days rooftop terrace (or join us there even if you can’t cowork). Happy hour is open to everyone but coworking space is limited so grab your ticket now! (10am-5pm)

Smells like team Spirit

The Washington Spirit, our NWSL team, more than doubled (“pulverized”) their attendance record at Audi Field this weekend. Grab tickets to see USWNT heroes Rose Lavelle, Mallory Pugh and more at one of their two remaining home games (only one at Audi Field).

Author talk: Rion Amilcar Scott

Scott’s rooted in the area—he went to GMU and teaches at Bowie State—and his newest is set in the fictional town of Cross River, Maryland. It’s not a real place, but the LA Times says it sure was nice visiting. Check him at Politics & Prose. (7 pm)

Reminders from the Weekly Scheduler

• Truly embarrassing moments—but luckily, not yours. DC Improv hosts a storytelling contest all about the wooorst moments, those truly cringe-worthy memories that are only okay now because at least they’re funny. (7:30pm)

• Live dinos, and you don't even have to go to Dubai! Perfect for actual kids or just your inner kid. This live show appears to involve pretty detailed dinosaur puppets slash costumes. You may get your head eaten by a t-rex. (10:30am, 1:30pm, 4:30pm)

Also || | Solid State Sci-Fi Book Club on Salman Rushdie | career change! | drinking and nude drawing | Harry Potter trivia