Welcome back from Labor Day weekend! Here's some of what you might have missed:

-- Some in Dupont Circle blame an inept District government for waiter's murder
-- Respects being paid at Russian Embassy in memory of Belsan school victims
-- Are Georgetown, Northeast bank robberies linked?
-- Jennifer 8. Lee joins Rock Paper Scissor "cult"
-- Metrobuses get advertising paint-job
-- New Arlington logo looks "drunk" to some
-- What's your favorite District Safeway?
-- And don't miss this brief history of sex scandals in the District

Also, with this post we're proud to announce the official launch of this site. Hopefully this will mean you'll be hearing more about us and noticing fewer glitches.

So who are we? DCist is edited by Rob Goodspeed and Mike Grass. With us as contributors are Catherine Andrews of Unrequited Narcissism and Rebecca Walters of Unsettled. Additionally, we're happy to report that Kyle Gustafson, editor of Gothamist Sports and Information Leafblower, has moved to D.C. and will be writing for DCist. Our publisher is Jake Dobkin. Our executive editor is Jen Chung. We'd like to remind Jen that here in D.C. we have so many pandas they come in both live and synthetic forms.

In the coming weeks we'll be unveiling new features as well as adding contributors. If you have any comments or ideas for us, please drop us a line!