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FRIDAY: >> In case you missed Chapel Hill's The Old Ceremony (pictured) last time they were in town, they'll be at the Rock and Roll Hotel tonight with Junior League, Unwed Sailor and John Pringle. We've raved in the past about lead singer Django Haskins' Nick Cave-meets-Ben Folds stage presence, and since then we've picked up their 2006 release Our One Mistake. If you can't make the show, we highly suggest giving them a listen...

Do you like lovely young red headed women who write and sing beautiful songs? We thought so. Take L.A.'s A Fine Frenzy for a test drive over on her MySpace page and if you like what you hear, enter for a pair of tickets to tomorrow night's show at the Black Cat. She's opening for local folk rockers Junior League. We'll pick one lucky winner at the end of the day.

Over in what they refer to as the “Atlas District” – known more commonly by the rest of Western civilization as H Street NE – the Rock and Roll Hotel is slowly coming into its own as a venue. They have a diverse array of solid lineups checking in over the next month or so, and last night they hosted one of their better ones, an evening of music from local act Junior League and...

The rapidly developing D.C. blogosphere was the subject of a story in today's Express, who profiled Kelly Ann Collins in an article on page 32 for their Outlook page. If you missed it, today's entire Express (PDF) is available for download from their website. In addition to Kelly Ann Collins' Washington Socialites, the article mentions DCist (or our Cinco de Mayo party at least), the Cleveland Park Men's Club, DC SOB (no URL), and the Cleveland Park Junior League (also no URL), arguing that through her blog Ms. Collins has become "a bona fide full-time socialite," complete with a bodyguard and occasional charity events.

The city was in bloom this weekend. Near this DCist's apartment, we spied a number of tourists blocking the Connecticut Avenue sidewalk near Woodley Road to snap photos of the giant bed of tulips on the embankment of the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel. From cherry blossoms the previous weekend to now tulips ... what's next weekend's flower of choice? Over on Euclid Street, were this photo from DCist Photos was snapped, even the weeds and...

As you might expect their blog has attracted some dissenters, one posting "Indeed, when people feel compelled to create a blog such as this, one can only imagine that it is the result of some significant penile envy and general character flaws." Not everyone was upset - a certain Steve Zarick from the Washington Wizards posted a comment offering the club members free tickets to an April game complete with "in-game recognition."