TYPICALLY, WHEN A CYCLIST hears “bike” and “December,” visions of Lycra leggings and wind-resistant gloves dance in their heads. As the temperature continues to drop, so do the number of two-wheeled outings. Sigh. What is a st...

“IT’S THE FASTEST way to get out of D.C. physically and mentally,” says Washington Area Bicyclist Association‘s Ben West about the pebbly path. “Within 10 minutes of riding, you’re out there in the green.” Th...

YOU KNOW THE fine print during the end credits of a reality show? You really should hit pause on the DVR to read it. It states that the producers have a say in who stays and who goes, in addition to a contestant’s demonstrated abilities. Whomev...

AS THOUSANDS RUN the Marine Corps. Marathon this weekend, the rest of us — briefly — will probably feel bad about being couch potatoes who lack that special motivation to pant those 26.2 miles. (We’re not even going near those doing...

IT ALL STARTED with a simple — yet alarming — tweet from the Velvet Lounge’s Twitter feed (@VLoungeREALTIME) this morning: “[We] just learned that long time friend of the club Derek [sic] Whibley of Sum 41, who played many ear...

MC SPANDEX, I think I love you. (Hat tip to the Practical Cyclist.)

ALICE SWANSON. Ask any cyclist in the D.C. area and they’ll know her story. On July 8, 2008, the 22-year-old was struck and killed by a garbage truck while commuting to her job at the International Research & Exchanges Board via bicycle. O...

WHEN A PARKING DELIVERY TRUCK hit a cyclist pedaling past Clyde’s in Georgetown at around 9:15 a.m. this morning, sous chef Estaban Gonzalez didn’t hesitate. “One of my line cooks came in asking me for a towel because this guy was b...

ONCE YOU GET over the initial giggle, the YouTube ad for GoGirl ($7, Go-girl.com) is an inspiration for womankind. Athletic, adventurous role models declare themselves no longer beholden to their bladders or bathrooms. With the discreet pink product ...

FIRST THERE WAS Coco Chanel. There there was Coco Moore, a most fashionable Sonic Youth offspring. And now there’s Coco Perez. That’s right, gossip biddies — to quote Sir Elton John, “the bitch is back,” but in a whole n...

PEREZ HILTON, DARLING. Word on the Internets is that you’re expanding your empire: A fashionista blog, Cocoperez.com, is said to be launching tomorrow — and you’re hard at work on a a music label imprint, too. Since you’re all...

STOP BY THE Mount Pleasant Farmers’ Market Saturdays at Lamont Park (17th & Lamont Streets NW), and you’ll see familiar piles of leafy greens and scrumptious fruit. You’ll also find Ben West peddling a service of a different so...

IT’S BEEN TWO MONTHS since “Arlington: The Rap” — a song by resident Remy Munasifi that paid homage to the county’s many tiny dogs and Starbucks shops — made the rounds on YouTube. That’s more than enough tim...