Runners too, but I’m sure they’re all in bed by now. Capitol Weather had this to say about tomorrow’s weather.

Given abundant sunshine, temperatures will warm to near 60 — but it will feel cooler than that — particulary in the shade.

Marine Corps Marathon runners will experience temperatures rising through the 40s under clear skies but with a stiff westerly wind from 20-25mph.

See you on the sidelines.

Don’t forget to set your clocks back an hour before you go to bed tonight, or when you get up in the morning (possibly foggy after that Halloween party). In the DC area, DST ends at 2AM.

To further confuse us, “Spring Forward” (when DST renews) next year will be three weeks earlier than normal, on the second Sunday of March, for the first time since 1966. Hey wasn’t Nixon in office and the Vietnam War ongoing at the time? Shudder.

Washington says goodbye to one of its model citizens. George Washington Alum and longtime Washington resident Arnold “Red” Auerbach died today. While he was raised in New York and gave a lifetime to the Boston Celtics, he could always be found in Washington. He was even the subject of a book by John Feinstein of the Washington Post.

I went today to the Annapolis Home Brew Shop to get some supplies. A winter should never be entered into without adequate beer and wine and I am fixing to make both. One question though – are there no home brew places closer than Annapolis? It seems like there should be something closer but I couldn’t find it.

Isn’t it time to trade this in for a new one? How do you abbreviate “Didn’t make it into the post-season” anyway?

Photo by ShawnBlog

Alright all you ghosts and goblins getting your costume geek on: what is tonight’s verdict?

Are you gonna be a mommy gone mummy? A pirate lost at sea? A page looking for Foley? Or just the living dead?

What is your costume? Better yet, where are the Flickr pics?

And what might your Halloween night costume suggestion be? A true fashionista would never be the same ghoul twice!

Hoardes of darling little trick-or-treaters in their costumes are out with their parents around downtown Silver Spring today, as I’m sure is true of the rest of the district and across the country. I’m not sure if Halloween (my personal favorite pagan holiday) is celebrated the same way in other parts of the world.

If you have kids, you might want to take them for an extra special treat at the National Zoo. I’ve never been to either the zoo itself, or their Web site before—which is pretty slick and I especially like the panda favicon. Anyway, if I had kids I would definitely take them to Boo at the Zoo, running from yesterday through Sunday. If you are planning on going (or already have) why not drop by and give us your take on the event?

Many adults are probably hard at work on their own costumes and planning on imbibing at one Halloween party or another. What are you dressing up as this year?

My wife pointed this out in Woo Lae Oak’s washingtonpost.com profile:

To be fair, refills are never begrudged, but to get a waitress’s attention one must practically start a fire.

Aha! So, that’s why there was a fire on Thursday night.

Photo by DC Metroblogger

Yo, Mr. Big-Ass Bus, did you notice the traffic jam? Both the one you are in and the one you are causing.

See that line of cars not going anywhere, no need for you to pull in behind them. You are only gonna be caught in the middle of the intersection when the light turns green.

Yep, just did. And now you are Blocking the Box.

What’s that you ask? Oh it’s the polite way for us to say you’re a traffic asshole, clogging our streets with your stupidity.

Please, respect DC, the source of your income. Don’t be an ass. Don’t Block the Box!

Five Dollar Hot Chocolate

Originally uploaded by tbridge.

I was up at an hour too early to mention in print, on the road for a meeting in Ocean City. I was halfway there before the sun had even begun to make its presence known. On the way home from our OC, the rain began in earnest, soaking the road, slowing traffic and making life generally unpleasant. “It’s the sort of day that requires good cocoa,” I said aloud to no one in particular as I drove back to the District.

Good cocoa I found at my usual office haunt, Murky Coffee. Their new menu features two items that say “No Questions Asked,” their new Five Dollar Hot Chocolate and The Coffeemaker. Today being a hot cocoa sort of day, I plunked down my Abe and ordered one.

Folks, good hot chocolate is an artform. If it’s too thin, it’s not right. If it’s too milky, it’s not right. If it’s got wee little marshmallows, it’s not right (I believe in big marshmallows only, wee marshmallows may not apply.), or if there’s whipped cream. This cocoa, though, is a Manet or a Seurat, gentle with the palate, yet it crafts a full and rich image. The last time I had chocolate remotely this good was a midwinter’s dinner at Ray’s The Steaks when it came as a surprise with the check. I highly approve. Worth the $5 on a day when I’d rather be in bed, or cozy by a fire.