Q: What did the skeleton say to the vampire?

A: You suck.

Well, there’s a new twist on it now:

Q: What did the WCP blogger (that would be me) say to the local vampire novelist who is paying for Amazon reviews?

A: You suck!

Turns out that D.C. area author John Ferrer is advertising on Craigslist that he will pay you (or someone else if you’re busy) $50 and give you an autographed copy of his book, The Immortal Ones, if you write a review of it for Amazon or Barnes and Noble, as well as his blog.

Find out the whole sordid truth on the WCP blog now.

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There he had no windows, no television, no radio—just a black-and-white series to develop. It wasn’t until late morning that he emerged from his work, walked downstairs to head home, and had a jarring abutment with reality. “Everybody was moving in one direction,” says Gossage, now 64. “There were cars with sirens and lights going the other way at 70 mph, and I could see smoke hanging over the city.”

Gossage didn’t know it that afternoon when he walked back to his apartment in Kalorama, but his leafy, well-heeled neighborhood was about to become his own personal sort of perdition.

Read the full story on the WCP website now.

I tell a true story that involves Jim Morrison, my love of bacon, and T.M.I. at SpeakeasyDC’s open mic on Vimeo.

Yes, it’s bloody hot out right now and we’re all reminded daily that our first president chose to build our capital on a swamp, but do you remember the Snowpocalypse? Unless you blacked out for a month or happened to be vacationing off on the pink sand beaches of Barbuda, you remember Snowpocalypse all too well. Who can forget the two-hour-long lines at the grocery stores with the empty shelves, the days without power, and the increasingly inane banter that the local news anchors had to engage in as the storm dragged on and on and on?

Now the Phillips Collection is throwing the End of Summer White Party with the Pink Line Project and Bluebrain, which will memorialize the Snowpocalypse as only the art world can. Find out how by clicking here!

Beginning on the evening of Aug. 10 and continuing through Sept. 9, Washington’s Muslim community will be celebrating Ramadan. This means no eating or drinking anything between sunrise and sunset, when the fast is broken with an iftar feast.

If you’re under the impression that this means there’s no good Arabic food available for a month, you need to think again. Ramadan is actually the best time to indulge in Middle Eastern cuisine, because there are special dishes galore — especially if you like dessert.

Find out where to go by clicking here and reading the rest of the piece.