Editor's Notebook: Fireworks, Post-Derecho and More

The midweek holiday made it hard for many of us to leave town for the , but the fireworks downtown were lovely, as usual.

• Here is a over the National Mall. 

The biggest story we've continued to cover over the past week, though, has got to be post-derecho destruction. The was at least as last year.

One of the most surprising things about the derecho was how is seemed to hit us out of nowhere.

• Watch this
• Also, by the storm.

In other neighborhood news:

• It's your chance last to
• The at 1215 31st St., NW will now be a mix of retail and commercial space built almost entirely below ground level.
• Neighbors are lobbying the General Services Administration and to prevent the new owner from building any new structures.

To browse all the news over the past week, visit our News page.