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Washington: What a Crafty Bastards it was! If you came out, thank you, and I hope you scored some adorable pillows/cool posters/bespoke silhouettes of your face.

LEADING THE MORNING NEWS:

• St. Elizabeths project looking good, with bids from Microsoft and others. [Examiner]
• D.C. fireboat needs about $700k in repairs. [Examiner]
• Libertarians pumped about winning “major party” status in the District. [Post]
• Petworth soccer field exposes racial divide. [Post]

RECENT CITY PAPER STORIES TO HELP YOU MAKE SENSE OF YOUR DAY:

Photo of the Day: Barbershop.

Starting Early: Councilmember Jim Graham doesn’t run for reelection until 2014, but he already has one challenger.

Over Our Heads: Mayor Vince Gray says that the D.C. Council didn’t understand his tax break for tech investors.

Eat Up: Farmers Fishers Bakers, the resurrected post-flood version of the Georgetown waterfront’s Farmers & Fishers, opened last week.

Justice Delayed: A woman who was sexually assaulted in Dupont Circle and blogged about it says that the alleged perpetrator’s guilty plea doesn’t mean all of his victims will feel justice.

Catholic Gilt: A new art exhibit toys with Catholicism and virginity.

LOOSE LIPS, by Loose Lips columnist Alan Suderman. (tips? lips@washingtoncitypaper.com)

• Colby King: Get your ass in gear, Ron Machen. [Post]
• Mayor Vince Gray still acting really cagey about budget autonomy referendum. [Times]
• D.C.’s fireboat is in rough shape, can’t handle large-scale emergencies. [Examiner]
• White people ruining pick-up soccer. [Post]
• Gray says District will one day be a tech city. [WBJ]
• Microsoft making planning easier for St. Elizabeths. [Examiner]
• Gray really happy that federal oversight no longer needed of the District’s disabled. [Examiner]
• Top teachers to get raises faster. [WAMU]

HOUSING COMPLEX, by Housing Complex columnist Aaron Wiener. (tips? awiener@washingtoncitypaper.com )

• The D.C. area gets what it’s really been missing: three more H&Ms. [Post]
• It begins: the Craigslist inauguration bonanza. [UrbanTurf]
• Here are some housing policies we’re likely to see. [UrbanTurf]
• And here are some policies we should see. [Post]
• A quick look at the city’s efforts to help homeless vets. [WJLA]
• Three beat-up Mt. Vernon rowhouses must be preserved. [DCmud]
• Work has begun on the enormous Park Chelsea at New Jersey and I SE. [JDLand]
• Shocker: Some neighborhoods are skeptical of D.C.’s lastest developments. [Post]
• Today on the market: A house in need of an ambassador

ARTS LINKS, by Ally Schweitzer (tips? artsdesk@washingtoncitypaper.com)