Let's start off with something fun, shall we? Here's one of the more creative ways we've ever seen music presented is via haiku in this list of 2012's 50 best songs (so far) by Brightest Young Things.

And now onto something not so fun: DC rents are creeping upward. We are definitely not in Kansas anymore...

Speaking of the countryside, since we haven't had time to get out to Polyface Farms to tour these grand pastures ourselves, we'll have to rely on these beautiful photographs by Wade Chi.

Any questions so far? A blogger named Nick who blogs at Macheesmo has 10 that he asks before he goes to a restaurant. Just as interesting is what's at the bottom of the list—what not to ask.

One restaurant that we go to only requires one question: is there a limit to how many delicious pizzas you will feed one person? Obviously, we're talking about Coppi's Organic on U street. But alas, we'll have to wait for a year to get our fix. They're temporarily closing while the street gets torn up. Via Eater.

Speaking of torn up, or rather minced, as in tiny cuts of lamb tripe and liver Washington City Paper contributor Mary Kong-DeVito samples dulet.

Finally, Cookie Monster crosses over into pop music. And it's wonderful: