Fro-Yo Comes to Clarendon
Update on 5/4 — Red Mango has set a tentative opening date for its Clarendon store.
Texas-based frozen yogurt chain Red Mango is opening up a location in Clarendon, according to District Tattle. The store will open up at Clarendon Commons (2831 Clarendon Blvd.), near the Whole Foods, sometime in May.
Red Mango describes itself as “the fastest-growing retailer of all-natural nonfat frozen yogurt in the United States.”
Miss Arlington Crowned Miss America
Photo from missamerica.org
Caressa Cameron, who was crowned Miss Arlington 2009 and then Miss Virginia 2009, was crowned Miss America 2010 on Saturday’s nationally-televised pageant. Cameron, a Fredericksburg, Va. native, wins a $50,000 and will now embark on a national publicity tour.
Cameron’s first appearance was on Live! with Regis and Kelly this morning. She will appear on entertainment show EXTRA tonight. The show airs locally at 2:00 AM on ABC 7 (WJLA).
Although Cameron’s media duties will keep her in New York for now, expect a homecoming for the beauty queen no later than April. Traditionally, Miss America winners participate in the National Cherry Blossom Festival parade.
The Washington Post‘s story about Cameron’s win can be found here, interviews with her parents here, and comments on Cameron’s winning qualities from pageant judge and radio host Rush Limbaugh here.
Huge Brawl Outside Falls Church Club, Officer Hurt
A huge brawl broke out in the parking lot of a Falls Church nightclub early Monday morning, prompting a frantic call for backup from the first police officers on the scene.
Officers from Falls Church and from Arlington and Fairfax counties swarmed the parking lot after the call, which came in around 12:30 AM. Responding officers disbursed a crowd of several hundred people, according to Maj. Mary Gavin of the Falls Church Police Department.
An officer was assaulted during the scuffle and suffered minor injuries, but did not require hospitalization, Maj. Gavin said. There were no arrests.
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