Happy Memorial Day weekend, Arlington.
We hope you’re able to get some rest and reflection in after this long week. Once we push past some rain this evening, it’s looking like sunny skies, high temps and grilling weather through Monday.
weekend discussion
The weekend has arrived and, apparently, so have mid-summer temperatures.
Perhaps a little too early. Forecasters warn residents not to let the heat take them by surprise as temperatures could reach the mid-90s.
It’s been a busy week.
A new music venue and watering hole opened, students rallied around abortion rights, and the police responded to a couple of bank robberies.
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Pack your umbrella. It looks like Mother’s Day weekend will be wet.
With a Flood Watch in effect through Saturday morning, and rain expected through Sunday, you may want to make indoor plans.
We hope you had a great April and have some plans to ring in a new month this weekend.
There was plenty to talk about over the last 30 days.
Happy Earth Day!
In addition to the Earth Day Every Day Festival this weekend, there are several cleanups and recycling events to get your green points, including at Bon Air Park from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday and on the W&OD Trail from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Between spring break, Good Friday, Easter and Passover, it appears that many have already checked out for the weekend, at least according to ARLnow’s Google Analytics chart.
For those of you still here, we have the most-read Arlington articles of the past week.
It’s been a gray and rainy week in Arlington.
We may have some scattered showers this weekend but hopefully you’re able to get out of the house without an umbrella in between.
Don’t you wish you were an Oscar Mayer weiner?
No, it’s no April Fools Day joke — the Weinermobile rolled through Arlington. Perhaps it was the same large sausage vehicle that was posted up at the Springfield Lidl in Fairfax County this afternoon. It will also be at the Fairfax Lidl at 11179 Lee Highway on Sunday between 9 a.m. and noon for anyone who really wants to get a photo.
The blossoms have bloomed and there’s plenty to see and do in Arlington this weekend, despite the expected chilly weather.
In conjunction with the National Cherry Blossom Festival, this Saturday the Blossom Kite Festival will bring some of the festivities to Virginia Highlands Park in the Pentagon City area. The D.C. Tattoo Expo is also coming to Arlington.
It seems spring weather may be here to stay — just in time for the first day of (astronomical) spring this Sunday.
After strong winds and snow last weekend, daytime temperatures have been mostly in the upper 50s, 60s and 70s each day this week. Those temps will continue through Tuesday, before some rain is expected, according to the National Weather Service.