TRAVEL LOG: A Week's Wrap-up

So I leave Washington for a week and everything seems to be going to hell.

First, I return to higher fares on for the bus and subway, but yet, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is facing intense criticism for running two-car trains after 10 p.m., rankling party-goers trying to make it out of the District via subway.

Second, snakeheads are a continuing menace.

Third, there are more pest control problems at the National Zoo. One zoo official tells The Washington Post that it will not be an "overnight change. ... We still have pockets [of infestation], but it's much better."

Anyhow, the Oculus is back in business. Expect more postings today and tomorrow.