Restonian

05/08/2026

The developer didn't want to build a casino in our stupid town, anyway. So there.

No one: Absolutely no one: Comstock: We never wanted to build a casino in your stupid town anyway. The fancypants casino bill has been dea...

05/04/2026

Namechecked in a Trump Truth post, Reston has finally arrived.

Maybe you thought it was that time Money Magazine ranked Reston the 7th best place to live in the country . Or that time they named an oper...

05/02/2026

A swanky 27th floor penthouse at Reston Station has set a new record for Virginia. What else could $10.25 million buy in Reston?

ZOMG, someone roust Bob Guccione from his penicillin-lined tomb, as a swanky Reston penthouse has set a new record. The 27th floor pentho...

04/09/2026

Looks like there won't be a fun used car lot casino in Tysons this year after all.

http://www.restonian.org/2026/04/casinopocalypse-later-spanberger-vetoes.html

03/04/2026

Looks like the unsolicited, newly unrestricted casino bill will make it to the Governor's desk after all:

Happy Friday News Dump, to all those who celebrate! Our BFFs at the Reston Association opted to send an update on the state of legislative ...

02/27/2026

We're shocked -- shocked! -- to find out that the Fairfax casino proposal is moving through the Virginia legislature faster than a cut-through commuter on Wiehle.

Happy Friday News Dump, to all those who celebrate! Our BFFs at the Reston Association opted to send an update on the state of legislative ...

02/24/2026

Will a shift from office space on American Dream (heh) Way change plans for Reston's first gated community? We don't know, but it gave us an excuse to use a decade-old meme:

http://www.restonian.org/2026/02/will-american-dream-way-remain-gated.html

02/18/2026

This is eerily like Kiss: Unmasked, only with more mauve cinderblock:

http://www.restonian.org/2026/02/mauve-alert-sassy-chatbot-pretty-much.html

02/13/2026

Remember when all the hubbub about building a casino in Fairfax County was relegated to one used car lot in Tysons? Not anymore.

Hey, remember that time there was a big push in the Virginia legislature to build a fancypants national security honeytrap casino in Fairfa...

12/31/2025

As appropriate a year in review for Reston as any.

If you're looking for a metaphor of what 2025 was like in our favorite plastic fantastic planned community, you could do worse than this cel...