Read some of the recent threads in the past few weeks and you will understand what is happening.

That said, DC still continues to draw great visiting independent ladies who are the creme de la creme.  Amanda Prescott and Catherine Dumont are two examples -- both visiting in early Dec ...

Seriously what happens to DC ? This is one of the worst thanksgiving season !!
I moved to texas 6 months ago due to my business commitments and back to DC for short vacation. I missed the DC hobby. I planned a lot for this vacation. I had a top 10 list of providers of whom i thought to visit some for this vacation. Guess what every one got disappeared just in a span of 2-3 days.None available not even the bottom ten of my list ..

Also there is no new talent or high quality chicks like we see in the past .Even my favorite agencies are short of new talent  !!  We r short of options and running out of talent.. This not just because of holiday season !!
What happened to the golden days of dc ??

It was until recently that I used to brag to other people about how great hobbying was in DC. I guess not anymore

I think the pessimism is way overblown.  I have no overall perspective of this disparate scene, but I suspect that for many of the highly rated ones, business is pretty much as usual, although with common sense cautions, which is as it should be.  I've had encounters with two local favorites in the last week, and it was smiles all the way.

Yes, things are not quite right around here.  A lot of us are sitting it out right now.  But don't be so surprised that girls you wanted to see are not available.  Some of our favorite girls have families too, you know?