Birchbox Flies with JetBlue; Shutdown Threatens Weddings

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Local
· Shutdown could affect courthouse weddings [Washingtonian]
· It's a bad time to have a wedding on the National Mall [WaPo]
· Pentagon City PenPlace plan to add 50,000 square feet of retail [Patch]
· Michelle Obama rewears J. Crew belt [InTheCapital]
· The Five Below at Columbia Heights is in construction [PoPville]
· Georgetown FAD is coming October 11 and 12 [Georgetown Dish]

National
· Birchbox kits are now flying with JetBlue [Racked NY]
· Sometimes ladies pay for half of their engagement ring [StyleCaster]
· Polish guru Deborah Lippmann opens her first salon [Miraval Resorts]

International
· Bread federation intros "Toast" perfume during LFW, sells out [PSFK]
· Kate Middleton, family to move into Kensington Palace this week [Marie Claire]
· David Beckham spotted running in undies for new H&M campaign [Vogue UK]