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I completely forgot this was happening until I went by it, but Nintendo is running a promotional event for the Wii version of their popular “Mario Kart” game at D.C.’s Union Station. They seem to be a day early; the email I got from Nintendo announced this was to take place tomorrow. (See screen shot at right.)

This particular part of Union Station seems to have become a very popular location for such events. Last fall, Showtime held a promotion for their series “Dexter” with a rather half-assed looking fountain. (Fountains in other cities were much niftier, case in point.) Two months earlier, Nabisco simultaneously celebrated the 95th anniversary of the Oreo sandwich cookie and introduced the Cakester with a larger than life size sculpture of the new treat.