5 things for June 22

summer solstice

It's official. Sunday marked the longest stretch of daylight this year in the northern hemisphere, and the true beginning of summer. Plan your vacation now, because the days just get shorter from here.

bedtime storie

Lull your little one to sleep with books. Chinn Park Regional Library hosts a bedtime story house tonight starting at 7:15 p.m. for kids 2 to 6. The library is at 13065 Chinn Park Drive in Woodbridge. Call 703-792-4800

charity golf

There's a golf tournament at the Piedmont Club in Haymarket today at 11 a.m. to benefit the ALS Association—DC/MD/VA Chapter's Walk to Defeat ALS.  For more information, e-mail

susan.orndorff@

verizon.net.

don't ski

Starting July 1, Virginia teens who miss school more than 10 days in a row, without a good excuse, will lose their driver's licenses—possibly until their 18th birthdays.

phantom traffic jam

It's happened to anyone who drives on the interstates—traffic suddenly slows to a crawl for no apparent reason. Now MIT researchers are taking on the phantom traffic jam phenomena. Hope they come up with something.