Cupcake Class, Senior Scrabble Contestant and the Number of the Day

It’s Tuesday, Aug. 13. Here are five things you need to know. Tell us what we need to know on the Patch message board!

1. Today: Create great-looking cupcakes with the Aubergine Chef. 2 p.m. Chinn Park Regional Library, Woodbridge. 

2. You Said It: “They should go home. Give voters a chance to kick their tails.” One of our readers from Lorton responding to a question we asked about the annual August recess for members of Congress. Reports have noted this is the most unproductive Congress in recent memory.

3. ICYMI: 103-year-old woman to play scrabble in Northern Virginia Senior Olympics.

4. Number of the Day: 25,000. That’s the number of “Parrotheads” flocking to the Jiffy Lube Amphitheater this weekend for a Jimmy Buffett concert. It was enough to scare the Virginia Department of Transportation into delaying a planned bridge opening near the venue.

5. Weather Forecast: High of 85 degrees with scattered thunderstorms.