Author Andrew W

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$2 burgers at Z-Burger today until 10 pm!
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If you’re working from home or around today, Z-Burger has an awesome deal: $2 burgers until 10 pm. There’s no limit on burgers, which is awesome, and they actually suggest sharing with friends. Toppings are free, except bacon and cheese. Veggie and turkey burgers are $4 each as well. Here’s the Facebook event for it.…

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Pictures and videos of fun in the snow
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I was out and about for most of the weekend, enjoying (and sometimes cursing) the blizzard. I went sledding at Wangari Gardens on Irving Street and at Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park, went to the big snowball fight there Sunday, and trekked around. Here are a few pictures and videos of the weekend. 14th Street on…

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Panic: both Target and Annie's Hardware are out of sleds
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If you’re hoping to sled, you’d better improvise: Target and Annie’s Ace Hardware have both been stripped of sleds by zealous fun seekers. I’ve found that heavy black plastic garbage bags work well for sledding — just get in it and zoom. You might also try some kind of tray, or plastic garbage can lids, though…

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What is our neighborhood missing?
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One of the common topics of this blog in the past has been “What We’re Missing,” where I write about things we could use more of. However, lately we’ve actually been getting a lot of those things: bookstores like Upshur Street Books and Walls of Books (plus the Barnes and Noble at Howard), movie theaters like…

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