Author Andrew W

He’s back! In what is something like his 10th visit to Columbia Heights, President Obama is addressing students at Banneker High School about education. It’s live right now! Here’s more from the Post. I firmly believe that Columbia Heights is the president’s favorite neighborhood in DC.

Time to learn about what’s happening in the neighborhood. Just got this from the GATF folks. Here’s their website. The next meeting of the Georgia Avenue Community Development Task Force is this Wednesday September 28th at 7pm at the G II Restaurant at 2632 Georgia Avenue (Georgia and Fairmont). All are welcome.In Other News:- The…

Sandwich time. Work inside the Panera on the Irving Street side of DCUSA (next to IHOP) has moved really quickly. I stopped by on Saturday and spoke to a worker there who was setting up, and he said they’ll be open this Friday. The sign is up too. Are you looking forward to it? I’ve…

Something to be on the lookout for: thefts through the window. A friend recently had their iPhone stolen through their window while it was sitting on a table plugged in. The window was open but had bars, and the crook punched through the screen and fished the phone out by the cord. This is new…

Neighborhood listserves can be interesting places. You can learn a lot and often get into silly arguments. However, ANC 1A10 commissioner Lenwood Johnson is taking it to new lows, including calling other commissioners “low-lifes” and constituents “bitchasses,” all while CCing lots of listerves for some reason. Maybe he thinks CCing everyone will get him more…

Z-Burger, the local burger chain that’s coming to the Tivoli Building’s old Nori space, looks like they are pretty far away from opening. Despite signs outside that say Summer 2011, the inside appears to have not changed in months. Doh. I’ve reached out to them and their press people but no response so far. We’ll…