Author Andrew W

This latest installment of Bands in the Neighborhood is on SweetBread Jim’s, who play Americana/indie rock and are owned by a mysterious benefactor. Or are they? They play next this Saturday at Columbia Heights Day at 2 pm. And if you’re a Band in the Neighborhood and would like to be part of this series,…

Beer time. D’Vines at 3103 14th Street NW is now selling what they’re calling fresh beer to go (FBTG) meaning you bring your own container, like a growler (pictured), and they’ll fill it. Right now they have 2 beers, and they plan to expand to 20 (!) different beers. What’s the difference between beer in a…

Social Studies DC, the new blog from the Living Social folks, has a map they call the DC Stereotype Map (above, click it for a bigger version). Some of it is pretty funny. They call our general area “Bikes, beer and burglaries,” which is next to “Jumbo Slice” (i.e. Adams Morgan), “Marching Bands” for Howard,…

You may have seen the sign at Georgia and Irving that says “Columbia Heights” and in smaller letters, “Park View” and “Pleasant Plains.” It’s pretty worse for the wear (see right), but some local residents are aiming to fix it and had a meeting a couple weeks ago. I haven’t heard much lately but I…

Columbia Heights Day is upon us! The 5th anniversary of the fun neighborhood festival takes place at the Tubman School field at 11th and Kenyon (across from Wonderland.) They’re hosting a pre-festival party and volunteer event on the 25th and Wonderland and they’re also looking for contestants for the annual King and Queen of Columbia…

Uh oh. The folks at Unsuck DC Metro caught a few Metro station managers asleep on the job, including at the Columbia Heights and Ballston Metros. The photo above is at Columbia Heights and was shot by Collin K. at 12:15 on Saturday. The Post reports that Metro is investigating. Anybody else ever notice this?