Author Andrew W

Just got this photo from a tipster, the Domino’s pizza in the Columbia Uptown apartments at 14th and Fairmont is open. I’m not a huge Domino’s fan, but they do seem to have a lot of good carryout deals, judging from some commercials I’ve seen lately. And considering two of the three retail spaces in…

Photo from their Yfrog So this is interesting. The other day I was followed on Twitter by @HarvardBrothel, which is the Twitter for an 8-person group house on Harvard. Fitting the name, they post a lot about partying, going to bars, grilling and other various shenanigans. There’s lots of photos of beer, people hanging out,…

It seems like it’s moving time lately, I’ve noticed a lot of U-Haul trucks and people carrying furniture and bags of things around the neighborhood. Oddly though, there aren’t many yard sales that I can see. “Big Moving Sale” at 2702 13th St NW, Saturday, 9-2: with men’s clothes, books, baby items, posters, picture frames,…

Click the maps for a bigger versionThe other day, DCRA (via their Twitter) clued me into to some cool old maps they have on their Flickr page that show the intersection of 14th and Irving (then called Kennesaw Avenue) in 1868, 1869 and 1887. The area is called John Sherman’s Subdivision, as he owned the land.…

Click for a bigger version Want to buy fireworks? You’re in luck. There are 2 legal fireworks stands in the neighborhood, at Georgia and Kenyon and at 14th and Newton. The city has a map with the other locations, there are a few more north of Spring Road, and they have maps of all the…

Well, this is lovely. Last Saturday I spotted this pile of dog poop on Irving near the Metro, which somebody put a piece of glass over and smushed down. Bizarre. Maybe somebody was trying to make a point about letting your dog poop on the street, in which case, I’m glad. Don’t let your dog…