Author Andrew W

This sounds like a cool event for kids and adults this Saturday the 23rd: Hello Neighbors, We would like to invite you all to come out and get closer to the earth next weekend at Girard Children’s Community Garden! We will be working in the garden from 10-1 to: – turn and mix in compost -…

Looks like your trips downtown could take longer on the weekends: Metro is discussing reducing service on the weekends as a way to cut their budget gap, meaning waits could go from 12 to 18 minutes during the day on Saturday and up to 25 after 9:30 pm. Better leave early if you’re going to…

For the first time since the 1950s, DC will have its own production brewery, DC Brau, and the first place that will sell its wares is Meridian Pint, starting today. Nice to see beer finally being brewed and bottled (or canned, in this case) in DC. The brewers, Brandon Skall and Jeff Hancock, will be…

I can’t decide if this is a great or terrible. The Wash Biz Journal reports that our always-packed IHOP will start delivering across the street to Highland Park, and then sometime later to the rest of the neighborhood. This sort of makes sense, as the place often has long waits, but as Missy Frederick points…

Twice this week I’ve almost been hit by cars as I crossed Girard at 14th street. In the middle of the sidewalk crosswalk, during the walk signal. Both times the drivers were going south, making a fairly quick turn left from 14th Street, and both times I was already in the middle of the sidewalk…

The UNICEFTap Projectis an effort to get safe drinking water for kids, and they’re hosting a fundraiser this Sunday at the Josephine Butler house on 15th, across from Meridian Hill Park. Here’s more about it from them, below is the press release, andhere’s a videoabout it. Purchase a ticket to paint your own umbrella and…

Looks like the Cardozo High School building is getting bigger: the home of the Clerks (as the sign says) may be getting a new gym and pool area. Their current ones are pretty small, according to the Left for Ledroit blog, which posted about it. They’ll both be built into the hillside, so views from…