So I got tired of the walkable neighborhood, nearby Metro, cool bars and restaurants and plentiful retail and decided to go to Gaithersburg. It’s great! I can drive my SUV to the mailbox and back, or drive my SUV to the drive in Starbucks and back, or just drive it around in circles. There isn’t…
As mentioned previously, Saturday is the North Columbia Heights Civic Association’s Great Day of Service, which includes a ton of yard sales around the neighborhood. However, there’s also a lot more you can do, including a neighborhood cleanup, community service fair, clothing donations, artists and more: Weather permitting, here is the final schedule for Saturday,…
The Community Marketplace on the Civic Plaza starts May 7th, and they’re looking for artists and artisans to sell their wares. If you’re interested or know anybody who might be, here’s the application, and the deadline is 5 pm on April 22. It’s also on their website and Facebook page. This year’s market will have…
The North Columbia Heights Civic Association and the folks behind Columbia Heights Day are hosting a cool event on Saturday. As part of the NCHCA’s Great Day of Service, there’s going to be a community-wide yard sale with over 40 people holding their own sales around the neighborhood. In addition, there’s a dropoff point for…
Want to get food from an organic farm? Earth Spring Farm, located in Pennsylvania, is accepting signups for their CSA, community supported agriculture. Basically you sign up and pay and they deliver a box of food each week to a number of places around town, including Petworth and Mt. Pleasant. Then you go pick it…
Just received an email from a reader with a baby who is asking about the neighborhood’s kid-friendliness. I know there are events, like the Singing Lizard events at Sticky Fingers and things like parents’ happy hours at Wonderland, but no having a kid myself I don’t know for sure. Can those of you with kiddos…
The Obamas seem to really like our neighborhood. The President was in our neighborhood yesterday, giving a speech at Bell Multicultural High School, part of the Columbia Heights Education Campus at 16th and Irving. This marks by my count the 6th time the President and/or the First Lady have been in the neighborhood, plus he…
I walked by Sherman Avenue the other day and noticed that the improvements are underway. Here at Sherman and Euclid you can see they’ve done some work on the island, which will eventually look like the second image. They’ve also fixed up some of the sidewalks, tree boxes, and drains, many of which were cracked…
If you’re going to be parking in metered spots in our neighborhood, make sure to bring lots of money. DDOT is thinking of raising rates from $6 to $8.50 for three hours. They’re also raising the rates around the Nationals’ stadium. It looks like the city is trying to push people to park in the…
Chivito When you think of food at a gas station, it’s either hot dogs on the rolling things, questionable stuff in a rotating heater, or Cheetohs and Funyuns. Fast Gourmet, however, is a delicious sandwich shop inside the Lowest Price gas station at 14th and W. And it’s not delicious because it’s surprising to have…