Author Andrew W

Meeting tonight: get there! The next meeting of the NCHCA will be held on Wednesday, March 2, 2011, at 7:00 p.m. at the Park Triangle Community Room. Enter the Park Triangle apartment complex on 1375 Kenyon Street NW (right next to the Columbia Heights Civic Plaza), and the doorman will direct you to the meeting…

According to a comment on this blog from ANC1A chair Bill Brown, Dottie Love Wade defeated Gavin Holland in last night’s special election for the vacant ANC 1A11 seat. If you recall, Holland received the most write-in votes in the election after the only candidate on the ballot withdrew — however, since that withdrawn candidate…

If you live in ANC1A11 (see the map above) you have an election tonight. Gavin Holland ran as a write-in in the general election and basically won — the only person on the ballot got more votes but had dropped out before the election, but not early enough to take her name off the ballot. …

As noted last week, owner Jamie Leeds is selling CommonWealth Gastropub on Irving to focus on Hank’s Oyster Bar and as of this past Sunday, CommonWealth is closed. It’s going to be replaced by something similar run by Terry Cullen, who’s also opening Lou’s City Bar down the street. According to Pete’s Apizza owner Michael…

A couple days ago I wrote about National Pancake Day, which entails getting a free short stack at IHOP on March 1st. And now there’s even more reason to go: they’re accepting donations to the Leukemia & Lymphona Society. So go get some free grub and donate some money in exchange! Here’s the full press…