Rant time: pick up your dog’s poop, especially if it’s on the sidewalk. Lately I’ve been avoiding (and not avoiding as well as I’d like) dog bombs on the sidewalk, which is really annoying. It completely stinks (pun intended) to stop in it. If your dog is going to poop on the sidewalk, and hopefully…
826DC, the local branch of the Dave Eggers-founded nonprofit that tutors kids on reading, writing, and more opened this weekend. As well as space to meet with kids, they also have a quirky storefront called the Museum of Unnatural History, with lots of funny items for sale. I made a video, below, though I’m not…
826DC, our local branch of the non-profit founded by Dave Eggers that teaches kids about writing and reading, is opening its doors this Saturday for a community open house. It’s also the first opportunity to go inside their store, called the Museum of Unnatural History, which will sell all kinds of cool and weird items,…
I don’t write about police activity often, but this has to be good news: MPD, DEA and FBI agents busted a drug crew in Columbia Heights, charging 9 people with a number of charges, and 6 of them in a 33-count indictment involving dealing PCP and cocaine. Police also recovered two guns. Good to see…
Good news for bikers in the neighborhood: the 15th Street dedicated bike lane, which currently ends at T Street, is going to be extended up to Euclid Street and down as far as E Street. Might make for an easier trip around town for a lot of us. Construction may begin today. The bike lane…
Per DCist, Meridian Pint at 11th and Park now has trivia on Wednesdays. They join other local spots with trivia, like Wonderland (Monday), Looking Glass (Tuesday), and CommonWealth (Sunday). I’m not sure who’s running it or how it works, but I always like trivia. Has anyone been?
If you want to get your Halloween started early, why not check out a haunted puppet show? Puppet Underground is putting on a “Haunted Halloween Cabaret” at St. Stephen’s Church (1525 Newton) at 7 pm, which will have a number of different shows from different puppet troupes: “The Only Good Corporation is an Undead Corporation”…
Just got a note about Dinners with Strangers, a cool blog where the writer sits down with someone interesting for dinner and asks them about their life. A recent interviewee was Bryan Weaver, current ANC commissioner and former Ward One council candidate (you may remember his campaign videos), who’s also very involved with local youth:…
A friend reports that the Food Network was just filming a TV show at Sticky Fingers bakery. It was some kind of competition show, but they wouldn’t say what show. Apparently Sticky Fingers wasn’t in the competition, but they were filming inside. Everybody was wearing pink Sticky Fingers shirts and they’d also decorated the place.…
Just got a tip from a reader, who heard from a local business owner that there may be a Pizza Hut coming to the vacant space at 14th and Fairmont, in the Columbia Uptown building. It’s on the east side of 14th, and the space used to be a convenience store with a decent beer…