Author Andrew W

Nice to see this: popular local coffee shop Tynan Coffee and Tea is celebrating it’s first anniversary on the 16th. They’ll have giveaways, samples, and live music from 2-4pm from Rene Moffatt. I’m a fan of Tynan, especially since they’re enforcing their wifi policy. It’s a nice spot to get a coffee, an all-day waffle,…

Vick Originally uploaded by squidpantsMarhsall’s has a lot of weird stuff. The other day I spotted these old Michael Vick Atlanta Falcons jerseys. I guess if you wanted to make a tasteless Halloween costume? Bizarre.

An update from the Columbia Heights Community Marketplace, which will have music and artists this weekend, plus booths from the Common Good City Farm and 826DC: We have a CH Festivus full of great entertainment planned for this Saturday, October 9 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Columbia Heights civic plaza and fountain…

Via the Examiner, the long-delayed Georgia Avenue Meeting House, run by Colorado Kitchen’s Gillian Clark, is coming to 3730 Georgia Avenue NW. The spot was first mentioned in 2008and is planned to have Southern food, like “trout, catfish, pheasant, and pigs’ feet.” There will also be a fancy Sunday roast that you have to get…

From ANC commish Brianne K. Nadeau’s comes news that Meridian Hill Park is undergoing some refurbishment. Here’s what’s happening, from Nadeau: Right now we’re also waiting for the beautiful police lodge and bathrooms to re-open after a snafu with the plumbing up there. I’m told the bathrooms will open soon… We’re going to have a…

In case you were worried, the graffiti-free, freshly painted red walls of the Wonderland bathrooms have rapidly become a canvas again. This one was upstairs, but there are some downstairs too. There’s one I’ve seen before and is back now, which I don’t understand: it says “Seen two bear” and has a date, 2/19/09, plus…