Author Andrew W

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City pools open late tonight!
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Yes! The city has extended pool hours tonight until it’s dark, so I’m guessing around 8:30-9pm. Banneker Pool is the closest one for our neighborhood, at Georgia and Euclid. The pools are free if you can prove you’re a city resident, like with a drivers license, voter registration, or a piece of mail. DCist notes…

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Construction on 14th & Girard Park
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Park construction Originally uploaded by squidpantsSpotted this the other day, the oft-under construction 14th & Girard Park is closed again. The sign outside says they’re installing some things to provide shade, which doesn’t sound too bad this summer. Let’s hope it reopens soon.

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Selling a house? Wanna be on TV?
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Just spotted this on the Columbia Heights Yahoo Listserve: the HGTV network is looking for people selling their houses for their Real Estate Intervention show. The show helps people whose houses have been on the market for awhile, which is probably fairly common around here. They’ll help “stage” your house, i.e. make it look nicer,…

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Room 11’s first anniversary party tonight
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It’s a week of bar anniversaries: Room 11, the neighborhood wine bar/cocktail spot/small eats place is celebrating their first anniversary tonight with some deals: We’re celebrating our first anniversary tonight! To help everyone get in a celebratory mood we’ll be offering complimentary glasses of our delicious Spanish sparkling wine (with purchase while supplies last) and…

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Mapping out pedestrian accidents in the city
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There’s a cool piece on DCist today with a map showing July pedestrian traffic accidents around the city, and there’s a fair amount in our area — specifically on Irving Street around 14th and then around Georgia. This isn’t every crash in the city, just the ones that DC Fire & EMS Twittered about, but…

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Celebrating six years of Wonderland
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Yesterday was neighborhood institution Wonderland’s sixth anniversary party. I wasn’t able to make it unfortunately, but it reminded me to write about it. When it opened, the Wonderland Ballroom was maybe the only place to get a beer in the area: I have friends who lived here before then, and the closest spot for them…

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Are people friendlier lately?
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Something I’ve noticed is that this summer, people on the street in the neighborhood seem friendlier. More random people are saying hello to each other, having little chats in line or waiting for the bus, and so on. Maybe it’s the hot weather letting people commiserate, maybe people are just happier, or to be optimistic,…

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Exploding manholes, streetlights out in the neighborhood?
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I received a few Twitter messages last night about some crazy happenings — a few people reported manholes exploding and spewing out steam around 14th and Clifton, and another reported that only a handful of the 30-something street lights were on at 14th and Kenyon. One example: Whoa. Potholes blew out (with smoke coming out…

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Columbia Heights Day hosts the DC State Fair
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Just learned something — apparently some folks are trying to organize a DC State Fair — kind of like a state fair you might attend in the Midwest or South, and sort of like a county fair (but since District Fair doesn’t have a nice ring to it, they went with state). This year, the…

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