Author Andrew W

Interested in seeing how real estate is doing in the neighborhood? Realtors Long & Foster just released a series of reports called Market Minutes on trends in different neighborhoods in the city, things like homes sold, days on the market, average price, ratio of asking to sale price, all by month over the past few…

Got a few emails this week about yard sales, which is great. If you’ve having one, let me know: newcolumbiaheights(at)gmail(dot)com. –1338 Irving from 10am-4pm: “We have entire place settings, silverware sets, pots & pans, fun collectables, and even a mikasa crystal serving set!” Moved to next Saturday.–Garage sale in an actual garage! Behind 1466 Columbia…

Do you like new Columbia Heights institution Fro-Zen-Yo, located on the Civic Plaza? Then follow them on Twitter! They talk about new flavors and such, though it’s not just the Columbia Heights location, as there are a few others too. I was pretty sad to see Rita’s close, but I’m a fan of Fro-Zen-Yo, and…

UPDATE: See the post above for newer info. No news is not good news. The other day I emailed Ellwood Thompson’s, the organic supermarket that was supposed to begin construction at DCUSA this month, to ask their progress. They responded “At this time, there is nothing to report. We certainly hope to have movement soon,…

You may recall a few weeks ago, when Wonderland held the first in a reading series organized by Barrelhouse, an online literary magazine. Today is the second event in the series, with two authors who have had work published by Dzanc Books, Jeff Parker and Dave Housley. Parker has had a lot of short fiction and prose…