Author Andrew W

It’s taken a few years, but our neighborhood now has a lot of good options for sports bars: Walter’s on Georgia, Lou’s City Bar, the Airedale and the Pitch. You may recall that if you were a sports fan in years past, the only nearby options were in Adams Morgan. The earliest of the group…

A reader just emailed me a pretty scary and crazy story: some guys broke into the lobby of a condo building near 14th and Columbia and made off with about $7000 of items, things like small electronics and jewelry. The security camera managed to snap photos of them — recognize any of them? (You can…

If you like books or libraries, get yourself to the Mt. Pleasant Library this weekend for their next book sale fundraiser. There are lots of great deals and also raffles for tickets to UNcensored, a celebration of banned books. The events organized by the Mt. Pleasant Library Friends. The Library is at 3160 16th Street NW.

This past Saturday we celebrated the 10th annual Columbia Heights Day: our neighborhood’s festival of music, food, events, arts and more. This year’s had some gloomy weather (as usual, it seems like) but was well attended with lots going on. I stopped by in the late afternoon and it was still hopping. The beer garden…

If you wanted to check out the GOP debates tonight in a convivial atmosphere, check out the Looking Glass Lounge or Red Derby, as both are holding watch parties. Looking Glass has their usual half price burger night from 5-8, plus debate bingo where you can win a free drink. The Derb’ will be showing…

Some more news about Columbia Heights Day, our neighborhood festival that’s happening this Saturday: there will be a Zorb tournament, or those giant inflatable balls you get in and bounce into each other with. It sounds pretty awesome and hilarious. Signups for it are still open — it costs $200 per team, but you can…

A few weeks ago I wrote about the sudden closure of Three Salsas, the taqueria at 3439 14th Street NW. The place was very good so the rapid end was a bit of a surprise. It turns out there was more to the story: Washington Post food writer Tim Carman, who was a big fan…

It’s that time again: the 10th annual Columbia Heights Day festival is upon us. Like in previous years, the event will be on 11th Street from Park to Kenyon and on the Tubman Elementary School field (bounded by 11th, Columbia and Kenyon.) It runs from noon to 6 pm and there’s tons going on: music,…

It’s summer (for a little while) so that means outdoor movies. Our neighborhood is getting into the act with movies each Friday at the Tubman Elementary School field. They start this Friday with Ghostbusters and run four weeks total. The next movies are The Wizard of Oz, Muppets Most Wanted and Big Hero 6. Gates open at…