Author Andrew W

If you’ve followed this blog for a while, you may recall the saga of 1483 Newton Street NW. The building was abandoned for years amidst a dispute among heirs of the building’s owner, making it an eyesore and a magnet for crime, trash and more. There were reports of people hiding stolen merchandise there, loitering,…

Spring is here (finally) and the Old Soldiers Home is holding a community festival to celebrate. There will be music, ballet, art, food trucks and local food vendors, games, crafts and art for kids, craft beer for sale, and more. It should also be a nice time to explore the grounds, which are really beautiful,…

If you like having a good time, get yourself to U Street this Saturday for the second Funk Parade, a celebration of music (mostly funky) and the street itself. Founded last year via Kickstarter, the event was a blast, with lots of crafts vendors, food, music and performers, plus the actual parade, which then was…

Folks looking for some pep or a drink on Georgia Avenue now have another option: a new spot called Colony Club just opened at 3118 Georgia Ave NW. It opened on Wednesday. The name is a reference to owner Max Zuckerman’s family, who used to own a flower shop on Georgia called Dave Zuckerman’s Colony…

Wonderland, our neighborhood institution, has one of their big events coming up soon: the annual Sundress Festival, to be held on Sunday, May 3. The event is a fundraiser for the DC Central Kitchen, which fights hunger and a lot more. The idea is that anybody who wears a sundress will get happy hour all…

It’s officially spring in Columbia Heights: you can wear short-sleeved shirts and the farmers market is back at the Columbia Heights Civic Plaza. Closed for the season, the Columbia Heights Farmers Market is open again, every Saturday from 9am-1pm. Get there earlier though, things start to run out at 1. You might notice the name is…

The other day somebody asked me what former Ward 1 councilman Jim Graham was up to, and I wasn’t sure. And now the Blade tells us: he’s working with the owner of the House, the strip club on Georgia Avenue, to organize and promote two weekly events: a Sunday gay male stripper night and a…

This is odd. A reader wrote in at 1:45 pm today to report “Target stopped all food sales, packaged, kiosk, grocery, everything… at noon today. No explanation. Cashiers taking all food items out of carts.” Other folks on Twitter posted the same thing. PoPville reported something similar yesterday, but said it was back open. That…