Author Andrew W

Elections are coming up November 4th in DC, and one of the races being contested is the Ward 1 representative of the DC State Board of Education. In order to shine some light on a race that doesn’t get a lot of press, but is very important to local parents, I’m interviewing the four candidates for…

A few months ago I wrote about Bravo Bar, the great neighborhood bar at 2917 Georgia Avenue NW: it’s a friendly, relaxed place with a fantastic happy hour — $6 beer, shot and hot dog until 8 pm, and after that the beer and shot for $6. And now it’s getting some high praise from the Washington…

If you used the Hailo smartphone app to find a cab, you’d better look for an alternative. The City Paper is reporting that Hailo is ceasing all North American operations soon. The app charges $1.50 to a hail a regular DC taxicab, and some folks I know swear by it. There’s also one called MyTaxi,…

Here’s a way to drink craft beer from around the world, and with a discount for New Columbia Heights readers. I just got an email from the Drink the World beer festival folks, and they’re offering $10 off any ticket, just use the code DRINKWEB10. Here’s more on the festival. Sounds like fun. Drink the…

Tomorrow is the big day — Columbia Heights Day, our neighborhood’s annual festival, with music, food, events, activities and fun for adults and kids. It runs from 11am to 6pm at the Tubman School field (11th and Kenyon) and along 11th Street NW from Kenyon to Park. It’s rain or shine, so everybody turn out!…

The other night I took the 52 bus from 14th and U, and the bus was one of those double-length, articulated buses — the ones with the flexible elbow in the middle. I had never seen that before on 14th, only Georgia and H Street, but then yesterday I saw another articulated 52, so it…

This sounds like an awesome event for families with kids: the Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood Library is putting on Punk Farm Family Fun Day on Sunday, complete with music, stories and history of DC punk rock. This stems from a new effort at the DC Public Library, which is organizing the DC Punk Archive to maintain…

If you like beer, check out this event at the Pinch this Thursday, including a mead with only 12 bottles to go around (see label above.) The Pinch is the neighborhood bar at 3548 14th Street NW — a cool spot if you haven’t already been. Great Lakes Spacewalker American Belgo. Great Divide Oatmeal Yeti…