Author Andrew W

If you’re an underground or punk music fan (or want to help some good causes), check out InfestDC, a music fest happening from July 31-August 3 with many shows in our area. Described on their site as a “four day celebration of underground art, music and activism,” the fest has shows and events at about a…

There’s a new gym coming to southern Columbia Heights: Elevate, located in the Capitol View building next to Love & Faith, the new coffee and ice cream spot. Their website describes it as a “different kind of gym,” it sounds like a cross between a personal training gym and group classes, with lots of monitoring…

Caffeine and ice cream lovers rejoice: there’s a new coffee shop and ice creamery at 2424 14th Street NW, between Belmont and Chapin: Love n’ Faith Community Cafe, which advertises coffee, liquid nitrogen ice cream (more on that later) fresh baked goods and smoothies. The spot opened about a month ago and is nice and…

A couple of weekends ago I was at Kangaroo Boxing Club with some friends, having a few drinks. It got late and we got hungry, and we noticed something on the late night menu, served from 11pm-1:30am Friday and Saturday: the “F–k It Bucket,” listed as “$10 bowl of awesome, no take backsies.” Basically, it’s…

This is great news for book lovers — today I was going down Georgia Avenue and saw some workers putting up a sign for Barnes & Noble at the Howard University Bookstore. It’s at 2225 Georgia Avenue NW, near W and Bryant Streets. The bookstore already has a website and is replacing the previous HUB Bookstore…

The other day I was getting a sandwich at Taylor Gourmet at 14th and T, and spotted a newsletter called D/CITY about local style and arts. It’s a nicely designed little paper, with photos of allegedly fashionable dudes (apparently straw hats and highwater pants are cool) but what I noticed was that they described…

You may recall Mad Momos, the Himalayan/American restaurant and beer garden that opened a couple of years ago at 14th and Parkwood in northern Columbia Heights. I went there last weekend and had a fantastic meal — you should check it out if you haven’t been. Their signature dish is the momo, a type of…