Author Andrew W

Sometimes you just need to get your back fixed while notarizing something. You have to hand it to these entrepreneurs on Georgia Avenue near Shepherd — it’s a veritable one stop shop of random services. There’s a chiropractor, tax preparation, notary public plus immigration paperwork and other services. I’ve often seen various kinds of paperwork…

Now I don’t condone graffiti on private property, but I must admit this made me laugh. It’s on a blank sign at the Washington Hebrew Home at 1125 Spring Rd. NW, which is planned to become affordable housing. It’s a little hard to see — somebody wrote “Happy milk was here” with a smiling milk…

Time to shop around the clock? A commenter on my previous post about the nice new Safeway opening at Georgia Avenue & Randolph Street NW, just north of the Georgia Ave-Petworth Metro, says the store will soon be open 24 hours: I was in the store yesterday and spoke with one of the employees. She…

Got a good question from a reader the other day, what do you think? Any suggestions for a GOOD chinese restaurant in the Heights? I’m sick of Panda Express, but it’s 4 star gourmet compared to some of the chinese restaurants that specialize more in chicken wings and mambo sauce rather than chinese. Help me…

If you go to the CVS at Georgia and New Hampshire, just south of the Georgia Ave. Metro, you may want to rethink biking there: there are apparently lots of thefts from the bike rack next to the door. It happened to my roommate, who got more details. She rode over on Sunday afternoon and…

Lou’s City Bar, the sports bar on Irving just west of 14th, has launched a “Featured Fridays” deal series with cheap drinks all summer — deals like craft beers and ciders for $4 and $5, which sounds good to me. Here’s the whole list.

It’s time to get patriotic — lots of places in our area are showing the game! It’s for a spot in the World Cup’s final 8, and starts at 4 pm. Here’s a list of what I’ve seen, and by all means add others you’ve heard of in the comments! DC Reynolds has installed two…

Here’s another option for outdoor eating and drinking in the neighborhood — El Atardecer, the Latin American restaurant at 14th and Otis, has opened their patio seating with lots of tables with umbrellas. It looks pretty nice. I haven’t been to the spot, and Yelp only gives them 2 stars, though most complaints seem to…

The 4th of July is almost upon us, and in my opinion Columbia Heights is the best place to be — if you find a good spot you can see the main fireworks display on the Mall and tons of people in the area shoot of their own DIY fireworks too in every direction –…